Publications
Feel free to browse through our list of Dutch-language publications.
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Excavating a hidden past:’ The forensic turn in Spain’s collective memory External publication
The book Excavating Memory gives an overview of historical and sociocultural approaches to memory as a contested social practice in the present rather than as a passive recollection of the past. Lore Colaert wrote a chapter on forensic exhumations as ... read more
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Dealing with Radicalisation: Four reflections on Flemish radicalization policy Report
Publication date: 21/05/2015
This note offers a number of reflections on how to develop a policy on radicalisation. We have formulated these ideas in the light of contributions made and discussions held during the hearings of the Committee for Combating Violent Radicalization read more
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Firearms and violent deaths in Europe Report
Publication date: 25/06/2015
On a regular basis, news stories appear in the media about public shootings where shooters use their guns to open fire and kill people in shopping malls or on school campuses. Mostly these stories deal with incidents in the United ... read more
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Won’t you, please, please help me?’ The role of parents and juveniles in the problematisation of their own pedagogic situation (1983-2004) External publication
It’s for your own good begins with the finding that the Belgian youth justice system is often described as one of the most welfare oriented in Europe. In recent decades, several Western European countries have abandoned welfarism and have taken ... read more
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Gun Control in Belgium: A Review of the Effects of the 2006 Weapons Law Report
Publication date: 03/03/2015
A review of the effects of the Belgian weapons law of 2006 and a concise account of how the law came about, and what major innovations it introduced in the Belgian gun control regime. read more
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Flemish Foreign Arms Trade 2013 Report
Publication date: 19/02/2015
This annual report analyses the Government of Flanders’ policy on foreign arms trade. As part of its tasks as defined in its Founding Act, the Flemish Peace Institute “provides advice to the Flemish Parliament on the annual report of the ... read more
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Illegal firearms in Belgium Factsheet
Publication date: 05/01/2015
The term “illegal arms” does not say much about the nature of the arms. Whether an arm is legal or illegal mainly depends on who owns, sells or uses it. While most people are prohibited from owning or using automatic ... read more
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Advice on the decision to purchase new combat aircraft for the Air Component of the Belgian Defence Forces Advice
Publication date: 16/06/2014
In view of the decision about the purchase of new combat aircraft for the Air Component of the Belgian Defence Forces, the Flemish Peace Institute advises to articulate a comprehensive vision of Belgian Defence, clarify the economic impact and conduct ... read more
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Revising Export Control Lists Report
Publication date: 24/03/2015
This report by Dr. Samuel Evans explains how the lists of goods (weapons, military equipment, dual-use, …) that are placed under export control are established. read more
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Business as usual? Assessing the impact of the Arab Spring on European arms export control policies. Report
Publication date: 24/03/2014
This report evaluates the impact of the Arab Spring by analysing how four Member States (France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands) responded to these events in their arms export policies. Our research shows that the Member States responded differently. read more