Projects

Projects at UNU-CPR

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Current Projects

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Thematic Review on Youth, Peace and Security

Examining how the Peacebuilding Fund has contributed to realizing the 'YPS' agenda over the past five years.

09 Feb 2024

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Thematic Review on Human Rights and Peacebuilding

Evaluating the Peacebuilding Fund's role in fostering synergies between human rights and peacebuilding.

09 Feb 2024

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Modern Slavery Risks Among People Lacking Official Documentation

This project examines modern slavery risks among people lacking documentation globally, including in Brazil, Kenya, and Nepal.

18 Jan 2024

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Improving Multilateral Approaches to Countering Organized Crime in Conflict-Affected States: Mali and the Central African Republic

Examining why certain conflict-affected states have developed high levels of organized crime - and exploring multilateral responses.

25 Jul 2023

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A Breakthrough for People and Planet

Building Momentum for the Summit of the Future and Beyond.

24 Jul 2023

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Development and Peace Responses to Forced Displacement: The Role of Political Will

Examining the importance of political will for shaping development and peace responses to refugee and IDP situations

24 Jul 2023

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Access to Justice for Migrants in the Global South

Understanding and addressing the injustices faced by migrants in the Global South

24 Jul 2023

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Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking

FAST mobilizes the financial sector to address modern slavery and human trafficking

24 Jul 2023

Completed Projects

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What is the Role of Financial Sanctions in Tackling Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking?

Key findings and recommendations on the use of sanctions to target modern slavery and human trafficking.

26 Jul 2022

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Thematic Review on Climate-Security and Peacebuilding

Identifying entry points and pathways for building peace and mitigating conflict in climate-affected and fragile environments.

24 Jul 2023

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What can Global Governance do for Forests? Cooperation and Sovereignty in the Amazon

What is the relevance, effectiveness of global governance instruments in preventing activities defined under national laws as illegal deforestation?

27 Apr 2022

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The Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests: Déja Vu or Solid Restart?

The Glasgow Declaration on Forests at COP26 was a notable step in addressing deforestation, but improvements are urgently needed.

11 Feb 2022

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Inclusion and Gender Sensitivity for Effective Peace Mediation

This project showed that women’s inclusion and gender sensitivity in peace mediation are inseparable but not interchangeable.

09 Feb 2022

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Child Migrants and Their Rights in Context

Recent jurisprudence, operational guidance, treaty body decisions and lawmaking related to children, climate and mobility.

12 Dec 2023

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High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism

Concrete and practical recommendations for strengthening global governance

24 Jul 2023

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Reimagining the Human-Environment Relationship

A collaborative effort to capture, interrogate, and elevate alternative paradigms of the human/nature relationship

16 Dec 2021

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Database of Global Forest Governance Arrangements

Mapping global and regional governance arrangements on forests and other ecosystems relevant to biodiversity and climate change.

15 Sep 2023

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Stress Testing the UN’s Regional Prevention Approaches

This project was driven by the key question: How can the UN better integrate its regional prevention work to more effectively respond to major crises?

24 Jul 2023

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The Evolution of Inclusion: Three Decades of Policies and Programmes To Manage Exits From Armed Groups in Colombia

A history of DDR policy and programming in Colombia and lessons learned that can be applied to other contexts.

17 Sep 2021

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Vigilante Groups and Militias in Southern Nigeria

Analyzing the landscape of anti-crime militias and vigilante forces in Nigeria's South over the past 20 years.

03 Sep 2021

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Protecting Together

Identifying challenges confronting human rights and military components in volatile settings.

09 Aug 2021

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Earth Shattering: Financial Engagement at the Nexus of Modern Slavery and Natural Resources in Africa

Promoting synchronized action to tackle risks and abuses in cocoa production and gold mining value chains in Ghana.

24 Jul 2023

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Beyond Opportunism: The UN Development System's Response to the Triple Planetary Crisis

Capturing best practices and the constraints experienced by Resident Coordinators in relation to the Triple Planetary Crisis.

07 Jun 2021

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Volunteer Security Outfits in North East Nigeria

Presenting evidence on conflict transitions and related programming for policymakers and practitioners.

22 Apr 2021

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Governing Uncertainty

Surveying major trends that will shape the future of global governance over the next 30 years.

31 Mar 2021

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Peacebuilding and Authoritarianism: The Unintended Consequences of UN Engagement in Post-Conflict Settings

Developing a usable framework to ensure peacebuilding support is not distorted or co-opted.

08 Apr 2021

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UN Sanctions and Humanitarian Action: Review of Past Research and Proposals for Future Investigation

An overview of research conducted on the interplay of UN sanctions and humanitarian action and a roadmap for future research endeavours.

18 Jan 2021

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Conflict Exit Data Management and Integration at the United Nations

Advancing MEAC to build the international community’s capacity to effectively support conflict exits going forward.

04 Dec 2020