RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Michael E. O'Hanlon and John Prendergast, February 01, 2012, USA Today
After a year during which the international community supported democratic revolutions across the globe, Michael O'Hanlon and John Pendergrast urge global leaders to strengthen responses in two countries where human rights abuses are the worst in the world — Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, December 05, 2011
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
It is a tenet of international law that states are responsible for protecting the rights of persons within their borders, including the internally displaced. On December 5, 2011, the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement held a private launch event for its report, From Responsibility to Response: Assessing National Approaches to Internal Displacement, which examines government response to internal displacement in fifteen of the twenty countries most affected by internal displacement due to conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations.
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Elizabeth Ferris, Erin Mooney and Chareen Stark, November 01, 2011, The Brookings Institution
It is a tenet of international law that states are responsible for protecting the rights of persons within their borders, including the internally displaced. Elizabeth Ferris, Erin Mooney and Chareen Stark examine government response to internal displacement in fifteen countries affected by internal displacement due to conflict, generalized violence and human rights violations.
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Mwangi S. Kimenyi and John Mukum Mbaku, July 08, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Although South Sudan’s independence will foster many opportunities for economic and political development, the new nation will also face a myriad of challenges, including continued tension with the North, a low quality of life for its citizens, and a huge debt burden. Mwangi Kimenyi and John Mbaku examine these challenges and the principles that the new South Sudan must keep in mind as it seeks to create a consensual state. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Elizabeth Ferris, July 08, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Although South Sudan celebrated its independence on July 9, roughly one million of its would-be citizens—southerners who fled over the decades to avoid conflict and for economic reasons—remain in limbo in the north. Elizabeth Ferris examines the plight of these displaced southerners, and discusses their protection concerns. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kevin Watkins, July 07, 2011, The Guardian
For South Sudan, independence from Sudan is an opportunity to break a deadly cycle of violence and poverty, says Kevin Watkins. With the south's secession comes hope and antipication, yet, Africa's newest nation still faces many challenges. Watkins explains the country's continuous struggle for peace and why coherent aid policy is critical to South Sudan's future. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, March 25, 2011
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
On March 25, the Project on Internal Displacement and the Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings will host a discussion to explore the future of human rights protections in Southern Sudan. The event will feature presentations by the Honorable Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, head of mission at the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Mission and the Honorable Elkanah Odembo, Kenyan ambassador to the United States. Following their remarks, Joyce Leader and Andrew Natsios of Georgetown University will offer commentary. Read More
VIDEO
Mwangi S. Kimenyi, February 25, 2011
The Sudanese people have voted to split the huge African nation into two separate states, and end years of bloody civil war and ethnic strife. Yet with the oil reserves primarily located in the largely Christian south, and the transportation and export infrastructure located in the largely Arab north, expert Mwangi S. Kimenyi says many questions about how to keep the peace, protect the economy and share the wealth have yet to be resolved.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
John Mutenyo, February 11, 2011, The Brookings Institution
As South Sudan nears closer to its independence on July 9, 2011, offering a newfound sign of hope, the challenges still facing this troubled nation are undeniable. John Mutenyo discusses the obstacles that lie ahead for South Sudan, including poverty, illiteracy, infrastructure, bottlenecks and improving the lack of unity, security and governance. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Richard Williamson, January 18, 2011, House Committee on Foreign Relations
Ambassador Richard Williamson offers remarks on the January 2011 Sudan Referendum in testimony before the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. House of Representatives. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Roberta Cohen, January 14, 2011, The New York Times
In this letter to the editor, Roberta Cohen argues that the Obama administration should consult the United States' 2004 internally displaced persons (IDP) policy to help ensure that the human rights of the 27 million IDPs in the world are properly protected. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mwangi S. Kimenyi, January 13, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Mwangi Kimenyi reminds the international community that the results of the Sudan Referendum could produce two new nations, not just one. He asserts that although the south will form a new state, the north will also hold new boundaries and a new population constituency. Recognizing both Northern and Southern Sudan, Kimenyi argues, will create a new axis of understanding and tolerance between the two new states. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ernest Aryeetey and Zenia A. Lewis, January 12, 2011, The Brookings Institution
The Sudan referendum will have an enormous impact on the economies of both new nations, state Ernest Aryeetey and Zenia Lewis of Brookings’ Africa Growth Initiative. With looming matters of oil, border and conflict control, cooperation between North and South Sudan will be of utmost importance for their development and economic success. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ibrahim Sharqieh, January 07, 2011, The Christian Science Monitor
Ibrahim Sharqieh writes that the January 9 referendum on Southern Sudan, which will almost certainly result in secession from the North, threatens to escalate war in the region. Sharqieh offers suggestions for regional and international actors in preventing renewed violence. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, January 06, 2011
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Washington, DC
As Southern Sudan’s self-determination referendum approaches, the country faces one of the most important moments in its history. On January 6, in advance of the referendum, the Managing Global Insecurity Project at Brookings hosted a discussion of the impact and implications of the referendum and the prospects for sustainable peace in the country. Read More