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Armed conflict can increase risks of violence within households, including intimate partner violence (IPV), that is, physical, sexual, or psychological harm inflicted by a current or former partner. Existing evidence...

This webinar co-hosted with the British High Commission in Dar es Salam examined regional efforts to strengthen governance, accountability, and collaboration across Africa's gold sector and considers their relevance for...

A 2023 ruling by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) affirmed the possibility of compensating non-Indigenous occupants holding land titles in areas designated as Indigenous Lands (ILs). By making such...

Specialised Police Teams (SPTs) have become an increasingly important tool in United Nations policing and a central component of Norway's contribution to the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Norway played...

Presentation at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo (Norwegian Centre for Human Rights) Roundtable on Beneficial Ownership with the Indonesian Ministry of Law, Embassy of Indonesia to Norway, Norwegian...

This blog is rooted in my own lived experience of siege in El Dilling, in the Nuba Mountains. I witnessed how communities confronted isolation, shortages and insecurity, and how people...

Norske myndigheter har blitt mer bevisste på transnasjonal undertrykkelse fra autoritære regimer. Samtidig innebærer dagens identitetskrav for mange eritreere at de må oppsøke nettopp de myndighetene norsk politikk søker å...

Summary Norway has one of the world's highest levels of household debt, driven largely by mortgage-financed homeownership. At the same time, homeownership is a key indicator of successful integration and participation...

As large numbers of people displaced by Sudan’s war seek safety in Kassala, the city is undergoing rapid and largely unplanned transformation. Growing demand for housing is driving the conversion...

European publics seem mostly unaware of the breadth of Ukraine’s ongoing anti-corruption reforms. Ukraine’s European partners have narrative frames to fix.

Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms cannot be understood as a straightforward march towards functioning institutions. Their future depends on who shapes the policy arena and how open it remains.

Anti-corruption reform is inherently political. Simplifying political complexity into a basic model can help predict where things are headed – but the model has to actually match reality.

Når vi kun fokuserer på hva som gir mest mulig hjelp for minst mulig penger, mister vi av syne hvem som tjener på systemene vi bygger. Sudan viser hvorfor det...

This conference presentation outlined a political ecology approach to the study of corruption in resource frontiers, arguing its relevance for legal scholars. The talk was based on a Special Issue...

Sudan’s growing dependence on imported wheat has weakened the role of locally produced sorghum and millet. War, food aid, urbanization and changing diets have reinforced the move away from traditional...

The war in Sudan is often described through its humanitarian consequences that include, among others, mass displacement, famine, disease, and the collapse of state institutions. These tragedies are painfully true,...

"No woman stood here out of love for the army or the joint forces, but out of love for the homeland, because it was a matter of survival."  Insaf Baraka, Al-Fasher In...

In the early morning of 1 August 2026, gunfire erupted again in Ethiopia as clashes resumed between the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) and Tigray forces in the Shererina area,...

The April War in Sudan shattered a generation once united in its opposition to militarization and its demand for democracy and civilian rule. Some have taken up arms, others have...

From 2019 to BerlinIn the wake of the Third International Conference on Sudan in Berlin, convened to advance peace efforts, mobilize humanitarian assistance, and foster dialogue on Sudan's democratic transition,...