Self-determination and autonomy

Compromising for peace: An interview with Jusuf Kalla

Reconfiguring politics: The Indonesia-Aceh peace process
Sep 2008
Indonesia Vice-President Jusuf Kalla describes his contribution to the peace process and how he managed to deal with the most sensitive issues. He stresses the key to success was to pinpoint the root cause of the conflict.

Aceh's new era: An interview with Irwandi Yusuf

Reconfiguring politics: The Indonesia-Aceh peace process
Sep 2008
Governor of Aceh Irwandi Yusuf discusses the 2005 peace agreement, the developing relationship between the Acehnese people and the Indonesian government, and the priorities for implementation.

Northern Ireland

The signing of the 1998 Belfast Agreement in Northern Ireland was the result of long and arduous negotiations to end 30 years of sectarian violence and political stalemate.

The Law on the Governing of Aceh: The way forward or a source of conflicts?

Reconfiguring politics: The Indonesia-Aceh peace process
Sep 2008
Bernhard May analyses the Law on the Governing of Aceh, which was intended as a framework for effective self-government for Aceh, noting the GAM’s disappointment with it and the risks this poses.

Whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking

Feb 2010
Accord 21, Whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking, seeks to improve understanding and links between Somalis and international policy and practice. Edited by Mark Bradbury and Sally Healy it contains over 30 articles including interviews with Somali elders and senior diplomats, and contributions from Somali and international peacemaking practitioners, academics, involved parties, civil society and women’s organisations.

Somalia

Accord 21 seeks to improve understanding and links between Somalis and international policy and practice. Edited by Mark Bradbury and Sally Healy it contains over 30 articles, including interviews with Somali elders and senior diplomats from the African Union, the UN and IGAD; and contributions from Somali and international peacemaking practitioners, academics, involved parties, civil society and women’s organisations.

Resolving two dimensions of conflict: The dynamics of consent, consensus and compromise

Weaving consensus: The Papua New Guinea - Bougainville peace process
Sep 2002
Anthony Regan analyses the different positions in the peace talks, how the talks stalled over the issue of a referendum and how the stalemate was resolved with an agreement on autonomy and a constitutional guarantee of a non-binding referendum.

Constitutional accommodation and conflict prevention

Weaving consensus: The Papua New Guinea - Bougainville peace process
Sep 2002
Yash Ghai and Anthony Regan describe the process that resulted in Bougainville declaring itself independent as the Republic of North Solomons, before being reincorporated into PNG through the Bougainville Agreement in 1976.

The origins of the conflict

Weaving consensus: The Papua New Guinea - Bougainville peace process
Sep 2002
Mary-Louise O’Callaghan describes the events that led to the declaration of Bougainville’s independence and the descent into lawlessness and violence that followed, ending with frustrated peace efforts and the entry of a private military company.

Papua New Guinea–Bougainville

The peace agreement signed in 2001 on the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (PNG), ended the most violent conflict in the South Pacific since World War II. Triggered by disputes in the late-1960s between local landowners and the international proprietors of the world’s largest copper and gold mine, armed resistance in the 1980s met an abusive response from the PNG security forces.

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