Law and Ethics
What is the relationship between norms and the realm of international affairs? Can it ever be morally defensible to engage in armed struggle? If so, what rules and parameters should guide the use of armed force? How are current rules grounded, and how can we critique and change them so that they contribute to peaceful relations and further the cause of justice? And, not least, how can we use ethics and law to build trustful, stable, and peaceful relations in a multicultural world? These and similar overarching questions form the foundations of the Law and Ethics research group at PRIO.
New Case Brief: Trust and Fairness: Ethical Dilemmas in the Iran Nuclear (JCPOA) Negotiations
This FAIR Case Brief examines the role of threats and sanctions between the key parties and how they
impacted on trust between the various sides as
well as on perceptions of fairness in the negotiations.
Exploring Ethics-Driven Approaches to Digital Peacebuilding at Geneva Peace Week
More than 40 peace practitioners, researchers and representatives from international organizations came together on 2 November 2022 in Geneva to discuss how various ethics perspectives could help in the planning, implemention, and evaluation of digital peacebuilding interventions.
FAIR project workshop takes place in Cyprus
The PRIO project “On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation” (FAIR) organized a workshop in Cyprus in partnership with the PRIO Cyprus Centre, PRIO Middle East Centre, and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security, 19-21 October.
Case Brief on Israeli–Palestinian Disagreements over Collective Memory During the Peace Process 1993–2001
A case brief just published as part of PRIO's FAIR project examines how the Israeli–Palestinian peace process dealt with radical disagreements over collective memory. It identifies three positions taken towards this specific issue: prescriptive forgetting that avoids the past altogether, strategic forgetting that postpones dealing with it, and transitional justice that recommends addressing it head-on.
Roundtable with Hugo Slim: The Future of Humanitarian Principles - Recording Now Available
Will the principle of humanity survive the critique of anthropocentrism and a call for post-humanism?
New Case Brief: The Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS)
This new FAIR case brief by Eli Stamnes and Cedric de Coning focuses on the peace negotiations resulting in the Revitalised
Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in
the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS), finalized in September 2018.
NORM Project Kick-Off Meeting
The NORM project ('Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia') was officially launched with a kick-off meeting on 4 May.
New Case Brief: Controversies of Inclusion in the Colombian Peace Process: The Balancing Act of Introducing New Norms and Gaining Popular Support
This new FAIR case brief by Isabel Bramsen argues that inclusion is in fact a controversial issue with several dilemmas in relation to peace processes.
New Case Brief: Ethical Issues and Controversies in the Astana Process: Questioning Representation and Ownership
This new FAIR case brief by Zenonas Tziarras focuses on how the Astana process became central to the peace efforts regarding the Syria conflict after 2017, but it has been heavily influenced by the interests and positions of its three sponsors or guarantor powers: Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
RedLines Project Kick-Off Meeting
The Red Lines and Grey Zones project has been officially launched with a kick-off meeting on the 1st of March. Please find an introduction to the project presented by Kristoffer Lidén above.
Digital Peacebuilding: A Framework for Critical–Reflexive Engagement
Journal Article in International Studies Perspectives
Tacit engagement as a form of remote management: Risk aversity in the face of sanctions regimes
Report - External Series
At the Gates to Peace: Mediators as Gatekeepers
PRIO Policy Brief
Law after July 22, 2011: Survivors, Memory and Reconstruction
PRIO Paper
A better foundation for national security? The ethics of national risk assessments in the Nordic region
Journal Article in Cooperation and Conflict
How to Trust in a Pandemic: Report of the Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IHSS) Working Group on COVID-19
Report - External Series
Justice during the War with the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
PRIO Policy Brief
Human Rights Violations and the Security Forces in Mali and Niger
PRIO Policy Brief
The Ethics of Liberal Peacebuilding
Book Chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation
Social acceptance and border control technologies
Book Chapter in Border Control and New Technologies: Addressing Integrated Impact Assessment
Humanitarian Borders & the Governance of Mobility in Europe: from 2015 to 2022
FAIR Cyprus workshop on ethical considerations in peace negotiations’
India's E-topia: Biometric ID and E-governance
Smittestopp og smittesporing – hva har vi lært gjennom to år med pandemi?
Just Economic Sanctions?
CO-DUTIES Launch Workshop
The Future of Humanitarian Principles
Mediator as Gatekeeper and Door Opener
The Fragility of Values: Norwegian Values in light of the 22 July attacks
Digital Innovation and the Future of Humanitarian Action: NCHS Scenario Webinar
Catering to Conflict-Affected Communities? The Trajectory and Relevance of Judicial and Non-Judicial Measures in Colombia
Critical Perspectives on Migrant Smuggling
On Fair Terms: The Ethics of Peace Negotiations and Mediation (FAIR)
Peace, Security and Global Digital Politics: ePOLITICS Initiative
Red Lines and Grey Zones: Exploring the Ethics of Humanitarian Negotiation
Revisiting the property issue
Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia (NORM)
Tools of war and virtue
Warring with Machines: Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence and the Relevance of Virtue Ethics
Coordinator
Kristoffer Lidén
Senior Researcher
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