Vold, retfærdighed og politi

Vold er hverdag for millioner af mennesker i verden og er central i krige, konflikter og i politiarbejde og retshåndhævelse. Nogle former for vold anses for at være legitime og retfærdige, mens andre ses som illegitime og uretfærdige.

Forskning og aktiviteter

  • Elections Ghana
    DIIS Policy Brief
    2021
    Avoiding partisan behaviour by armed forces in election security
  • Halt and Vanguard cover
    DIIS Policy Brief
    2021
    Two military operations in Ghana and their consequences
  • When armies enforce the law
    DIIS Policy Brief
    2021
    Why the Ghana armed forces play a role in domestic security
  • Two sides of the same coin
    DIIS Policy Brief
    2021
    International peacekeeping shapes domestic security in Ghana
  • Cover for policy brief on gender and peace keeping
    DIIS Policy Brief
    2021
    The last twenty years have brought about a significant increase in the awareness of war practices that harm women, including rape and sexual abuse. However, focusing on women alone is not sufficient if gendered and racialised power hierarchies in the civilian and military worlds are to be understood. Experiences from international peacekeeping since 2000 foreground the need for an intersectional lens to examine how systems of power, including gender, race, North-South axes, age, class and religion, co-exist and interact with each other.
  • UN cars in eastern Congo
    Tidsskriftsartikel
    2021
    Ambiguous rural infrastructure and slippery stabilization in eastern DR Congo
  • Valg i Irak
    Tidsskriftsartikel
    2021
    I efteråret 2019 bredte store demonstrationer sig i Irak, der blev kendt som ”oktoberprotesterne”. Demonstranterne gik på gaden med et ønske om politiske og økonomiske reformer, der skulle gøre op med den siddende elites kontrol over Iraks ressourcer. Og de krævede det parlamentsvalg, der på søndag skal afholdes i Irak. Men det irakiske politiske system er i så dyb krise, at mange irakere har mistet troen på, at valget vil gøre en forskel.
  • Protest Myanmar
    Kronik
    2021
    Militæret har magten, men deres planer med kuppet ligger i ruiner. Økonomien er ved at kollapse, covid-19 raser, og oppositionen vokser. Men der er stadig lang vej til genoprettelsen af demokratiet.
  • Demonstranter i Bagdad 2020
    Artikel
    2021
    Det irakiske valg den 10. oktober er af afgørende betydning for landet. Det handler ikke blot om, hvem der vinder, men i højere grad om, hvordan vinderen findes.
  • World Trade Center 11. september 2001. Foto: Michael Foran/Wikimedia Commons
    Tidsskriftsartikel
    2021
    Vesten kæmper stadig med at finde en måde, hvorpå bekæmpelse af terror og demokrati kan følges ad
  • Transnational Jihad – Explaining Escalation and Containment, photo by getmilitaryphotos
    Livestreaming
    Auditorium
    This seminar takes stock of the global jihadi movement 20 years after 9/11. Leading scholars will share their thoughts on the internal debates and divisions within the jihadi movement today.
  • Jihad al-Qaeda Afghanistan Illustration: Rasmus Fly Filbert
    Long Read
    På trods af tilbageslag for Islamisk Stat i Irak og Syrien er transnational jihad et fænomen, der vinder frem i store dele af verden, hvor de forskellige jihad-bevægelser skærper både deres operationelle og ideologiske struktur. DIIS-forskerne Mona Kanwal Sheikh og Saer El-Jaichi arbejder på et værk om jihadismens begreber. Her er et par af begreberne og den moderne jihadismes rødder i Afghanistan forklaret af de to forskere
  • Declaring allegiance
    Q & A
    Though decimated in many ways, al-Qaeda and Islamic State are still very much present in the shape of affiliated jihadist groups around the world. In this interview PhD fellow Dino Krause stresses the importance of understanding the nature of these groups in order for the international community to better address the jihadist threat.
  • Transnational Jihad – Explaining Escalation and Containment, photo by getmilitaryphotos.jpg
    DIIS Comment
    2021
    Hvad kommer Talibans sejr og den seneste udvikling i Afghanistan til at betyde for den globale jihad-bevægelse. Bliver landet igen en base for al-Qaeda?  Og vil Taliban distancere sig fra transnationale jihadister i overensstemmelse med den aftale, de har indgået med amerikanerne?
  • Tech Risks surveillance
    DIIS Policy Brief
    2021
    The use of emerging technology in humanitarian settings carries significant risks. The complexity of these risks entails a need to understand and imagine risks beyond those commonly associated with a particular technology, field, or implementing organization.
  • burqa denmark ban
    Book chapter
    2021
    There is a conflict between religious rights and equality rights in Denmark, Robin May Schott finds in a new book exploring the controversial legislation against full face covering in different European countries
  • Cover IA
    Tidsskriftsartikel
    2021
    From global integration to fragmentation and delegation
  • Taunggyi, Myanmar - 20 Feb 2021: Myanmar people took to the streets to protest against the military coup
    Tidsskriftsartikel
    2021
    Myanmar: Generalerne havde undervurderet den folkelige modstand mod militærkuppet. Og i en historisk udvikling finder borgere sammen i det, der ligner en stor, men skrøbelig koalition for demokratiet
  • Photo Gore_Street_mural_Decolonize
    Webinar
    The third webinar on challenges facing field researchers
  • Congolese army roadblock
    Tidsskriftsartikel
    2021
    The world needs new rules for global supply chains.
  • Feminist Philosophy, Year book
    Bogkapitel
    2021
    New article in The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Philosophy
  • Voldelige konflikter ustabilitet og skrøbelighed frem mod 2035
    DIIS Working Paper
    2021
    Nyt arbejdspapir til regeringens analyse forud for forhandlinger om nyt forsvarsforlig
  • Making women count, not just counting women
    DIIS Policy Brief
    2021
    Creating a more effective security sector in Iraq requires increased inclusiveness
  • Cover Religion, Conflict and Global society - A Festschrift Celebrating Mark Juergensmeyer, DIIS Book, May 21
    DIIS Book
    2021
    New book in honour of Mark Juergensmeyer collects 22 contributions from leading scholars around the world

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