After rebel fighters captured a major city in Darfur last week, alarming reports emerged of massacres and sexual violence targeting the region’s Black population.
- Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia
On ne peut pas s’attendre à une résolution durable lorsqu’un accord n’implique que quelques parties au conflit.
A lasting resolution should not be expected when only a few conflict parties have concluded an agreement.
Sudan’s war has triggered a massive displacement crisis, with more than 14 million people forced to flee their homes.
Negotiating peace is not a matter of following a simple recipe; it rarely has well-defined stages.
An agreement to end conflict is only one small step in an often long process.
Politicians aren’t necessarily the best mediators. International experts on peace mediation should be involved.
Although the Saami have made political and legal gains in the past decades, progress is precarious. And recognition of their rights cannot be taken for granted.
The relationship between Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and non-indigenous population has never been an equal one, even though the 1982 national constitution recognises Aboriginal rights.
