Absence of Violent Events in State-Based Conflict

This sub-indicator measures the number of violent events that happen as a result of battles or explosions/remote violence between state forces and non-state actors. Battles are violent interactions between two politically organised armed groups and can occur between armed and organised state, non-state and external groups and in combination therein. Explosions/Remote violence are one-sided violent events in which the tool for engaging in conflict creates asymmetry by taking away the ability of the target to respond. State forces are defined as collective actors that are recognised to perform government functions, including military and police, over a given territory. Non-state actors include rebels, political and communal/identity militias and external forces.