Brian Smith
Brian Smith is an international development consultant. From 2003 to 2006 he was based in Sri Lanka, collaborating with numerous stakeholders to identify ways to support the struggling peace process.
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Mark Simmons
Mark Simmons is Research and Programme Manager at Concordis International.
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Abdurahman A. Osman ‘Shuke’
Abdurahman Osman Abdulle 'Shuke' is Director of Puntland Development and Research Center, Garowe, Puntland State, Somalia.
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Ben Shepherd
Ben Shepherd has worked on the Great Lakes region since 2002 in a variety of policy and research roles. Most recently he was the 2009-10 David Davies of Llandinam research fellow in International Relations at the London School of Economics.
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Hassan Sheikh
In 1999 Hassan Sheikh co-founded the Somali Institute of Management and Administration Development (SIMAD). He joined the Center for Research and Dialogue (CRD) in 2001 as a researcher and later research coordinator and led the formation of the Somali Civil Society Forum in 2005. In 2006 he co-founded the Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN), and since 2007 has worked as a consultant with various international and local organisations.
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Laura Seay
Laura Seay is an assistant professor of political science at Morehouse College. Her research addresses community responses to state fragility in central and eastern Africa. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and is writing a book on the differences in the ways that civil society organisations respond to the state's absence in social service provision. She is a contributor to the Christian Science Monitor's Africa Monitor blog.
Rene V. Sarmiento
Rene V. Sarmiento has been a member of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines Peace Panel for talks with the CPP/NPA/NDF since February 1996. He teaches human rights law and constitutional law.
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Fernando Sarmiento
Fernando Sarmiento Santander is a researcher on peace initiatives at CINEP, where he is currently the coordinator for the Citizenship, Development and Peace Team. Since 1997 he has focused on peace mobilisation in Colombia, specialising in social management, political participation, conflict resolution and international humanitarian law. He also has experience in strengthening local peacebuilding initiatives.
Clara Sandoval
Clara Sandoval is a qualified lawyer and a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Essex University, former Director of the LLM in International Human Rights Law, member of the Human Rights Centre and Co-Convenor of the Essex Transitional Justice Network.
Rashid Sandi
Rashid Sandi was a member of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) from 1991 to 2000. He was the RUF’s representative as Co-Chair of the Socio-Humanitarian committee at the Lomé peace talks.
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