International Conference on Somalia
The Role of Democratic Governance Versus Sectarian Politics in Somalia.
Somalia International Rehabilitation Centre (SIRC)
City Hall, Lund, Sweden: 4 - 6 June 2010
The SIRC and a great number of Somali scholars, feel there is an urgent need to offer a conference with exclusive attention to Somalia. The situation in Somalia is a human tragedy. The human insecurity is currently a catastrophe. Many Somalis live without any sense of protection. Basic security for Somalis does not exist. Human rights principles and people’s ability to participate in democracy are almost none existent. For these reasons, we believe a conference is needed on the role of democratic governance versus sectarian politics.
The challenges to move from a collapsed state to building institutional arrangements for collective decision-making, which incorporate core values of democracy, such as inclusion, consensus building and accountability, in efforts to build and sustain peace, are immeasurable in Somalia. The conference calls for inter-disciplinary papers within the following three workshop areas: human security, democratic governance and sectarian politics.
You are invited to send an abstract which includes a working title, the author’s discipline and field, address, institutional affiliation and e-mail address to the conference coordinator before 15 January 2010. Deadline for the complete paper is 30 March 2010.
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