Watch PRIO’s recent Annual Peace Address with Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, who shared her unique insights on the global pushback on human rights.
Syria’s recent government offensive has rapidly ended Kurdish autonomy in the northeast, creating new instability and uncertainty over minority rights, writes Senior Researcher Pinar Tank.
Policymakers, researchers and industry actors must actively govern civilian drone development to harness innovation while managing security risks and protecting human rights, writes Researcher Giovanni Briganti Dini.
A year has passed since Assad’s brutal dictatorship fell and millions of Syrians regained hope. But with faltering support for refugees and reconstruction, and fears of new conflicts, hope is wearing thin, writes Research Professor Jørgen Jensehaugen.
In this podcast episode, Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard sits down with Research Professor Jørgen Jensehaugen to examine the erosion of global norms, accountability and multilateral institutions – and ask if anything can still hold the system together.
This policy brief outlines how development assistance can help prevent conflict, by addressing structural drivers of violence such as weak governance and lack of livelihoods. It draws on global evidence and case studies from South Sudan and Mozambique.
The Taliban’s restrictive governance and bans on girls’ education are sharply limiting female higher education in Afghanistan, driving calls for international pressure and continued dialogue to restore access to learning.
This study develops a set of machine-learning models to forecast the risk of electoral violence worldwide, offering projections for upcoming elections to help policymakers anticipate and prevent conflict.
A case study of Ghana that provides insights into the growing emphasis on issues rather than personalities in the country’s electoral politics.
This article argues for the value of systematic literature reviews for synthesizing quantitative findings on migration across diverse contexts.
PRIO invites applications for a 3-year full-time position as Doctoral Researcher in the project 'Knowledge for reconciliation: Truth and contestation in the aftermath of the Norwegian truth and reconciliation commission.'
