Sentences with phrase «by violent conflict»

Juries are peaceful mechanisms which replace the mechanism of resolution by violent conflict.

But for much of the 1980s and»90s few dared to visit the country, which was wracked by a violent conflict between guerrilla movement and Peru's armed forces.

For instance, more accurate data could be used to gauge the effect of wealth on violence, or the severity of the economic damage inflicted by violent conflict.

Not exact matches

Refugees often are forced from their home by war, violent political conflict, or natural disaster.

The project began in 1992 with a conference occasioned by growing and often violent conflicts between Catholics and evangelical....

Life will no longer; and it is vulnerable to the violent conflicts and confrontations, produced by limitless competition.

One reason for this debate is that some of the most violent and seemingly intractable contemporary conflicts (Northern Ireland, the Middle East, Bosnia, Sri Lanka) have taken place across lines of religious difference and have often been fed, in more or less direct ways, by appeals to religious warrant or identity.

The Quran was written by an opportunistic genius who (mis --RRB- appropriated many of Jesus» teachings, then added his own (often - conflicting) views and, via an army and violent tactics, forced people to «believe» in him or pay a heavy tax, or die.

Sometimes it has triggered conflict and even violence, when apocalyptic hope has led to violent attempts to «force in'the «new age» by a messianic group which conceives itself as the divine (or historically appointed) bearer of the new age.

The communication and information process that is dominated by the powerful creates violent conflicts on the social psychological level as well as on cultural levels.

While divorces are sometimes preceded by years of angry or violent conflict, divorce also ends many marriages that had both up and down sides.

On why Buhari Must Heed EU's advice, the group stated that in the world over, violent suppression of non-violent protests by territorial governments have always boomeranged; leading the suppressed to abandon non-violent approaches and resort to self help or self defense approaches including Most of the ongoing devastating intra State violent conflicts in Africa and the Middle East primarily started as non-violent socio - political or ethno - cultural campaigns, but turned violent on account of the host States» repressive and dictatorial responses.

DPT also stipulates that interstate conflicts between two liberal democracies may emerge, but these are settled by peaceful rather than violent means.

Violent conflicts that end by military victory tend to produce a more durable peace than conflicts that end by a negotiated settlement.

Research by the AAAS team, including insights to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, is «hitting at a huge and very important question,» said Noel Dickover, senior program officer at the PeaceTech Lab, which is affiliated with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP): «What if peace - builders had access to geospatial information in near - real time to look at incidents of violent conflicts before they arise?

Indeed, climate records indicate that the arid, landlocked steppe was seized by decades of drought in the late years of the 12th century, possibly exacerbating the violent conflicts that racked the region at the time.

By pooling such data, scientists conclude that the number of violent deaths due to armed conflicts has dropped in the 50 years since the Korean war.

Modern human skeletal remains resulting from genocides, violent conflicts, and mass disasters are primarily analyzed and documented by forensic anthropologists, whose skills have been applied to this work for several decades, often providing information that is otherwise inaccessible.

USIP Fellowship programs serve USIP's mission to prevent, manage and resolve violent conflict, via support for cutting - edge research, writing, analysis and convening by emerging and leading international experts from multidisciplinary backgrounds.

In its recent synthesis report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says there is «medium confidence» that climate change can indirectly increase risks of violent conflict by amplifying poverty and economic shocks.

Centered on a gripping performance by Jack O'Connell, as a British soldier marooned in a sharply divided Belfast over the course of a single, violent night during the height of the Northern Ireland conflict, «' 71» constantly thrills without sensationalizing its surprises.

A patriarch can not keep the farm going as a concern, can not even educate his youngest child, and can not prevent his embittered sons from violent Oedipal conflict followed by flight; surface naturalism is rent by dream, mysticism, and savage social satire.

All that's left is the action which, because there is nothing cohesive to attach it to, plays as an anthology of violent set - pieces connected by common characters instead of a series of high - octane conflict / resolution moments that advance a story.

«I've felt a deep connection to Africa and its culture for much of my life, and was taken with Eric's beautiful script about a man drawn into the violent conflict with elephant poachers who emerged with a deeper understanding of man's footprint and a profound sense of responsibility for the world around him,» Jolie says in a statement carried by Variety.

Perhaps having lived in Southern California for most of my life, I tend to think that the screenplay by New York native LaGravenese grossly overstates some of the depictions of the community here as largely violent and filled with racial tensions that cause conflicts on a daily basis in nearly every classroom and city block at all times.

Angelina continued: «I was taken by Eric's beautiful script about a man drawn into the violent conflict with elephant poachers who emerged with a deeper understanding of man's footprint and a profound sense of responsibility for the world around him.»

You might even say that the two nominal genres, as used by Lee and Schamus, effectively intertwine, mirroring each other: just as Jake must discover his character in the crucible of war, so does the nation itself attain a new maturity through its ordeal of division, violent conflict, and eventual reunification.

The conflicting and divisive role played by madrasas in Pakistan has given a chance to the international community to brand Islam as a violent religion and madrasas as the institution preaching that version.

A computer game created by a federal agency aims to teach children conflict - resolution skills and offer an alternative to violent computer and video games that have become popular with young people.

Suffering a strange disorder that causes her to hear a «stream of chatter,» Anna flees her intolerable marriage with her sweet and resilient six - year - old daughter, Lena, traveling from Alaska to Maine, only to be tracked down by her vicious, ambitious husband, who escalates their violent family conflict into a war of cosmic proportions.

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«On a continent that has experienced more violent conflict than any other, this exhibition follows an individual's narration of events that lead up to the inaugural speech by the first supposedly democratically elected prime minister.

While there was a certain honor and set of mores among the samurai culture, pre-modern Japan's history was loaded with endless violent conflicts between rival warlords, who used every means possible to win, including deceit, ambush, assassination through poisonings or raids by ninja on sleeping competitors and their families.

By Peter Gleick, President April 27, 2016 Populations around the world face many severe water challenges, from scarcity to contamination, from political or violent conflict to economic disruption.

In fact the Summary says that climate change can indirectly increase risks of violent conflicts by amplifying factors such as poverty and economic shocks.

I recently came across this review of the evidence on how climate change affects socio - political stability and violent conflict by Hsiang and Burke.

3) indirect impacts mediated through societal systems, such as undernutrition and mental illness from altered agricultural production and food insecurity, stress and undernutrition and violent conflict caused by population displacement, economic losses due to widespread «heat exhaustion» impacts on the workforce, or other environmental stressors, and damage to health care systems by extreme weather events.

According to an article published by WFP, nearly 200,000 Syrians have fled the violent conflict to nearby Egypt and Turkey.

But the good news for tropical forests was tempered by developments including Indonesia announcing its intentions to open up more than 2 million hectares of carbon - dense peatlands to old palm development; the collapse in law enforcement in Madagascar, contributing to an explosion of commercial timber (and lemur) harvesting in that country's spectacular rainforest parks; a breakdown at the RSPO meeting over efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil production; violent conflict in Peru between government security forces and indigenous groups over land rights and resource extraction; massive foreign land acquisitions in the Congo Basin; dodgy REDD dealings in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea; and large - scale expansion of oil palm agriculture in the Amazon.

The social foundations of children's mental and physical health and well - being are threatened by climate change because of: effects of sea level rise and decreased biologic diversity on the economic viability of agriculture, tourism, and indigenous communities; water scarcity and famine; mass migrations; decreased global stability46; and potentially increased violent conflict.47 These effects will likely be greatest for communities already experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage.48

2007/04/17: CanWest: Darfur war, climate change linked A violent conflict that has claimed more than 300,000 lives in Darfur is one of the early signs of threats to global security prompted by climate change, a senior representative of the British government warned yesterday on the eve of a special United Nations debate.

The area was explored by Spanish explorers in the 16th century, resulting in violent conflicts and the introduction of European diseases, which wiped out the original native cultures.

Le Centre is suddenly jarred by a series of violent events: Anti-Anglophone vandalism, an assault on a stallion and other conflicts culminating in the murder of the centre's reviled stable boy.

While divorces are sometimes preceded by years of angry or violent conflict, divorce also ends many marriages that had both up and down sides.

One recent study by Booth and Amato found that a majority of divorces involving children now dissolve not angry, violent marriages but relatively low - conflict marriages.

Several studies of inpatients have noted that depressed individuals are significantly less likely to be violent than individuals with other types of disorders.8 - 10, 23 Moreover, affective disorders were not found to be related to an increased risk for homicide in a Finnish cohort study.15 By contrast, other studies have found a relationship between affective disorders and homicide, 24 self - reported violent behavior, 2 and conduct disorder in childhood and adolescence.25 One possible explanation for these conflicting results could be the potential moderating role of alcohol abuse in this relationship.

Issues including alcohol and drug abuse, assault and sexual abuse, gambling, theft, and violent conflict contribute to the ongoing struggle to overcome the disadvantage experienced by those living there.