Peacebuilding gets people talking at the annual UK party conferences
The war doesn't stop at borders so why should peace
In August we held a four-day workshop to enhance the capacity of community-based and civil society organisations that focus on cross-border issues in the Mano River Union region. The purpose of the training, which explored participatory active research, was to identify a series of indicators to ‘nip potential conflict in the bud’ before it escalates. The event took place in Monrovia, Liberia, with representatives who work in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone meeting together to share their experiences.
Exploring attitudes towards return in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict
The forced displacement of over 1 million people is a key legacy of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict in the South Caucasus. Our new publication Forced displacement in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict: Return and its alternatives presents the research of Armenian, Azerbaijani and international analysts, who grapple with policy questions arising from this legacy. Their essays reveal the fundamentally opposed nature of Armenian and Azerbaijani approaches to resolution.
Exchange visit strengthens women's peacebuilding capacity
Conciliation Resources welcomes new UK Building Stability Overseas Strategy
During spring 2011 we submitted reflections and recommendations ahead of the UK’s Building Stability Overseas Strategy. We now warmly welcome its publication. Through the Building Stability Overseas Strategy, the Government has clearly committed itself to addressing violent conflict and fragility through a coherent framework. We look forward to a continued exchange on how best to implement the approach that has been set out. Read more about our work.
Women’s exchange inspires action
Exploring the art of negotiation
African religious leaders meet to tackle LRA conflict
Barriers to engagement
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.