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Addressing and Preventing Conflict through Constitution Building | - Provides an introduction to the specific roles and functions of post-conflict constitutions.
- Demonstrates how constitutional choices can impact the likelihood of avoiding or returning to conflict.
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Post-Conflict Constitution Building: Selected Process Issues | - Introduces constitution building as a process that can facilitate multicultural dialogue about common visions for a state and its people.
- Introduces interim and transitional arrangements that may be useful while common visions and values are being determined.
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Post-Conflict Constitution Building: Selected Political Process Issues | - Introduces post-conflict constitution building as a process of dialogue between former adversaries and conflicting social groups, aimed at building a common political vision.
- Introduces strategies for negotiating, bargaining, breaking deadlocks, sharing power, redressing victimization and promoting shared visions.
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Building a Culture of Rights and Responsibilities | - Introduces the significance of including specific rights in a constitution.
- Discusses ways that dialogue about human rights can transform and manage conflict.
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Addressing and Preventing Conflict through Recognizing Diversity and Building Human Security [Part 1]: Religion and Ethnicity | - Introduces issues relating to diversity and identity politics.
- Introduces ways that religion and ethnicity often contribute to divisiveness and large numbers of conflicts.
- Introduces concrete implementation strategies to accommodate religious and ethnic diversity.
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Addressing and Preventing Conflict through Recognizing Diversity and Building Human Security [Part 2]: Women’s Participation and HIV Issues | - Introduces ways that gender-based violence contributes to conflict; addresses the necessity of including women in the promotion and maintenance of peace and security.
- Introduces ways that conflict impacts women, children, HIV
- transmission and people living with and affected by HIV, including family members.
- Introduces concrete strategies for dealing with gender inequality and stigmatization.
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Power Dynamics in Constitution Building | - Introduces strategies allowing direct participation in constitutional processes and governance structures, thereby reducing the chances of a return to violent conflict. Introduces issues relating to constitutional prerogatives based on origin, gender, race, ethnicity, religion and linguistic identity and whether they tend to facilitate or obstruct reconciliation.
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Resource Governance: Wealth Sharing and Natural Resources | - Introduces linkages between access to public resources and conflict.
Introduces strategies such as distribution, redistribution, restitution and compensation as constitutional guarantees to ensure equal access to wealth. |
