Improving Security in Violent Conflict Settings : Security and Justice Thematic Paper
Violent conflict is the multifaceted and cyclical problem that the international community is trying to grapple with. To date, there has been a clear hierarchy concerning what forms of violence are seen to matter most, with political violence that...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/833741468337161208/Improving-security-in-violent-conflict-settings-security-and-justice-thematic-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27513 |
| Summary: | Violent conflict is the multifaceted and
cyclical problem that the international community is trying
to grapple with. To date, there has been a clear hierarchy
concerning what forms of violence are seen to matter most,
with political violence that threatens the state taking pole
position. In examining this argument, this paper sets out a
number of issues relating to security and justice
definitions. It will then examine some of the problems
associated with placing conflict into a box-set typology:
mass violence associated with war and genocide carries
unique features but also spawns new challenges which are
often being ignored. The paper will then examine in brief
some of the measures used by communities, governmental
actors and international partners in contending with
violence before outlining some key conclusions and
recommendations. In reading this paper two further points
need be borne in mind: 1) this does not provide a
comprehensive overview of violence and security - that is
the role of the World Development Report (WDR) itself, and
2) this paper does not present fresh research, but more an
overview, along with the other papers in the
security-justice series, of some of the key issues
confronting policy makers in the domain of security and development. |
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