Essays about: "Organized Armed Groups"
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1. Successful Social Reintegration in Urban Settings : What does it mean and what explains its variation?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : What does “success” mean for social reintegration of ex-combatants in urban settings? Although reintegration of former fighters has been at the center of academic and policy discourse for achieving peace, limited attention has been paid to unraveling how social reintegration processes occur and how they are impacted in urban contexts. This thesis studies the specific issue of successful social reintegration in urban contexts and asks why it evidences higher levels of success in some urban settings than others. READ MORE
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2. The Past is a Foreign Country : An Examination of the Retrospective Attribution of Organized Armed Groups According to Article 10 of ARSIWA
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : .... READ MORE
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3. Criminal organizations territorial control and violence against civilians
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Criminal organizations have been commonly associated with violence and disorder. Despite there being truth in that, what is more concerning is their growing influence. Criminal violence has exceeded traditional forms of political violence in the world. READ MORE
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4. Closing the ‘Revolving Door’ of Civilian Protection : Direct Participation in Hostilities by Civilians and Organized Armed Groups
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbeteAbstract : .... READ MORE
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5. Civilian Agency in Contexts of Organized Criminal Violence : The case of the bandas criminales in Colombia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : While research increasingly recognizes the importance of civilian agency and strategies in influencing conflict dynamics and reducing civilian victimization in the context of armed conflict, research has until now not investigated whether civilians also have the capacity to limit organized criminal violence. This study thus aims to answer under which conditions civilians can protect themselves from and influence levels of organized criminal violence and draws on the literatures on civilian self-protection and autonomy strategies in the context of armed conflict, as well as on organized criminal governance and violence. READ MORE
