Publications
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Mapping Conflict Motives: the Sudan – South Sudan border
- Steven Spittaels, Yannick Weyns | 23 janvier 2014
In “Mapping Conflict Motives: the Sudan-South Sudan border”, IPIS analyses the conflict dynamics in the wider border area spanning Sudan and South Sudan. The analysis specifically looks into the motivations and interests of the parties involved in the interstate, intrastate and local conflicts in this area. The report covers the following key questions: Where are conflict parties focussing their e
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IPIS Insights: The 2nd Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, Geneva 2013
- Anna Bulzomi, Gabriella Wass | 14 janvier 2014
From the 2 – 4 December 2013, IPIS attended the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. The Forum was established by the Human Rights Council and is under the guidance of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. Around 1,700 people registered for this year’s Forum, spanning Civil Society Organisations, individuals who have been adversely affected by business activity, State de
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Annual Report 2013 IPIS
- IPIS | 31 décembre 2013
Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/ipisvzw_annual_report2013
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Business, Human Rights, and Uganda’s Oil – Part II: Protect and Remedy: Implementing State duties under the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights
- Chris Musiime, Gabriella Wass | 18 décembre 2013
The following is the second in a series of four reports exploring business and human rights issues in Uganda’s oil sector. This series is a collaboration between IPIS vsw and ActionAid Uganda. In accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, this second report assesses the duty of the Ugandan, British, French and Chinese States to prevent, investigate, punish and redress
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Initiatives en matière de ‘minerais de conflit’ en RD Congo: perceptions des communautés minières locales
- Andrés Zaragoza Montejano, Ken Matthysen | 16 décembre 2013
L’exploitation minière est une importante source de revenus pour de nombreuses communautés dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Cette même richesse minière joue cependant aussi un rôle majeur dans la persistance de l’insécurité dans certaines parties du pays. Les revenus générés par le commerce des minerais fournissent des moyens d’opération aux groupes armés ainsi qu’un financ
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Practice What You Preach: Theory and Practice of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)’s Stakeholder Engagement Plan in Chad
- Anna Bulzomi | 11 décembre 2013
The past decade has seen a staggering increase in Chinese investment flows in Africa, leaping from USD 392 million in 2005 to USD 2520 million in 2012. Although there is a growing understanding that China’s impact on sub-Saharan Africa is far-reaching and complex, and that Chinese investments on the continent are highly diversified, the majority of business & human rights analysts have tended
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In search of clean water: human rights and the mining industry in Katanga, DRC
- Andrés Zaragoza Montejano | 26 novembre 2013
Today, around 1,8 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the most water-rich country in Africa, 51 million people lack access to potable water; only 26% of the population has access to safe drinking water. This is one of the lowest access rates in the world. In the Katanga province, rich in cobalt and copper, some industrial mining co
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IPIS Insights: Kimberley Process: observations from the sidelines. Part I
- Fiona Southward | 20 novembre 2013
Ten years after the launch of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) this paper is the first in a two part series providing an overview of where the Kimberley Process and international efforts to combat the trade in conflict diamonds currently stand. It will analyse some of the present challenges facing the system and some of the potential solutions on the table. This part (Part I) will
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Travail des enfants dans le site minier d’exploitation artisanale de Bisie en territoire de Walikale. Une crise oubliée en République Démocratique du Congo
- Prince Kihangi Kyamwami | 19 novembre 2013
Plus de deux décennies après l’entrée en vigueur de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant (1989) en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), la situation des enfants dans le territoire de Walikale demeure critique. Certes, le travail des enfants est un problème mondial, mais c’est essentiellement dans les pays en développement qu’il compte la grande majorité. L’expérience montre que le défi
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Ambushed in Bangkok? The U.N. Panel on North Korea and the case of the IL-76 “4L-AWA”
- Brian Johnson-Thomas, Peter Danssaert, Sergio Finardi | 19 novembre 2013
This new IPIS/Transarms report explains why the conclusion of the latest United Nations report on North Korea sanctions about an arms flight grounded in Thailand is not supported by facts, but based on a misalliance of wrong and misleading information gleaned both about the cargo aircraft. its flight and the entities involved, together with erroneous interpretations of standard aviation practices
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Analysis of the interactive map of artisanal mining areas in Eastern DR Congo (2013)
- Filip Hilgert, Steven Spittaels | 13 novembre 2013
In August 2009 the ‘International Peace Information Service’ (IPIS) published a first map of militarised mining areas in Eastern DR Congo. By 2012, the international interest in the issue had grown but the map was out-dated. To find a structural solution, IPIS sat down with the Congolese mining cadastre (CAMI) and agreed to set up a permanent system to monitor artisanal mining activities and the i
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‘Conflict Minerals’ initiatives in DR Congo: Perceptions of local mining communities
- Andrés Zaragoza Montejano, Ken Matthysen | 12 novembre 2013
The exploitation of minerals is an important source of income for many communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Yet this mineral wealth also plays a significant role in the continuation of insecurity in parts of the country. Revenues from mineral trade have given armed groups the means to operate, and provided off-budget funding to (often poorly paid) state security forces. Whils
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Online public databases for Arms Trade Research
- IPIS | 29 août 2013
In recent years IPIS has published several publications in collaboration with local African organisations. Such cooperation has allowed us to share know-how from over 30 years of research experience while benefitting from our partners’ networks and understanding of local issues. Although IPIS’ research assignments are often limited to a few months, we are increasingly trying to improve our working
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L’or et les diamants de la République centrafricaine. Le secteur minier et les problèmes sociaux, économiques et environnementaux y afférents
- Iain Clarkson, Ken Matthysen | 23 août 2013
L’or et les diamants en Afrique centrale sont souvent associés au conflit, au financement de rebelles, aux violations des droits de l’homme et à la contrebande. En tant que pays enclavé dans une région instable, voisin de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) et récemment théâtre d’un nouveau coup d’État, la République centrafricaine (RCA) pourrait être considérée comme un candidat approprié p
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Planning and Running a Research Project
- IPIS | 12 août 2013
In recent years IPIS has published several publications in collaboration with local African organisations. Such cooperation has allowed us to share know-how from over 30 years of research experience while benefitting from our partners’ networks and understanding of local issues. Although IPIS’ research assignments are often limited to a few months, we are increasingly trying to improve our working
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IPIS Insights: Why businesses should assess human rights impacts from the outset of projects. SOCO International Oil Company in Virunga National Park, DRC
- Gabriella Wass | 5 août 2013
SOCO International, a British oil company, is prospecting for oil in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park – a World Heritage Site. For the past year, their presence has been criticised for putting a fragile environment at risk. However, more recently, their impact on human rights has also been questioned. Below, IPIS looks at why it is so vital for companies to employ rights-re
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Strijd tegen conflictmineralen: sleutel tot conflictresolutie in Oost-Congo?
- Ken Matthysen | 24 juillet 2013
De PDF van dit artikel is met toestemming van de redactie overgenomen uit de /Internationale Spectator, Clingendael Magazine voor Internationale Betrekkingen/, uitgegeven door de Koninklijke Van Gorcum, te Assen namens het Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen ‘Clingendael’ te Den Haag. Download in pdf of open met issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/20130700_is_art_mat
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Business, Human Rights, and Uganda’s Oil. Part I: Uganda’s oil sector and potential threats to human rights
- Chris Musiime, Gabriella Wass | 12 juillet 2013
The following report is the first of a series of four collaborations between IPIS Research and ActionAid International Uganda. The series sheds a light on the oil sector in Uganda, its possible impact on human rights, and how government, companies, and civil society can best enable a positive bond between oil and the welfare of the Ugandan people. This first report opens by providing a situational
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Major Powers Fuelling Atrocities. Why the world needs a robust Arms Trade Treaty
- IPIS | 15 mars 2013
IPIS contributed to the research for this AI report. Every year, thousands of people are killed, injured, raped and forced to flee from their homes as a result of abuses and atrocities committed with conventional arms and ammunition. Harrowing testimonies and images from conflict zones and human rights crises around the world underline the urgent need to end irresponsible arms transfers and illicit
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The Arms Trade Treaty: Building a Path to Disarmament
- Brian Wood, Ken Matthysen, Peter Danssaert, Sergio Finardi | 9 mars 2013
The goal of this article is to examine and suggest proposals that could enhance the role of the international Arms Trade Treaty—presently in discussion at the United Nations—in the regulation of the international arms trade and in addressing the role of the legal trade in: a) providing the bulk of the arms used in armed conflicts, armed violence and human rights abuses; b) the excessive arming of