Events
Internal Project Workshop: A scoping workshop on the Triple Nexus
Bridging humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) divide through international law This workshop, organised by the Glasgow team, will aim to create space for an informal discussion amongst the Endless Conflicts project researchers and a few invited academics and practitioners. This will allow the Endless Conflicts teams to shape up the three policy-oriented reports…
News
The Peace Treaty Initiative: Can international law facilitate peace negotiations?
Should there be an international treaty that facilitates the negotiated settlement of non-international armed conflicts? This question was what a group of legal experts discussed on 16 May 2022 during a knowledge exchange workshop in the beautiful Turnbull Room at the University of Glasgow. The basis of the discussion was the…
DRC
Presentation – Pascal SUNDI MBAMBI – June 22nd
Our DRC team member, Pascal SUNDI MBAMBI, will present his research as part of the Work in Progress seminar series organised by the University of Glasgow. The event will take place on Wednesday, 22nd June, at 12 noon UK time. The title of his presentation is the following: Can the…
Colombia
Presentation – Johanna Del Pilar Cortés-Nieto – June 8th
Our Colombian team member, Johanna Del Pilar Cortés-Nieto, will present her research as part of the Work in Progress seminar series organised by the University of Glasgow. The event will take place on Wednesday, 8th June, at 12 noon UK time. The title of her presentation is the following:…
Authors’ Workshop in Berlin (June 30th-July 1st)
From Protracted Conflict to Sustainable Peace?The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and International Law The Endless Conflicts team is delighted to announce our authors’ workshop, taking place in Berlin on June 30th and July 1st. This will be an opportunity for the authors of our edited collection to meet each other, interact and…
Launch Event – Mediation and Development Related Conflict Report
A launch of a report on Mediation and development related conflict Authors: Giedre Jokubauskaite (University of Glasgow) & Catherine Turner (Durham University) Certain development projects, especially those concerning the use of natural resources and land, come with a high risk of causing social tensions or exacerbating armed conflict. This event will…
Workshop on the Peace Treaty Initiative – May 16th 2022
On 16 May, the Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security will host an invitation-only workshop on the Peace Treaty Initiative. The Peace Treaty Initiative is a major new undertaking to facilitate the prospect of a purpose-built multilateral treaty designed to incentivise warring parties to choose the pathway of…
ESIL Research Forum 2022 – Sofie and Ansgar present on Humanitarian Exemption Clause – A Recap
‘Protracted Conflicts need a shift to local actors but humanitarian exemption clauses are a move in the opposite direction’ – Ansgar Münichsdorfer (31.03.2022) On 31 March and 1 April 2022, the University of Glasgow hosted the ESIL Research Forum 2022. The forum featured a keynote speech by Prof. Diane Marie…
Mediation and Development-related Conflict – a report by Giedre Jokubauskaite and Catherine Turner
This report constitutes our first Endless Conflicts report on Mediation in Development Finance, and was published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). Abstract Practice shows that certain development interventions, especially those concerning the use of natural resources and land, come with a high risk of causing social…
DRC Workshop – 27 January – 3 February 2022 – Humanitarian aid and its impact in armed conflicts
Between January 27th and February 3rd, the DRC team conducted a research mission in the city of Bukavu via Goma, in the east of the country – a region still affected by armed conflicts. Initially, interviews with women in the Panzi Hospital who had been victims of sexual violences were…