The norm of ‘indigenous participation and ‘free, prior and informed consent’’ (FPIC) has been incorporated in many international treaties and policy documents involving the rights of indigenous peoples, such as the 2007 ...

There is much discussion on the relation between migration, education and employment possibilities in developing countries. What is this relation? And how should organizations and institutions that work on improving the ...

This thesis explores the role of interpretation in the process of persuasion of youth. It primarily does so through a quantitative survey, but leaves room for respondents’ input and relies on the use of qualitative analysis ...

Large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) are the subject of a heated debate among academics, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and development institutions. Given the risks these acquisitions bring with them, some ...

20 years after the Dayton peace agreement ended the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), one can still not speak of a sustainable peace in BiH. This is partly due to low levels of social cohesion. There are several local civil ...

In post-conflict societies, memorialisation is increasingly considered to have a role in reconstruction and peacebuilding efforts. However, the impact of memorialisation in such societies is variable and can include negative ...

n the Philippines there is a lot of crime, corruption and poverty. Therefore President Rodrigo Duterte introduced the ‘war on drugs’ to create security for the good citizens. However, state violence is used to reach this ...

This study explores the current condition of reconciliation in the Basque Country, an environment in which reconciliation interventions are almost non-existent. It asks what are the effects on reconciliation when there is ...

This research aims at explaining the resistant attitude of the UNSC to adopt the R2P-principle in the MONUSCO-mandates for the DRC conflict between 2010-2015. A reference to the R2P-principle within the MONUSCO-mandates ...

This thesis discusses the relation between artists as part of civil society and democratization in Havana. Artist in Havana contribute to democratisation by means of different forms of protest art, such as: documentaries, ...