Articles included in this issue: Towards engagement, compliance and accountability. Talking to armed groups. Engaging armed non-state actors in mechanisms for protection. ‘Catch me if you can!’ The Lord’s resistance Army. Dilemmas of Burma in transition. The economic relationship of armed groups with displaced populations. Privatising security and war. The Colombian guerrilla, forced displacement and return. How to behave: Advice from IDPs. Community based stabilization in Somalia. Al-Shabaab’s responsibility to protect civilians in Somalia. Support for Al-Shabaab through the diaspora. Militia in DRC speak about sexual violence. Drug cartels in Mexico. Resisting sisplacement by the Taliban in Pakistan. Sahwa’s role in protecting IDPs and returnees in Iraq. The Kampala convention and obligations of armed groups. Keeping schools open: Education in conflict. Darfur and the flaws of holder v HLP. Dealing with non-state armed groups and displacement: A state perspective. Plus a selection of articles on other aspects of forced migration.