Essays about: "Intra-state conflicts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Intra-state conflicts.

1. 1. Commitment, the Crucible of Peace Agreements : Quantitative study on how providing for peacekeeping operations affects the duration of peace agreements in intra-state conflicts

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Linus Enderstad; [2024]
   Keywords : Peace agreements; Peacekeeping operation; Intra-state conflicts; Commitment; Duration;

   Abstract : Recurring conflicts are a common occurrence as most contemporary intra-state conflicts are recured old conflicts. This is the reality within peace and conflicts studies and a well studied phenomenon. READ MORE

3. 2. Hazaras Persecution in Afghanistan : A case study through the lens of protracted social conflicts and relative deprivation

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Ahmad Zia Ashrafian; [2023]
   Keywords : Hazaras persecution; ethno-religious; psycho-cultural; Afghanistan; protracted social conflicts; relative deprivation; case study; Abdul Rahman; Taliban; IS-K; Pashtuns; Kafir;

   Abstract : This paper represents the root causes of Hazaras persecution in Afghanistan through ethno-religious and psycho-cultural approaches, using Protracted Social Conflicts (PSC) and Relative Deprivation (RD) frameworks. The Hazara community has been subject to persecution in variety of ways including assassinations, physical torture, enslavement, forced displacement, kidnapping, and target attacks by both state and non-state actors. READ MORE

4. 3. Fear Ends Where Faith Begins : A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Religion in Armed Conflict on Violence Against Civilians

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Marina Matic; [2022]
   Keywords : religious armed conflict; violence against civilians; one-sided violence; conflict-related sexual violence;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to observe and analyze the effects of religious dimensions in armed conflict on violence against civilians. Focusing on rebel groups in intra-state conflicts, quantitative statistical analysis in form of Ordinary Least Squares multivariate regression, is utilized to examine data onreligious wars, one-sided violence, and conflict-related sexual violence. READ MORE

5. 4. Mandates for Security? How UN Peacekeeping Mandates Address the Level of PostwarViolence after Intra-State Conflicts

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Tina Kurath; [2022]
   Keywords : international intervention; peacekeeping mandates; postwar violence; United Nations;

   Abstract : The transition from war to peace is seldom smooth, and violence persists in many postwar societies. Existing research found that peacekeepers have a good record in addressing postwar violence along the fault lines of the preceding conflict. Yet, most postwar violence stems from actors that were not formally part of the conflict. READ MORE

6. 5. The Principle of Distinction in Modern Warfare

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Alice Ribbenvik; [2018]
   Keywords : Public international law; international humanitarian law; the principle of distinction; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Distinktionsprincipen är en av de mest fundamentala principerna i internationell humanitär rätt. Distinktionsprincipen grundades i St. Petersburgdeklarationen från 1868 och syftade till att minska det dödliga våldet mot civila i väpnade konflikter. READ MORE