The Clingendael Conflict Research Unit jointly with the Hague Institute for Global Justice runs the secretariat of the The Knowledge Platform on Security & Rule of Law.

Annual Conference 2014

The Second Annual Conference of the Knowledge Platform provides an opportunity for international and national policy makers, practitioners and researchers to explore the frontier of current knowledge and practice on security and rule of law issues in the 21st century.

The conference will aim to re-examine the assumptions underlying current security and rule of law policy for fragile states, generate ideas that venture beyond conventional thinking, and test whether there is drive to take these ideas forward for future developments of the Knowledge Platform.

The Knowledge Platform welcomes the following innovative thinkers to share their thoughtful ideas:

Mr. Juma Assiago
UNHABITAT, Kenya
Topic: Violence in the Periphery

Ms. Isabel Aguilar Umaña
Interpeace, Guatemala
Topic: New Approaches to Security

Representative OECD (tbc)
Topic: Globalization and Social Justice

Together with the recently published IOB evaluation on Dutch Foreign Policy in Fragile States and the main outcomes of the online debate on Foreign Engagement in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts, the ideas of the speakers will form the menu of options for the afternoon break-out sessions. Participants will be actively engaged in choosing the topics of the interactive break-out sessions, which will ultimately inform the thematic foci for the Platform in the year 2014.

Registration is closed.