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Violence
  »  Violence--overview
Drivers of Violence
   »  Destructive Escalation
   »  Revenge and the Backlash Effect
   »  Identity Issues
   »  Fear
   »  Humiliation
   »  Political Instability
   »  Failed States
   »  Unmet Human Security Needs
   »  Coercive Power
   »  Lack Monopoly on Coercive Force
   »  Small Arms Trade
   »  Conflict Profiteers
   »  Propaganda
Forms of Violence
   »  Interpersonal Conflict and Violence
   »  War
   »  Genocide
   »  Atrocities
   »  Ethnic Cleansing
   »  Extremists and Spoilers
   »  Predatory States
   »  Factional Violence
   »  Terrorism
   »  Suicide Bombers
   »  Structural Violence
   »  Tyrannt Wannabes
   »  Criminal Violence
Alternatives to Violence
   »  Sanctions
   »  Nonviolence and Nonviolent Direct Action
Responding to Violence
      Violence Prevention
        »  Sovereignty
        »  Security
        »  Preventive Diplomacy and International Violence Prevention
        »  Preventing Interpersonal Violence
        »  Monopoly on the Means of Violence (Military)
        »  Addressing Underlying Causes of Conflict
        »  Arms Control and Non-proliferation
        »  Buffer Zones
        »  Security Guarantees
        »  Protective Accompaniment
        »  Early Warning
        »  Limiting Escalation / De-escalation
        »  Confidence-building Measures
        »  De-escalating Gestures
        »  Referees
        »  Arms Embargo
        »  Disarmament
        »  International Regimes
        »  Military Force Restructuring
        »  Mobilization Slowing
        »  Safe Havens
        »  Peace Education
      Peacemaking
        »  Peacemaking
        »  Diplomacy
        »  Track I Diplomacy
        »  Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
        »  Track I - Track II Cooperation
        »  Multi-track Diplomacy
        »  Ceasefire
        »  Peace Agreements
        »  Military Intervention
        »  Stabilization and the Problem of Insurgency
        »  Intervention Coordination
        »  Mediation
        »  Insider-partial Mediation
        »  International Mediation and Intractable Conflict
        »  Ripeness-promoting Strategies
        »  Ground Rules
        »  Sequencing Strategies and Tactics
        »  Reframing
        »  Option Identification
        »  Focusing on Commonalities
        »  Caucus
        »  Reality Testing
        »  Consensus Building
        »  Costing
        »  Shuttle Diplomacy
        »  Action-forcing Mechanisms
        »  Trust in Mediation
        »  Codes of Conduct for Intervenors
        »  Structural Components of Peace Agreements
        »  Addressing Injustice
        »  Self-determination Procedures
        »  Social Structural Change
        »  Security Guarantees
        »  Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Ex-combatants
        »  Reconstruction
        »  Compensation and Reparations
        »  Procedural Components of Peace Agreements
        »  Designing New Dispute Resolution Systems
      Peacekeeping
        »  Peacekeeping
      Peacebuilding
        »  Track II (Citizen) Diplomacy
        »  Levels of Action
        »  Elites
        »  Midlevel Actors
        »  Grassroots Actors
        »  Problem-solving Workshops
        »  Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Ex-combatants
        »  Disarmament
        »  Dealing with Extremists
        »  Humanization of Extremists
        »  Grassroots Process Design
        »  Monitoring of Agreements
        »  Enforcement Mechanisms
        »  Mediating Evil, War, and Terrorism: the Politics of Conflict
        »  Meta-conflict Resolution
        »  Peace Education
        »  The Scale-up Problem
        »  Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
        »  Conflict Transformation
        »  Humanitarian Aid and Development Assistance
        »  Important Skills for Humanitarian Professionals Working in a Contemporary Conflict Environment
        »  Trauma Healing
        »  Envisioning
        »  Joint Projects
        »  Drama in Conflict Transformation
        »  Apology and Forgiveness
        »  Respect
        »  Humanization
        »  Humanizing Extremists
        »  Reconciliation
        »  Conflict Transformation Training as Intervention
        »  Elicitive Training

                        Protecting Human Rights
History of Human Rights
   »  History of Human Rights
Theory of Human Rights
   »  Politics and Human Rights
   »  Universality of Human Rights
   »  Philosophy of Human Rights
   »  Politics and Human Rights
   »  Culture and Human Rights
   »  The Future of Human Rights
Types of Human Rights
   »  Political Rights
   »  Economic and Social Rights
   »  Group Rights
Causes of Human Rights Violations
   »  Domestic Repression
   »  Civil War
   »  Internatinal War
   »  Sanctions
   »  Trade Policy
Measurement of Human Rights
   »  Amnesty International's Political Terror Scale
   »  U.S. State Department Political Terror Scale
   »  Freedom House Civil and Political Liberties Scale
   »  POLITY's Democracy Score
   »  Minorities at Risk Data
Human Rights Violations
   »  Definition
   »  Concentration Camps
   »  Contemporary Slavery and Human Trafficking
   »  Torture
   »  Rape
            Cases of Crimes Against Humanity
              »  Balkans in the 1990s
              »  Central African Republic
              »  Democratic Republic of Congo
              »  Nuremberg (International Military Tribunal)
              »  Sudan
              »  Uganda
              »  Cambodia
      War Crimes
        »  Definition
        »  Terror
        »  Torture
        »  Abuse of prisoners of war
        »  Rape
            Cases of War Crimes
              »  Balkans in the 1990s
              »  Central African Republic
              »  Democratic Republic of Congo
              »  Nuremberg (International Military Tribunal)
              »  Sudan
              »  Uganda
      Genocide
        »  Definition of Genocide
        »  Introduction to Genocide
        »  Theories of Genocide
        »  Genocide and Human Rights
        »  Disappearance and Genocide
        »  Aftermath of Genocide
            Cases of Genocide
              »  The Armenian Genocide
              »  The Holocaust
              »  Genocide in Cambodia
              »  Bosnian Genocide
              »  Rwandan Genocide
      Forced Migration (Refugees, IDPs)
        »  Refugees
        »  IDPs
        »  History of Forced Migration
        »  Ecological Causes and Consequences of Forced Migration
        »  Patterns of Migration
        »  Pre-Flight, Flight, and Post-Flight Scenarios
        »  Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement
        »  Diversity and Difference in the Refugee Experience
        »  Borders, Boundaries, and Belonging
        »  Renegotiations of National and Ethnic Identities
        »  The International Refugee System
        »  Reconstructions of Livelihood
      Cases of Forced Migration
        »  Post Genocide Rwanda
        »  India Pakistan Partition
International Human Rights and Globalization
   »  Human Rights in the Middle east
   »
   »  Global Poverty and Human Rights
   »  Globalization and the Responsibility of Transnational Corporations for Human Rights
   »  European System of Human Rights
   »  Inter-American System
Human Rights Protection
      Justice and Rights
        »  Principles of Justice and Fairness
        »  Types of Justice
        »  Restorative Justice
        »  Retributive Justice
        »  Procedural Justice
        »  Distributive Justice
        »  Addressing Injustice
        »  Human Rights Norms
        »  Transitional Justice
      War Crimes Tribunals
        »  War Crime Tribunals
        »  International Criminal Court
        »  Nuremburg Trials
        »  International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
        »  The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
        »  Cambodia War Crimes Tribunal
        »  United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC)
      Other approaches for Redressing Grievances
        »  Historical Grievances
        »  Present Grievances
        »  Grievance Procedures
        »  Restorative Justice
        »  International Human Rights and Restorative Justice
        »  Objections to Restorative Justice
        »  Religious and Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice
        »  Ethics and Criminal Justice
      Human Rights and International Law
        »  Geneva Convention Treaties
        »  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
        »  International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
        »  International Criminal Law Treaties
        »  Customary International Law
        »  Convention Against Torture
      Political Norms and Human Rights
        »  UN Declaration of Human Rights
        »  The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
      Human Rights Intervention
        »  Intervention and Human Rights
        »  Human Rights Investigations
        »  Humanitarian Aid to Refugees
        »  Institutional Roles and Responsibilities
        »  Strategies and Tools for Application of Human Rights Norms
        »  The NGO and the Role of Civil Society in Human Rights Protection
        »  Legitimate and Effective Criminal Justice System
        »  Compensation and Reparations
      Responsibility for Human Rights
        »  Nation-States
        »  International Institutions
        »  Corporations
        »  UN
        »  Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
        »  IGOs
        »  Individuals
Groups and Human Rights
   »  Women
   »  Ethnic and Racial Groups
   »  LGBTQ
   »  Children
   »  Disabled People
   »  Religious Groups
Human Rights and the Environment
   »  Global Greenhouse Gases (GHG)
   »  Local Disasters
   »  Responsibility for Future Generations
Other Rights
   »  Property Rights
   »  Land and Property Rights in the Peace Process
   »  Citizenship Rights and Duties