Essays about: "armed groups"

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  1. 16. Weapons on the Weak : The impact of Small Arms and Major Conventional Weapons Imports on the Intentional Targeting of Civilians in Intrastate Conflicts

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

    Author : Alex Aaltola; [2022]
    Keywords : SALW; MCW; OSV; civilians; intrastate conflict;

    Abstract : Academics and practitioners often assume that arms and violence against civilians are positively correlated. Existing research on small arms and light weapons (SALW) and major conventional weapons (MCW) imports, however, find that arms are a weak explanatory factor for intrastate violence. READ MORE

  3. 17. Successful Social Reintegration in Urban Settings : What does it mean and what explains its variation?

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

    Author : Elina Francesca Rivera; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Reintegration; Urban Settings; Fear; Organized Armed Groups; Ex-combatants; Bogota; Medellin; Paramilitaries;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 18. Can the Ideology of an Armed Group Change? : A Discourse Analysis of Ideology

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

    Author : Inge Volleberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Ideology; Depolarisation; Armed group; Communism; India; PWG; CPI-Maoist;

    Abstract : This thesis tries to fill in the research gap on whether the ideologies of armed groups can change. Tokdemir et al. READ MORE

  5. 19. 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

  6. 20. 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 Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Philippa Westling; [2022]
    Keywords : inviolability; state responsibility; attribution; organised armed groups; international humanitarian law; ARSIWA; CPIUN;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE