June 2011
News
Conciliation Resources recently organised workshops in Senegal and Nigeria, which brought together civil society organisations, academics and state officials to examine key issues around several local conflicts.
June 2011
The views of local people living on either side of the River Nistru are reflected in a new report and briefing paper on the Transnistria conflict, produced by Saferworld as part of the People's Peacebuilding Perspectives (PPP) project.
June 2011
News
It is a year since the US Supreme Court ruled in the Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project case. In doing so they upheld the constitutionality of a law that makes it illegal for US citizens or organisations to engage in many ways that are crucial to conflict transformation. Speaking at a seminar in Sweden, Andy Carl marked the ruling's anniversary by highlighting the serious implications for peacebuilding of anti-terrorist and material support laws.
June 2011
Conciliation Resources was one of six civil society organisations that took part in the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Monrovia, Liberia in June. We took the opportunity to emphasize that participatory and inclusive political dialogue and planning should run through the objectives being developed.
May 2011
Tahir Aziz, Project Manager for Conciliation Resourcesā Kashmir Programme, participated in an international conference entitled 'Kashmir in Emerging Global Perspectives', which was organised by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir University in Muzaffarabad. Significantly, he used the opportunity to bring two Kashmir programme partners from the Indian side on a rare visit to Islamabad and Muzaffarabad on the Pakistan side of Kashmir, to participate in the conference and partner meetings.
May 2011
As part of Conciliation Resourcesā participation in the International Contact Group on the Mindanao peace process, the organisation recently invited Professor Christine Bell, a leading scholar-practitioner on peacebuilding, on a one-week visit to Manila and Mindanao. Christine focused on the issues of constitutional reform, human rights, and women's participation in peace processes - three of the most relevant peace topics in the Philippines.
April 2011
Conciliation Resources recently made a submission to the UK government and its Building Stability Overseas Strategy (BSOS). Conciliation Resourcesā submission highlights its latest Accord publication, which recommends policy responses focussing on conflicts not countries.
April 2011
Four of Conciliation Resourcesā partners are visiting Washington, D.C. and New York between 9 and 17 April. The purpose of the visit is to bring local perspectives on the Georgian/Abkhaz and Nagorny Karabakh conflicts to audiences in the United States.
April 2011
The World Bankās 2011 World Development Report (WDR) on Conflict, Security and Development offers a timely and refreshing contribution to discussions on development and the particular challenges of conflict and fragility. Conciliation Resources reflects on some of the peacebuilding policy and practice issues that we, and our partners, have been working on relating to the WDRās findings.
March 2011
Conciliation Resources recently co-authored a report on the EUās role in co-ordinating third-party support for peace processes. The report, āStanding United for Peaceā, gives background on the evolution of coordinated third-party support to peace processes since the end of the Cold War. Recommendations focus on how to improve performance and increase positive impact.
March 2011
In 2000 the UN adopted Resolution 1325 which called for greater inclusion and decision-making roles for women within peace processes. More than ten years on, actual implementation of 1325 remains patchy. Conciliation Resources is working to build womenās capacity to participate fully and equally in future peace processes.
March 2011
Conciliation Resources recently co-authored a report on the EUās role in co-ordinating third-party support for peace processes. The report, āStanding United for Peaceā, gives background on the evolution of coordinated third-party support to peace processes since the end of the Cold War. Recommendations focus on how to improve performance and increase positive impact.