Deterring violence / Breaking cycles of violence

Reducing violence and strengthening the protection of civilians through community dialogue with armed actors
The Cost of Treating Urban Violence as a "Public Health' Problem
Crossing the line: Transhumance in transition along the Sudan-South Sudan border
Standing ‘bare hands’ against the Syrian regime: the turn to armed resistance and the question of civilian protection
Reclaiming protection of civilians under international humanitarian law: Reflections from the Oslo global conference
Saving Lives, Saving Souls
Communal conflict, civil war, and the state: Complexities, connections, and the case of Sudan
South Sudan’s December 2013 conflict: Bolting state-building fault lines with social capital
Regional Land Context for Peaceful Co-existence in Kenya
The civilian dimension of the African Standby Force
Lessons for IGAD: Mediation arising from the South Sudan peace talks
Strengthening institutional capability to adopt conflict sensitive approaches Five lessons from the Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility in South Sudan, 2016–2018
Accounting for violence in Eastern Congo: Young people’s narratives of war and peace in North and South Kivu
Community counts: The social reintegration of ex-combatants in Colombia
More than a line: Sudan's North-South border
A virtue-based just peace ethic
Tunnel Vision or Kaleidoscope: Competing Concepts on Sudan Identity and National Integration
Irregular warfare in African conflicts
The role of Religious Leaders in Encouraging Reconciliation
PEACETALK: Role of CSOs in Peace Building and Political Transition
Caught Between Two Cultures: When aid in South Sudan is pulled between local norms and western systems
Girl Ambassadors for Peace: Young Women and Girls Read and Lead to Counter Violent Extremism and Build Peace
Protecting civilians in the Kachin borderlands, Myanmar Key threats and local responses
The role of ex-offenders in implementing the Community Work Programme as a crime and violence prevention initiative
De-escalating Conflict, Confidence Building and Conciliation
Incorporating unarmed civilian peacekeeping into Canadian foreign policy: what do Canadians think?
Traditions of Conflict Resolution In Burma
Non-Violence and Civilian Agency in Communal War: Evidence from Jos, Nigeria
Colombian peace communities: the role of NGOs in supporting resistance to violence and oppression
Resilient Communities: Non-Violence and Civilian Agency in Communal War
The quest for happiness as an underlying motive for violent conflict in Africa
Cure Violence: A Public Health Model to Reduce Gun Violence
Civil Society: A Resource for Peace
Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping
The challenges of power-sharing and transitional justice in post-civil war African countries: Comparing Burundi, Mozambique and Sierra Leone
The Involvement of African Armed Forces in Resolving African Conflicts: A Case Study of the AU Mission in Sudan
Between a rock and a hard place The UN and the protection of civilians in South Sudan
Local Peace Processes in Sudan: A Baseline Study
The Security-Development Nexus and the Imperative of Peacebuilding with Special Reference to the African Context
Dealing with the past: The youth and post-war recovery in southern Sudan
Resisting Violence Growing a Culture of Nonviolent Action in South Sudan
Informal armies Community defence groups in South Sudan’s civil war
Lessons on counter-terror and countering violent extremism
The National Dialogue Initiative in South Sudan Assessing Progress and Pitfalls
Transitional justice and gender in Uganda: Making peace, failing women during the peace negotiation process
Strengthening ethical political leadership for sustainable peace and social justice in Africa: Uganda as a case study
Non-Military Protection of Civilians in UN Peace Operations: Experiences and Lessons
Civilian Protection in the Eastern DRC: Evaluation of the Monusco peacekeeping operation
Nonviolence Cafe #7: Update on NP work in the United States
Non-violence in conflict zones, Peace Brigades International’
Civil Wars and State Formation. Violence and the Politics of Legitimacy in Angola, Côte d’Ivoire and South Sudan
Addressing peace and safety concerns in Wau, South Sudan
Informing Durable Solutions for Internal Displacement In Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan
The militarization of cattle raiding in South Sudan: how a traditional practice became a tool for political violence
Non-military strategies for civilian protection in the DRC
Blurring ‘the Other’: Transforming relations in the management of the 1992 ethno-religious conflicts in Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Healing the Wounds of the Past Peacebuilding Prospects for Zimbabwe
UN peacekeeping in Africa and good governance: challenges and prospects
“Like the military of the village” Security, justice and community defence groups in south-east South Sudan
Peace and stability in South Sudan: Challenges and recommendations
Saferworld's annual review 2018-19
Enhancing Civilian Protection in Peace Operations: Insights from Africa
Rectifying Horizontal Inequalities: Lessons from African Conflict
Participation under Fire: dilemmas of reintegrating child soldiers involved in South Sudan’s armed conflict
South Sudan's Civil War Will Not End with a Peace Deal
Sustainable community approaches to peacebuilding in securitised environments: case study of Somalia
Conflicts in Africa: Meaning, Causes, Impact and Solution
Unarmed Civilians Sustain Peace
The Religious Landscape in South Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities for Engagement
Gendered (in)security in South Sudan: masculinities and hybrid governance in Imatong state
“They Are Now Community Police”: Negotiating the Boundaries and Nature of the Government in South Sudan through the Identity of Militarised Cattle-keepers
Proactive Presence Field strategies for civilian protection
People-to-People Peacemaking and Peacebuilding: A Review of the Work of the New Sudan Council of Churches
Communities tackling small arms and light weapons in South Sudan Lessons learnt and best practices
At the Frontline: Women Peacekeepers in the Philippines
Last Stand in Sudan?
Unarmed to Sustainable Peace: Bottom-Up Civilian Peacekeeping between Potentials and Challenges. Case Study: Nonviolent Peaceforce in South Sudan
Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War
Deciphering the jihadist threat to Mindanao’s Moro peace process
A Homegrown Approach to Accompaniment in the Face of Violence: IFI’s Lumad Accompaniment Program in Mindanao
IP clans in feud resolve conflict for lasting peace and development
How RIDO is transforming rido
Human Rights and Peacebuilding
The force of nonviolence: the ethical in the political
The Ifugao Muyong: Sustaining Water, Culture and Life
Interview: the Struggle for Peace in Mindanao, the Philippines
Mindanao autonomy: end to a conflict that has hit the southern Philippines for 50 years?
Eyes on the Ground: Realizing the potential of civilian-led monitoring in armed conflict
A Look at a Distance on Pasawit: Reimagining and Building Social Cohesion in Localizing Peacebuilding
Resolving Conflict in Muslim Mindanao: Showcasing Four Traditional Mechanisms
IP clans in feud resolve conflict for lasting peace and development
Human Rights and Peacebuilding
Peace Zones of Mindanao, Philippines: Civil Society Efforts to End Violence
Philippines: women and inclusivity in the Mindanao peace process
Coexistence Ceasefire in Mindanao
Conflict Management in Mindanao
Forging Sustainable Peace in Mindanao: The Role of Civil Society
Negotiating peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the Southern Philippines
GRP – RPM-M: The “Other” Peace Process
UCP Research Summary
Deterring violence / Breaking cycles of violence

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