A year ago, a ground-breaking public exhibition opened in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Corridors of Conflict: Abkhazia 1989-1995 was the first of its kind – an exhibition focused on Georgian-Abkhaz relations, the years leading up to violent conflict in 1992-1993, and its consequences. How can exhibitions like this help deal with the past, with a view to transforming conflict for the future?
'The Corridors of Conflict: Abkhazia 1989-1995' was an exhibition that took place in Tbilisi, Georgia, October 2019. Based on unique archival material, the exhibition triggered reflection and debate. Creating archives, and documenting lived experience of the violent past, is important for transforming conflict. It allows people’s voices to be heard, and helps people learn from what happened, so that the same mistakes can be avoided in future.
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Bossangoa is often known as the heartland of the Anti-balaka. The town, and surrounding areas, in Ouham prefecture, were at the centre of the conflict that engulfed the Central African Republic from 2012, and gave rise to the armed civilian groups. Now, as the country examines its conflict history and how to build a more peaceful future, it’s vital to understand how and why young people became involved in the violence.
If collaboration, adaptation and innovation are the key to better peacebuilding in these changing times, what are the challenges we face in being collaborative, adaptive and innovative and how can we overcome these?
From 5-6 October, Conciliation Resources, in partnership with Transcend Oceania and the Toda Peace Institute, hosted a learning event exploring responses to climate displacement and its relationship to conflict.
Conciliation Resources carried out a Listening Exercise with young people associated with Anti-balaka in Bossangoa in the Central African Republic. The aim was to understand young people’s reasons for joining the Anti-balaka, their life in the group, pathways for demobilisation and the challenges they face when returning to their communities.
Conciliation Resources and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation have undertaken a national public opinion survey in Japan on public attitudes to peacebuilding and dialogue with armed groups, to find out to what extent the Japanese public understand and support peacebuilding. This report is available in both English and Japanese.
The new war between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces at several points along the Line of Contact represents a major inflection point in the more than 30 year-long Nagorny Karabakh conflict.
Conciliation Resources has launched Accord 29 ‘Pioneering peace pathways – making connections to end violent conflict.’ It explores the early stages of peace processes, and the patient engagement in formative and pre-formal peacemaking that often takes years. The publication underscores the importance of persistent promotion of dialogue, and accompaniment of conflict parties and affected communities to reach negotiated solutions. Starting peace processes is neither quick nor easy.
