Essays about: "Internal Armed Conflict"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 45 essays containing the words Internal Armed Conflict.

  1. 6. Law as a Driver of Social Change. Recognizing Conflict-related Sexual Violence as Crimes Against Humanity : The 2016 Sepur Zarco case in Guatemala

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Olivia Dominguez Pousadela; [2023]
    Keywords : Guatemala; Sepur Zarco; transitional justice; conflict-related sexual violence; armed internal conflict; gender; indigenous access to justice; impunity; impact; case study.;

    Abstract : In 2016, the case of Sepur Zarco in Guatemala marked the first time that a national jurisdiction recognized sexual violence in the context of armed conflict as a crime against humanity. This occurred in a case concerning indigenous women, within a country profoundly marked by gender-based violence and indigenous peoples’ marginalization. READ MORE

  3. 7. (Mis)recognition of Female Combatants in Armed Rebellion Groups : Status Subordination Through Discursive Practices in the EZLN and the PKK

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Emily Bauernfeind; [2022]
    Keywords : Female Fighters; Armed Rebellion Groups; Recognition; Feminist Poststructuralism; Discourse Analysis; UNSC ResolutionsUNSC;

    Abstract : Women in combat roles are present in at least 40% of armed rebellion movements, yet the narrative of women outside of traditional roles in conflict is invisible in various discursive communities of practice. Silence and misrecognition are the root of this issue: to be considered as agents and full partners of social interaction, female combatants need to exist in the discourse of leaders and institutions. READ MORE

  4. 8. A “Triangle” of Conflict between Duque’s Government of Colombia and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional – 2018-2020

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politik

    Author : Natalie Mattsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Colombia; Ejército de Liberación; Iván Duque; Internal armed conflict; Discourse analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis is conducted as a descriptive qualitative single case study to establish empirical knowledge of the ongoing internal armed conflict between the government of Colombia and the guerrilla Ejército de Liberación Nacional. The ontological foundation orienting from social constructivism and Galtung’s theoretical concepts of attitude, behaviour, and contradiction along with the three aspects of violence: direct, cultural, and structural. READ MORE

  5. 9. Dialogs of Peace in Protection of Life: A Comparative Case Study of a Nonviolence Method by the Indigenous Guards of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca in the Post-Peace Accord Context (2016-2021) in Colombia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Mimmi Clase Hagman; [2021]
    Keywords : Colombia; Peace Agreement of 2016; Ethnic Chapter; Territorial Focus; Cauca Department; Violence; Nonviolence Method; Peace; Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca; Association of Cabildos in Northern Cauca; Indigenous Guards; Kiwe Thegnas; Cyclical War; Power of Asymmetry; Conflict Resolution; Conflict Transformation; Dialogs; Puracé Coconuco; Resguardo of Paletará; Toribío; Proyecto Nasa; Colombia; Acuerdo Final de Paz de 2016; Capítulo Étnico; Enfoque Territorial; Departamento del Cauca; Violencia; Método de la No-violencia; Paz; Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca; Asociación de Cabildos del Norte del Cauca; Guardia Indígena; Kiwe Thegnas; Guerra Cíclica; Poder Asimétrico; Resolución de Conflicto; Transformación del Conflicto; Diálogos; Puracé Coconuco; Resguardo de Paletará; Toribío; Proyecto Nasa;

    Abstract : The Peace Agreement of 2016 between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army raised hopes after decades of internal armed conflict, but the levels of violence continue to be high in rural areas. Cauca is the department of Colombia where most social leaders and human rights defenders have been killed since 2016. READ MORE

  6. 10. Women’s war and Women’s justice : A legal feminist analysis of the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Conrad Palmcrantz; [2020]
    Keywords : transitional justice; Colombia; special jurisdiction for peace; legal feminism; international criminal law;

    Abstract : In 2016, the Colombian government and the FARC-EP guerilla signed a historic peace agreement. After decades of internal armed struggle, the two parties have settled on terms that, hopefully, will allow Colombia to transit from wartime to peacetime. READ MORE