News and Insight

Conciliation Resources recently co-authored a report on the EU’s role in co-ordinating third-party support for peace processes. The report, “Standing United for Peace”, 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.

The latest edition of Conciliation Resources’ Accord publication launched in Washington DC and New York City on 8 and 9 February respectively. The Accord, which focuses on cross-border peacebuilding, was also launched in Freetown, Sierra Leone with the British High Commission on 23 February and in Monrovia, Liberia on the 28 February.

Conciliation Resources’ partner, Archbishop Odama of Gulu, spoke recently on a BBC News interview about the challenges of working to find a peaceful solution to the Lord’s Resistance Army conflict now it has spread to neighbouring countries. As part of his visit to London for the launch of Accord 22 on cross-border pacebuilding, he also also met the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Conciliation Resources has launched two new workshop reports on the impact of counter-terrorism legislation on mediation. UK law prohibits meetings with blacklisted armed groups unless the meeting is considered "genuinely benign”. The reports summarise recent discussions on UK legislation and the findings from a workshop on EU legislation.

Conciliation Resources’ partners Ayesha Saeed and Zafar Choudhary recently spoke in a BBC World programme about the trade across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir which was opened in 2008.

Conciliation Resources this week launched its latest Accord publication, number 22 in the series – Paix sans frontières: building peace across borders. Highlighting 20 different case studies, this publication looks at how peacebuilding strategies can think outside of the state.

The Swiss Embassy in London co-hosted a dinner with Conciliation Resources (CR), as a pre-launch for the latest Accord - Paix sans frontières: building peace across borders. Around 20 London-based ambassadors and senior diplomats attended the dinner.

Two Conciliation Resources partners, from either side of the Line of Control in Kashmir, discuss how a recently opened trade route across the Line of Control is helping to build peace among communities in Kashmir.

This is the first documentary film to be shot on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC).
Making the film was a significant success in itself as the two journalists who produced it – Mohammad Arif Urfi and Pawan Bali – are from either side of the LoC in Kashmir and were not able to meet in their home region.