Violence
Violence is the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. Other definitions are also used, such as the World Health Organization's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation."Internationally, violence resulted in deaths of an estimated 1.28 million people in 2013 up from 1.13 million in 1990. Of the deaths in 2013, roughly 842,000 were attributed to self-harm (suicide), …
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WRI: World Resources Institute · 6 December 2023 English
This report systematizes the implementation process, challenges, learnings, and results of complete street interventions in eight cities from different regions of Brazil.
non-existent accessibility, and public safety (violence and robberies). Some of the solutions identified …
IAI: Istituto Affari Internazionali · 1 December 2023 Italian
Landau; 5 The War in Iraq and International Terrorism, Yoram Schweitzer; 6 The Revolution in Military Affairs and the Operation in Iraq, Isaac Ben-Israel; 7 The Victory in Iraq and …
Security prisoners; Temporary/indefinite; Usufruct; Violence; War crimes; X rays; Youth; Zone; Index PM 1899 … save you’: State Terrorism, Politics and Communal Violence in the Indian state of Gujarat, 2002 / Eamon Murphy; … 18. The Enemy Within (1967-2000); 19. Settler Violence and the Second Intifada (2000-2009). -- Section … literature / Bonnie Cordes; 8. Logic of religious violence / Mark Juergensmeyer; 9. From messianic pioneering … Sovereign Bodies, Sovereign States: Settler Colonial Violence and the Visibility of Resistance in Palestine …
RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 30 November 2023
The frequent usage of the terms “terrorism” and “terrorist” particularly in the context of the Palestinian struggle, necessitates a balanced and thorough examination. [...] The Israeli far-right government's promotion of …
and self-determination. The framing of Israeli violence as “self-defence” oversimplifies historical context …
Cordaid · 30 November 2023 English
Climate change is now widely recognised as a ‘threat multiplier’ for international peace and security. The field that analyses the impacts of the climate crisis on peace and security, particularly …
million people are displaced because of conflict, violence, and the effects of climate change and environmental …
Freedom House · 30 November 2023 English
In the subsequent days, tens of thousands of people, many of them young, took to the streets across China to protest the government’s inhumane health measures and denounce the authoritarian …
offenses “must include an intention to incite violence and disorder.” Watch for the decision of the territory’s …
WMO: World Meteorological Organisation · 30 November 2023 English
The WMO provisional State of the Global Climate report confirms that 2023 is set to be the warmest year on record. Data until the end of October shows that the …
complex mul�-causal situa�ons of conflict and violence. Global climate indicators The global … complex mul�-causal situa�ons of conflict and violence. • Development and implementa�on of local disaster … by complex mul�-causal situa�ons of conflict and violence. Many migrants entering into Somalia found themselves …
ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 29 November 2023 English
2 Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2023 28%2C2023.png Israel and Hamas both reported at least one violation of the temporary truce agreement in the …
Strip’s social fabric was ”fraying” amid widespread violence among local civilians.[17] These reports suggest …
SAR: Scholars at Risk Network · 28 November 2023 English
The report details concerning developments, such as an influx of newly proposed legislation aimed at restricting the teaching of disfavored topics in the United States; Iranian authorities’ violent suppression of …
risk: Risk of violence, previous detention, and loss of position due to the ongoing violence in the Tigray …
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 28 November 2023 English
November 2023 AN INEVITABLE RUPTURE: AL-AQSA FLOOD AND THE END OF PARTITION By Tareq Baconi Hamas’s surprise offensive on October 7th, 2023, To achieve this reality requires a sophisticated structure …
looks like. With one of the highest of the immense violence. population densities in the world, Gaza is composed … leaders—could wash their hands clean of the “The violence we’ve witnessed reality they had created. in 2023 … equilibrium, often erupting into episodes of immense violence in those in Gaza specifically.” which thousands … has served as the basis for efforts by It was a violence that had become normalized and some to push for … equality, and self- Palestinians en masse. The violence we’ve witnessed determination. The political architecture …
IEN: Indigenous Environmental Network · 25 November 2023
SINGLE FACT Sheets for WEB: COP 28 Fact Sheets ENG FINAL CLIMATE FINANCE ienearth.org/cop-28 W H A T I S C L I M A T E F I N …
Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The violence of Climate finance is a climate change far outweighs …
