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Conference "Transnational and Non-State Armed Groups: Legal and Policy Responses" Geneva, 24-25 April 2008

Published 26 March 2008

This conference will bring together prominent scholars, analysts and practitioners to examine different aspects of the role played by transnational and non-state armed groups in contemporary world politics. A series of panels or roundtables will be organized around the discussion of short commissioned “think pieces,” exploring themes such as the strategies, origins and dynamics of non-state armed groups, dilemmas and means of engagement with them, and the challenges to international law and legal norms that these groups pose.

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Armed Group Spotlight

The National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)

NDFB

The NDFB was created on 3 October 1986. Originally called the Bodo Security Force (BSF), it was renamed the National Democratic Front of Bodoland 25 November 1994. The Bodo – also called Boro - constitute one of the largest tribal people of the Brahmaputra valley of Assam. Analysts agree that the Bodo have felt their identity threatened by many factors, including: an increased sentiment of cultural assimilation; the immigration of non-Bodos into their traditional areas; and an increased economic marginalization.

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