Annual audited report and accounts 2012
The directors and trustees of Conciliation Resources present their report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012
The Impact of Conflict on Young People in Azad Jammu and Kashmir
The long-standing and intractable issue of Kashmir between Pakistan and India is of great importance for the young people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The costs of this deep-rooted conflict have become increasingly difficult for Pakistan and India, and for the people of the erstwhile state of Kashmir in particular.
Liberia–Côte d’Ivoire Border Situation: June 2013
Situation report and policy recommendations by Janet Adama Mohammed, West Africa Programme Director, based on visits; focusing on cross-border relations and governance issues.
Good news on the Amnesty Act, but bleak regional outlook for LRA defections
On behalf of our civil-society partners in four countries affected by the Lord's Resistance Army conflict, Fr Ernest Sugule, director of a Congolese NGO and Editor-in-Chief of grassroots newsletter 'The Voice of Peace', shares some of the recent highs and lows, as well as ongoing concerns within the region.
Cross-Line of Control Trade: Peacebuilding and economic potential – Research report
Since the launch of Cross-Line of Control (LoC) Trade in 2008 significant bodes of research and literature have come from Indian, Pakistani and Western sources but every study has addressed one question or the other but not both together in their entirety.
This particular research work is significant in its many aspects: it explores both peacebuilding and the hard economics of cross-LoC trade.
US Government urged to remove the legal barriers to peace
Counterterrorism policies are constraining the ability of peacebuilders to support peace processes and dialogue to help end or overcome violent conflict – they make many forms of engagement with an armed group a crime if the group is listed as 'terrorist'. A petition to the US Secretary of State urges him to remove federal restrictions on such activities.
Chandra Lekha Sriram
Chandra Lekha Sriram is Professor in Law at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, having previously founded and directed the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict at the University of East London.
Mindanao: dealing with the past
Dealing with the past is now one of the big challenges for the Philippines in its transition from war to peace in Mindanao. Looking to international examples, Kristian Herbolzheimer analyses what is the best way to deal with the past in order to strengthen coexistence and prevent further confrontation, to promote a more trusted, accountable and democratic governance system?
Breaking through barriers of mistrust in Jammu and Kashmir
Ezabir Ali has sought to break through barriers of mistrust in Jammu and Kashmir and, subsequently, helped to instigate and facilitate a number of discussions for women in the region.
What’s in a label? EU listing of Hezbollah and challenges to Lebanon’s peace
With the European Union reportedly meeting this week – June 2013 – to discuss whether to add Hezbollah to its list of terrorist organisations, Zahbia Yousuf and Sophie Haspeslagh highlight the limits of such a blunt tool.