| 18 April 2013 |
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| Feature: For the first time civil society is given a platform at the Chemical Weapons Convention |
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In a major coup for global civil society, non-governmental organisations - including the Institute for Security Studies - were this week for the first time provided the opportunity to address states parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention. The Third Special Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention is being held from 8-19 April 2013 in The Hague.
The CWC represents the world's first multilateral disarmament agreement providing for the elimination of an entire category of weapons of mass destruction within a fixed timeframe.
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| ISS Today |
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| The battle for credible polls in Zimbabwe intensifies |
With the approval of the new Zimbabwean constitution on 16 March, a new phase in the power struggle between Zimbabwe's coalition government parties has begun.
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| The National Development Plan can improve policing in South Africa |
The National Development Plan acknowledges the deterioration in police professionalism and makes practical recommendations for improving the situation.
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| Lessons from the Malian crisis for the international security architecture (L'architecture securitaire internationale a l'épreuve de la crise malienne) |
The lack of credible and timely alternatives to France's Operation Serval in Mali has highlighted the shortcomings of ECOWAS, the AU and the UN. (L'absence d'alternatives credibles et opportunes a l'Operation francaise Serval au Mali a souligne les insuffisances de la CEDEAO, de l'UA et des Nations Unies)
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| Events |
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Roundtable on the need for new approaches to dealing with organised crime in Africa
23 April 2013 |
This roundtable, hosted by the governments of South Africa and Norway, and the ISS, will launch and discuss the recent ISS paper entitled ‘The evolution of organised crime in Africa: towards a new response’.
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Future African peace operations: from scenarios to force preparation
25 April 2013 |
This seminar brings together a wide range of expertise on peace operations. The aim is to reach agreement on the role of scenarios as a necessary element in foreign policy and defence planning that will ensure that Africa continues to fulfil its role in future peace operations.
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| ISS 4th international conference: National and international perspectives on crime reduction and criminal justice, 21 and 22 August 2013 |
The conference provides an exciting opportunity to showcase current criminological and contiguous research as well as policy initiatives from across the world.
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| Understanding police brutality in South Africa: challenges and solutions |
The seminar focused on the extent and nature of police brutality and the initiatives required to improve policing in South Africa. Perspectives were provided from the SAPS, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate and the ISS.
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| South African Futures expert workshop |
The objective of the workshop was to commence with a process to support and model the key policy choices to be made in the implementation of Vision 2030 using the IFs forecasting software system.
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| Publications |
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| The evolution of organised crime in Africa |
This paper is part of an ISS project analysing the linkages between organised crime and statehood in Africa and exploring how policy and operational responses could be better coordinated and strengthened across the continent.
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| Multimedia |
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| Settling political scores? |
South Africa Insight: Statements made before and at the memorial of Chris Hani reveal some of the tensions in the tri-partite alliance.
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| Is the IPID helping to reduce police brutality in South Africa? |
National spokesman for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, Mr Moses Dhlamini, considers the nature and extent of police brutality, particularly deaths in police custody, and challenges in investigating these cases.
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