News and Insight

Our staff and partners draw on decades of experience, understanding and analysis to make peace possible. As well as news, see their latest thoughtful insights covering violent conflict, peacebuilding, and global events.

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September 2014

Aporte desde el exilio y la migración colombiana al proceso de negociación de La Habana.

13 de septiembre de 2014, simultáneamente en 20 ciudades de Europa y América.

September 2014
News
Conciliation Resources' partner, Rosa Emilia Salamanca, Executive Director of Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica (CIASE) in Colombia will be a keynote speaker at a high level forum organised by the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and UN Women in New York on 3 September.
September 2014
A new report by the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University and peacebuilding NGO Conciliation Resources takes a look at the source of mounting insecurity, its impact on people and on diplomatic relations between governments in the region, asking: what can be done at a regional level?
September 2014
We invite all victims of the armed conflict in Colombia to participate in a forum for developing proposals that will be brought to negotiations in Havana.
August 2014

Les résultats de nouveaux travaux de recherche publiés cette semaine expliquent comment les leaders locaux en Afrique orientale et centrale et la communauté internationale peuvent mieux protéger les civils de l’Armée de résistance du Seigneur (

August 2014
New research explains how local leaders in east and central Africa and the international community can better protect civilians from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony’s guerrilla group, and reintegrate former members into their communities.
July 2014
David Anderson QC, the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has recommended greater dialogue between charities and government departments on counter-terrorism policies. We explain why this recommendation is necessary and welcomed by peacebuilders.
July 2014

David Anderson QC, el evaluador independiente de la ley de prevención del terrorismo del Reino Unido, ha recomendado un mayor diálogo entre las organizaciones benéficas y departamentos del gobierno sobre las políticas antiterroristas. Explicamos por qué esta recomendación es necesario y bien recibido por los constructores de paz.

July 2014

Fin juillet 2014, David Anderson, examinateur indépendant du Royaume-Uni de la législation sur le terrorisme, a recommandé un dialogue entre les organisations caritatives et les départements gouvernementaux sur les politiques antiterrorisme. Nous expliquons pourquoi cette recommandation est nécessaire et bien accueillie par les artisans de paix.

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July 2014
Insight

Peace is not just the absence of war or conflict. For indigenous women like me, peace is about kefiyo fédéw (peaceful feeling).

June 2014
News
From 10-13 June 2014, the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict will take place at the ExCel Centre in London. As part of the summit, Conciliation Resources is organising two free, open events.
June 2014
Since the ceasefire in 1994 Azerbaijan and Armenia have remained in deadlock over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region. On 13 June 2014, Conciliation Resources hosted an event and exhibition in Tbilisi, looking at perspectives for peace since the Nagorny Karabakh ceasefire twenty years ago.