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Refugees as future returnees? Anatomy of the ‘paradigm shift’ towards temporary protection in Denmark
(CMI Report 2022:6, Research report, 2022-11-01)The ‘paradigm shift’ in Danish asylum policy, officially introduced in 2019, implied the adoption of quasi-mandatory rules on revocation of asylum residence permits as soon as the circumstances in the country ... -
Specialised anti-corruption courts – A comparative mapping. 2022 update
(U4 Issue 2022:14, Research report, 2022-11-01)While there are no definitive best practices for specialised anti-corruption courts, existing models and experience provide some guidance to reformers considering the creation of similar institutions. -
Will REDD+ safeguards mitigate corruption? Qualitative evidence from Southeast Asia
(The Journal of Development Studies vol. 55 no. 10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-01)High levels of faith and finance have been invested in REDD+ as a promising global climate change mitigation policy. Since its inception in 2007, corruption has been viewed as a potential impediment to the achievement of ... -
Опыт войны: проект “WARFUN”
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Transoceania: Connecting the World beyond Eurasia.
(Anthropology of Transformation: From Europe to Asia and Back, Chapter, 2022-11-01)This chapter engages with Chris Hann's concept of Eurasia and his focus on interconnectedness and commonalities within the 'supercontinent', which is conventionally throught of as divided into two continents, Europe and ... -
Ansar al-Sunna and Women’s Agency in Sudan: A Salafi Approach to Empowerment through Gender Segregation
(Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies vol. 37 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-01)This article explores the possibilities, limits, and paradox of Salafi female agency at a time when Ansar al-Sunna is assuming a new political role under the rule of an Islamizing state in Sudan. The Islam Ansar al-Sunna ... -
Expert adoption of composite indices: A randomized experiment on migrant resettlement decisions in Bangladesh
(CMI Working Paper WP 2022:03, Working paper, 2022-11-01)In settings where complex social decisions are made, information is often aggregated into indices to facilitate decision making. The value added of such composite indices depend, inter alia, on the extent to which decision ... -
Beyond numbers? Women's 25% parliamentary quota in post-conflict Sudan
(Peace, Conflict and Development vol. 17, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-08-01)This article explores the validity of critical mass theory in the context of a 25% women’s quota in the national parliament in post-conflict Sudan. It is being argued here that the implementation of a women’s ... -
Democratizing Islam and Islamizing democracy: An inquiry into Hasan al-Turabi's conception of Shura in light of Western democratic theory
(Nordic Journal of Human Rights vol. 27 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-08-01)This article explores Hasan al-Turabi’s conception of democracy with particular focus on the role and rights of non-Muslims. This is done through a qualitative analysis of his writings as well as semi-structured ... -
Feminist interlegalities and gender justice in Sudan: The debate on CEDAW and Islam
(Religion and Human Rights vol. 6 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-01-01)The fundamental argument put forward by Islamists, who have ruled Sudan since 1989, for not signing the convention is based on cultural relativism; different cultures provide indigenous and local solutions to their women's ... -
Women at work in Sudan: Marital privilege or constitutional right
(Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society vol. 26 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-01)This article explores how working women in Sudan's capital negotiate legal constraints placing them under the guardianship of their husbands, imposing strict public dress and behavioral codes upon them, and upholding ... -
The politicization of abortion and hippocratic disobedience in Islamist Sudan
(Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 21 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-01)Abstract In Sudan's Islamist state, abortion is politicized through its association to illegal pregnancy. Fornication is crime against God punishable with 100 lashes. Pregnancy outside a marriage contract constitute ... -
The Limits of Law: Abortion in the Middle East and Northern Africa
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Civil society monitoring in the health sector. The Partnership for Transparency Fund’s work to ensure clean procurement and quality service provision
(U4 Practice Insight 2022:1, Report, 2022-10-01)For successful engagement with and effective monitoring of the health sector, it is important to select the right partner, work closely with communities and authorities, and consider the most appropriate project design and ... -
Provincial variations and entrepreneurialism in the development of China’s Distant Water Fisheries (2011–2020)
(Marine Policy vol. 147, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-01)This study rescales the current state-centric understanding of the development of China’s distant water fishing (DWF) and explores the instrumental role of Chinese provinces in actualizing and shaping this development. ... -
Humanitarian diplomacy as Turkey’s national role conception and performance: evidence from Somalia and Afghanistan
(SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN AND BLACK SEA STUDIES, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-01)In recent years Turkey has made Humanitarian Diplomacy (HD) an essential element of its foreign policy. This article analyzes Turkey’s HD as a role conception and role performance by focusing on two cases, Somalia ... -
Water and Sanitation as Human Rights: Have they strengthened Marginalized Peoples’ Claim for Access?
(Book, 2022-09-01)This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Water and Sanitation as Human Rights: Have They Strengthened Marginalized Peoples’ Claim for Access? that was published in Water (ISSN 2073-4441). -
Anti-corruption, transparency, and accountability in health management information systems. Exploring the potential of the District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2)
(U4 Issue 2022:9, Research report, 2022-09-01)The District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) offers a low-cost tool to strengthen countries’ capacity to collect and use health data, but it requires strong data governance to be equitable. -
Diverging Like-Mindedness? Development Policy among the Nordics
(Forum for Development Studies vol. 49 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-01)The ‘Nordic exceptionalism’ in development aid is well known and characterized by its generosity and focus on poverty reduction and sustainable development. However, the individual Nordic countries’ ...
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