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Issue 42
Thursday, 25 October 2012 |
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October: Book Launch: Johannesburg: The Responsibility to Protect -
From Evasive to Reluctant Action? The Role of Global Middle Powers
Should the
international community respect state sovereignty and the principle of
non-interference, or should it intervene in an internal conflict?
The publication “The Responsibility to Protect` - From Evasive to
Reluctant Action? The Role of Global Middle Powers` contributes to the
debate around R2P from the perspective of four middle-power countries
and regional hegemons - Germany, India, Brazil and South Africa (GIBSA)
- which were all non-permanent members of the United Nations Security
Council in 2011, and whose views were often overshadowed by those of
the permanent members.
More information...
6 November, Pretoria: Achieving Peace, Security and Justice in the Great Lakes Region
The ongoing
M23 rebellion in the DRC, which is allegedly
supported by Rwanda and involves the International Criminal Court (ICC)
indictee General Bosco Ntaganda, has caused an unprecedented human security
crisis, with hundreds of thousands of Congolese being displaced. The
seminar aims at unpacking the dynamics of the current security situation in the
Great Lakes region.
More information...
6 November: ISS and HSF Seminar, Nairobi: Oil and Gas Discoveries in Kenya and the Region: Opportunities and Challenges
As
Kenya draws increasing interest from major oil companies,
the
question is: what are the short- and medium-term projections for oil and
gas discoveries, and what are the geostrategic
implications? Significantly, what policy options should Kenya pursue to
avoid
past development failures associated with petroleum and to militate
against potential conflict? This seminar will examine these questions, with the aim of offering policy recommendations on improving
outcomes of oil and gas production.
More information...
19 November: ACPST Course: Countering Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is an old scourge that accounted for the death and
forced movement of millions during the trans-Atlantic and trans-Saharan
slave trades. It is still alive and well today with people being
trafficking both across international borders and within countries for
exploitation in forced labour, prostitution and organ harvesting
schemes, among other things.
More information...
21 November, Pretoria: The African Standby Force: Police Dimension and Future Peace Support Operations
This ASF seminar seeks to provide a forum to
discuss such questions as: What is the progress made thus far in the
operationalisaton of the police dimension of the ASF? What are the main
challenges being encountered in the process and how are they being addressed? And,
what role will the police dimension of the ASF be able to play in Africa’s future
complex humanitarian emergencies, given lessons learnt from AMISOM’s
operational challenges and successes? More information... | |
Policy Brief 37:
Leadership Required: Drug Trafficking and the Crisis of Statehood in West Africa
Beginning
in the middle of the last decade, the international community was alerted to
the fact that drug trafficking in West Africa was in danger of spawning a
series of near ‘narco-states’: countries whose economies, politics and social
structures were being infiltrated and distorted by the drug trade. This policy brief
aims to remind any actor or institution that is serious about democracy,
sustainable development and human security that a ‘business as usual’ approach
to the problem of trafficking in West Africa should not be accepted. This is no
longer an issue of crime, law enforcement, or security, but strikes at the core
of the human rights, democratic and humanitarian foundations upon which global
governance rests.
Read more...
Open the debate on ISSAfrica.org, powered by Disqus
 The
ISS website is now `Disqus` enabled on all content. Contribute to the
debate on Africa by airing your views on the work of the ISS. The Disqus
forum is at the end of all content items on our website.
South Africa’s Financial Disclosure Regime: Time for Review
Jamy Felton with Shireen Mukadam,
Consultant and Researcher for the Governance and Corruption Division, ISS Cape Town
The financial disclosure regime in South Africa needs to be reviewed in order to streamline roles, strengthen local structures and utilise proactive measures more systematically.
Read more...
The Problem with South African Criminal Justice Performance Indicators
Lizette
Lancaster,
Manager: Crime and Justice Hub, Crime and Criminal Justice
Programme, ISS Pretoria
How many reported crimes result in convictions? Current criminal justice statistics are largely meaningless. It’s about time that the government implements the longstanding recommendation of an integrated case management system.
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ISS Seminar Media Coverage: ICC Prosecutor pledges to serve victims of war crimes and genocide
“Guided by the law and the principles of
independence, impartiality and fairness, I will serve the victims of massive
crimes in need of our support, wherever and whenever they cry for help,”
Bensouda told a seminar organised in Pretoria by the Institute for Security
Studies (ISS).
Read more...
ISS Paper 240: Professionalism and the South African Police Service, Andrew Faull and Brian Rose
APSA is a holistic framework that has permanent bodies set up to deal
This
paper explores developments in the concept of police professionalism
that have emerged in South Africa in recent years. It considers
professionalism in relation to comparable historical and contemporary
developments in the US and UK, and consolidates the different ways in
which these are currently manifesting in South Africa. Adding to the
current discourse, it suggests that a professional South African Police
Service (SAPS) should include a clearly defined, minimalist mandate. Read more...
ISS Paper 239: From AMIB to AMISOM The need for institutional
and mandate clarity in APSA
APSA is a holistic framework that has permanent bodies set up to deal
with every area of its peace and security activities. This paper
analyses some of the practices in AU-led peace missions in light of the
AU normative framework in a way that informs the challenges of APSA’s
institutional future. While APSA is both a highly complex and an
evolving legal and institutional framework, there are some critical
constraints that APSA faces as it continues to provide a framework for
engaging in the continent’s conflicts. By providing an in-depth
examination of some AU peace operations (from AMIB in Burundi to AMISOM
in Somalia), the paper is aimed at stimulating debate on the
importance, for APSA, of achieving mandate and institutional clarity.
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ISS Paper 238: The Nile, From Mistrust and Sabre Rattling to Rapprochement
The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of the recent
unprecedented dynamism in the hydropolitics of the Nile Basin for future
basin-wide conflict prevention, resolution, management and cooperation.
To this end, the paper first discusses why the Nile waters are a major
source of conflict in the Nile Basin, and, then it highlights the past
and present bilateral and multilateral attempts at conflict management
within the basin and their impact on upstream–downstream relations. It
argues that it is imperative to first give priority to the most
contentious areas of the Nile Basin by capitalising on the current
opportunities presented by Egypt’s gesture of goodwill, to bring about
effective basin-wide cooperation. Read more...
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