This report considers the extent to which disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) and related concepts are accounted for in peace processes and peace agreements.

This article debates Brazil’s role in peacebuilding, reflecting on it’s new position as a ascendant power.

Article on Brazil’s position on the protection of civilians (PoC), “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) and the new approach “Responsibility While Protecting” (RwP).

[In Portuguese] The “Responsability to Protect” was officially inserted in UN on 2005. One of it’s main contributions is to put and end to some discussions about the material limits of military intervention for humanitarian purpose.

A research on urbanization challenges, focused on the connections between urban violence, inequalities and poverty and on identifying the most effective strategies for addressing these challenges.

[In English and French] This chapter demonstrates how Brazil has increasingly aligned its foreign policy with a ‘South–South Cooperation’ (SSC) agenda as a means of achieving these parallel objectives.

Article that debates the violence and fragility of cities of developing countries.

This Article debates new ways to face the violence problem cause by the drug traffic in Central America and Caribe.

This report aims to generate more understanding of what works and what does not when it comes to armed violence reduction and prevention (AVRP), to stimulate further evaluation and to contribute to more effective and efficient policies and programmes.

Report on the seminar ‘Expanding the Civilian Role in Peace Operations: Assessing Progress and Addressing Gaps’, held on 18–19 April 2011 in Rio de Janeiro.