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Publications»Peace Research for Africa:
Critical Essays on Methodology
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. Compendium of key human rights documents of the African Union - Arabic Translation
Download a printable version in Adobe PDF or the order form Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict—AfricaIn meetings by faculty and staff of the University for Peace at more than fifty universities and five hundred non-governmental organizations in Africa during 2002 and 2003, educators across the continent lamented the dearth of materials on the subject of nonviolent struggle in Africa. An historian at the University of Natal at Durban, however, spoke with pride of ‘South Africa’s strong indigenous tradition of nonviolent struggle—the tradition of Gandhi, Lithuli, and Biko’, referring to Mohandas K. Gandhi, who developed his formative principles during twenty-one years spent in South Africa, the Zulu chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli, and the anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko. In 2004, Nigerian youth leaders attending a forum in Abuja, Nigeria, fervently requested books to help them learn how to fight for justice without violence: ‘All we ever hear is violence’, said one, ‘some teachers even tell us that what Nigeria needs is more violence’. In response, and as a direct outgrowth of a 2005 workshop in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on nonviolent transformation of conflict, the Africa Programme of the University for Peace is pleased to offer four publications on nonviolent struggle. »Teaching Model: Nonviolent
Transformation of Conflict
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. »Strategic Nonviolent Struggle:
A Training Manual
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. »‘Bite Not One Another’:
Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. »Only Young Once: An Introduction
to Nonviolent Struggle for Youths
To order, contact publications@upeace.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- »Compendium of
key human rights documents of the African Union This joint publication of the Africa Programme of the United Nations-affiliated
University for Peace and the Centre
for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, South Africa,
aims at making the human rights documents of the African Union more
accessible. »Human Rights, Peace and Justice
in Africa: A Reader
The Reader is part of an evolving Series on Peace and Conflict in Africa published by the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE). The main objective of the Series is to make material which can be used by African universities in courses dealing with issues of peace and conflict readily accessible to lecturers, students and researchers. In this particular Reader material of relevance to the relationship between human rights and peace and security is included. This Reader is a joint publication of the Africa Programme of the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace and the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria. It can be used in conjunction with other publications in the Series, particularly the Compendium of Key Human Rights Documents of the African Union and the Compendium of Key Documents relating to Peace and Security in Africa. Download a printable version in Adobe PDF or the order form »Sélection de Documents-Clé de
l’Union Africaine relatifs aux Droits de l’Homme Cette œuvre de collaboration entre le Programme Afrique de l’Université de la Paix et le Centre for Human Rights de l’Université de Prétoria en Afrique du Sud, a pour objectif de rendre plus accessible les documents de l’Union Africaine. Télécharger la version complète en français ou le formulaire de commande. »Compendium of Key Documents
relating to Peace and Security in Africa This Compendium is a joint publication of the Africa Programme of UPEACE and SaferAfrica. It shall be used in conjunction with other publications in the Series, particularly the collection of extracts from seminal texts contained in Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution in Africa: A Reader. Download a printable version in Adobe PDF or the order form » Environmental
Degradation as a Cause of Conflict in Darfur: Conference Proceedings,
Khartoum, December 2004
'Environmental Degradation as a Cause of Conflict in Darfur: Conference Proceedings' edited by Professor R. Sean O'Fahey, contains what were originally oral presentations made to the conference by distinguished scholars in this field and is hoped to serve as a reference tool which will encourage discussion and further comprehensive research in this area. Click here to download a PDF version. » Gender and Peace
Building in Africa - A reader »Afroscope: A UPEACE
African Community Publication (2005) Through the magazine, students express how they were
received, the challenges they had to overcome, their contribution
to an African beat into the multi-cultural living environment, and
how they connected as Africans in the distant Diaspora in Costa Rica.
Covering cultural events, academic questions, advice from elders'
visits, creative writing, leadership profiling and interviewing,
Afroscope looks at an African student’s experience in a post
graduate centre, as students engage issues of peace building, international
law, human rights and sustainable development, through an African
sensitive lens. » Directory of
Peace Studies in Africa 2004 » Africa Programme
2006 Progress Report (NEW) » Africa Programme
2005 Progress Report » Africa Programme
2004 Progress Report » Profile Booklet of the Faculty and
Staff Development Seminar on Gender and Peace Buildings » Transition
from War to Peace in Sudan » The Sixth Clan — Women Organize
for Peace in Somalia: A Review of Published Literature » Human Rights Instruments » Human Rights Reference Handbook » A Glossary of Terms and Concepts in Peace and Conflict Studies - Second Edition » CD Content from the Uganda Curriculum Development Workshop
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This
is the Arabic translation of Heyns and Killander (eds) Compendium
of key human rights documents of the African Union, published in
French as Sélection de Documents-Clé de l’Union
Africaine Relatifs aux Droits de l’Homme. A Portuguese translation
will be available shortly.
Nonviolent
action can be effective even in acute conflicts. Teaching Model:
Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict presents a framework for
use by instructors in teaching students the basic theoretical and
historical background of nonviolent action and successful practice
of it. The model assumes a twelve-week term for teaching one topic,
or module, per week for final-year undergraduates, but it can also
be adapted for graduate work. Each module contains a note to lecturers
discussing crucial background needed to lead a class on the topic,
expected outcomes in student learning, concepts relevant to that
particular module, suggested class activities and exercises, and
recommended readings on each topic. The framework allows instructors
to add resources from their own country and to encourage students
to write case studies about local nonviolent campaigns and document
breakthroughs by area non-governmental organisations. 
Reaching
the stage of negotiations or other steps in conflict resolution sometimes
first requires cooperative action. Strategic Nonviolent Struggle:
A Training Manual is a tool for civil society leaders—in
youth movements and programmes, churches, athletics, and other areas—who
are interested in creating workshops or training programmes on realistic
alternatives to armed struggle. It presents an overview of the effectiveness
of nonviolent struggle and can complement the more theoretical Teaching
Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict. 141 pp. ISBN 9977-925-49-6.
‘Bi
Nka Bi’ (bite not one another), the adinkra symbol
for harmony and an emblem of peace, is signified by an image of two
fish biting each other’s tails. ‘Bite Not One Another’:
Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa chronicles
events and activities from sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting colonial
era nonviolent struggles that resulted in independence and contemporary
collective action to secure human rights and social justice. Written
by a young lecturer from Sierra Leone, it also features examples
of African women’s ongoing nonviolent activism. 123 pp. ISBN
9977-925-47-X. 
Youths
have played crucial roles in numerous nonviolent struggles, which
require, among other things, well-formed strategies. Only Young
Once: An Introduction to Nonviolent Struggle for Youths is a
practical guide geared alike towards university or secondary school
students, young soldiers, young professionals, civil society leaders,
and youthful parliamentarians. It challenges the blind faith in violence
so often found where there is conflict while also explaining the
basic ideas and principles of nonviolent action. In the classroom,
it can be used to supplement Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation
of Conflict. It also complements ‘Bite Not One Another’:
Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa. 88 pp. ISBN
9977-925-46-1.
This
Compendium contains key official documents on peace and security
in Africa covering the period between 1963 and the end of 2005.
The Compendium is part of an evolving Series on Peace and Conflict
in Africa published by the United Nations-affiliated University
for Peace (UPEACE). The main objective of the Series is to make
material which can be used by African universities in courses dealing
with issues of peace readily accessible to lecturers, students
and researchers. 
Afroscope
is a student magazine for the UPEACE African Community. It serves
as a record of African students’ experiences as they undertook
their graduate studies in Costa Rica. The main purpose of the
magazine is to act as a mouth-piece towards mainstreaming an
African perspective in the University. 
