The Bangui National Forum opened this week in CAR. Its objective is to finalise a series of recommendations based on peace and security, justice and reconciliation, and economic and social development for long-term peace.
Conciliations Resources, as part of a Consortium led by the University of Edinburgh’s Global Justice Academy, has been awarded a research bid from the Department for International Development (DFID) to explore political settlements in fragile and conflict affected states.
Conciliation Resources put forward its submission to the Global Study on Women, Peace and Security drawing on its support to women peacebuilders and its vision for more inclusive peace processes. The submission includes an in-depth analysis of the Mindanao peace process, and concludes with recommendations for UN member states and agencies.
What happens when young people from either side of the Line of Control (LoC) meet for the first time on neutral territory? We share the intimate reflections from two participants who found common ground and friendship.
A group of youth from either side of the Line of Control (LoC) met in Cape Town, South Africa to share perspectives and discuss opportunities for peace in divided Kashmir.
Working with local organisations and communities in the border regions of Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Conciliation Resources will contribute to the prevention and mitigation of violence triggered or exacerbated by the Ebola crisis, and official responses to it.
This position paper explores current approaches to peace processes and how they should be strengthened in order to promote the conditions for durable peace, and the work we do to support peace processes that go beyond official talks and represent diverse constituencies.
Conflict - look closer is an animation which calls for a commitment to investing in peacebuilding alternatives to prevent and resolve violent conflict.