Essays about: "armed groups"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 124 essays containing the words armed groups.

1. 11. Small States, Big Fish : Comparing Kuwaiti, Omani, and Qatari Foreign Policy and Engagement with Proscribed Armed Groups During Mediation in Yemen

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

   Author : Freke Leene; [2023]
   Keywords : Small-state mediation; Foreign policy independence; Proscription; Inclusivity; Gulf states;

   Abstract : In recent years, more small states have entered the arena of international mediation. While research generally recognizes that small states can use international mediation to further their own foreign policy goals, the implications of that notion remain understudied. READ MORE

3. 12. Navigating Criminal Violence and Aid : Strategies to Negotiate Humantiarian Access in Guatemala

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Anastasia Simes Martinez; [2023]
   Keywords : Negotiation Strategies; Humanitarian Access; Criminal Violence; Criminal Armed Groups; Guatemala;

   Abstract : Due to the high rates of criminal violence and the alternative authority of Criminal Armed Groups (CAGs) in Guatemala humanitarian access faces multiple barriers in regions under CAG control, often leaving vulnerable populations without necessary humanitarian services. With limited institutional and conceptual frameworks to support negotiating for humanitarian access in these criminally violent contexts the international humanitarian system favors avoiding these contexts altogether to minimize the risk of their operations, but with the trends of violence increasing in the region not addressing the issue of negotiating for humanitarian spaces in these contexts only will result in crises worsening. READ MORE

4. 13. GBV and CRSV In the War Against Ukraine : “The battle is both armed and on women’s bodies, as it always is” (Interview, Förberg, 2023)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Hanna Centerskog; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender-based violence; GBV; CRSV; Ukraine; war; armed conflict; sexual violence; violence stigma and norms;

   Abstract : In 2022 Russia illegally invaded Ukraine starting a full-scale war against the country. The war has had severe humanitarian concerns for the civilian population, one of the consequences being increased levels of GBV and CRSV. READ MORE

5. 14. Children as Soldiers and Rebel-CRSV : A quantitative analysis of rebel-inflicted CRSV and the effect of using children as combatants

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

   Author : Anna Wadén; [2023]
   Keywords : Child Soldiers; conflict-related sexual violence; CRSV; child recruitment; rebel groups;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how the use of children specifically as soldiers could affect the likelihood of rebel-inflicted conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Previous scholars have examined the relationship between rebel groups’ overall recruitment of children and violence against civilians or CRSV, making this a previously unexplored area. READ MORE

6. 15. SKIN IN THE GAME - Inter-ethnic cooperation despite political havoc?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Fatmir Mikullovci; [2022-06-30]
   Keywords : Ethnicity; inter-ethnic cooperation; Kosovo; Serbia; EU-accession;

   Abstract : Kosovo has throughout history been inhabited by several different minorities and its status as a sovereign country is still contested, despite its declaration of independence in 2008. The country has struggled with conflicts which culminated in armed warfare in 1999. READ MORE