Surviving Violence : Comparative Perspectives, September 28-29, 2012; workshop report
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2012
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Dalhousie University
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This report summarizes the key findings and insights of a two day workshop entitled "Surviving Violence: Comparative Perspectives," held on September 28-29, 2012 at Dalhousie University. Hosted by the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, in conjunction with The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative and the Resilience Research Centre, this workshop explored modes of civilian protection in situations of armed violence. Premised on the assumption that civilian self-protection tactics and strategies are not sufficiently recognized and incorporated into international responses during and after armed conflict, the discussion focused on the ways and means that civilians themselves develop to survive violence. Our objectives were to: explore the survival experience and assess the extent to which global and local conceptions of protection are connected and mutually supportive; facilitate dialogue across disciplines and methodologies in order to identify the overlaps and gaps; and help equip scholars and practitioners with the knowledge and skills necessary to better engage with civilian self-protection mechanisms and inform future policy and practice. Bringing together a diverse range of disciplinary, thematic, and regional expertise, this workshop highlighted the everyday acts of survival inherent within the terrain of conflict and war, yet concluded that the knowledge and experiences of survivors remain largely invisible within the existing civilian protection framework...
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VICTIMS OF CONFLICT, HUMAN SECURITY, RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT, POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES, CONFERENCE REPORTS, VIOLENCE, CIVILIAN SELF-PROTECTION, ARMED CONFLICT, REINTEGRATION, CONFLICT RESEARCH, RIGHT TO SECURITY OF PERSON, HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS