Publications

KOFF issues publications on various topics in civilian peacebuilding. The peacebuilding magazine “à propos” is released four times a year and provides an opportunity for the member organizations to express their views on a subject. In addition, we publish Essentials, which offer expert advice for practitioners, Critical Reflections, which summarize the main outputs of meetings and reports on a wide variety of peacebuilding issues.

KOFF, Publications, Critical Reflections

4 Oct 2012

Critical Reflection on Water and Land Management in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations

Access to land most often also means access to the water located on the land and inequitable distribution of the land and water tends to be the result of the same patterns as social and economic marginalization.

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KOFF, Publications, Critical Reflections

4 Jun 2012

Critical Reflection on Armed Groups, Violence & Demobilization in Colombia

Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of former combatants is a central element within a Dealing with the Past process aimed at contributing to the guarantee of non-recurrence of armed violence.

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KOFF, Publications, Critical Reflections, Peace-Migration Nexus

4 May 2012

Critical Reflection on Forced migration and transitional justice: Advancing the research agenda

Displacement is intrinsically linked to the abuses transitional justice processes seek to address. Crimes such as torture, rape and the killing of friends and family are almost invariably followed by survivors’ flight, whether for weeks, years or generations.

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KOFF, Publications, Critical Reflections

1 May 2012

Critical Reflection on Milestone or pitfall? Criminal law and the accountability of transnational companies

Transnational companies are influential actors in the globalized and interconnected economic and social world.

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KOFF, Publications, Critical Reflections

3 Feb 2012

Critical Reflection on Working with Men to Overcome Violence

Peace work can only be successful if projects and programs include approaches focusing on violent masculinity. In order to reduce the high rates of sexual and domestic violence, to improve the health situation and to implement human rights it is necessary to overcome the mobilization of men as fighters.

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KOFF, Publications, Critical Reflections

4 Oct 2011

Critical Reflection on Bringing Justice to Victims of International Crimes, with Philip Grant from TRIAL

‘Bringing justice to victims of international crimes’ re-launched the KOFF Dealing with the Past Roundtables, a series which will explore different aspects and components of addressing the legacy of gross human rights violations in a comprehensive and inclusive manner.

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