Conflict context

LRA conflict: Who is responsible for the consequences of military action?

There are significant challenges to peace prospects In East and Central Africa. With the African Union and United Nations’ recent joint declaration to launch a regional military strategy against the Lord’s Resistance Army, added to public attention focusing on calls for an escalation of force, we share our local partners' concerns that the response must centre on the protection of civilians. Lessons must be learnt from the past.

People's Peacemaking Perspectives

People living in the midst of conflict often have the greatest insight into its causes. This film is an overview of how the People's Peacebuilding Perspectives (PPP) project brought the opinions of local people to the attention of policymakers, and what's been learned about the participatory process itself. Funded by the European Commission, the PPP project was an 18-month joint initiative between Conciliation Resources and Saferworld.

From conflict analysis to peacebuilding impact: Lessons from the People's Peacemaking Perspectives project

Mar 2012

Funded by the European Commission, the People’s Peacemaking Perspectives (PPP) project was an 18-month joint initiative between Conciliation Resources and Saferworld.

At the culmination of the project a 38-page report and a 4-page executive summary highlighted the key lessons from this in-depth participatory research.

What will it take to end the LRA conflict?

Mar 2012

In this opinion piece Kennedy Tumutegyereize sets out the background to the LRA conflict and how regional and international action (and inaction) plays a part in perpetuating the conflict.

Ending the violence and insecurity caused by the Lord's Resistance Army conflict is more about empowering civil society and seeking and supporting local solutions across many countries than about keeping US military advisers in the region.

Introduction: peacebuilding in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
Elizabeth Drew and Alexander Ramsbotham introduce the publication and outline some of the challenges facing present day Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Asymmetries in the peace process: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
LTTE advisor Rudrakumaran argues that the international climate in which negotiations take place is biased in favour of states. Anti-terrorist legislation has erected artificial power asymmetries, limiting the LTTE’s involvement in peace talks.

In search of respect at the table

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: In search of respect at the table
Alastair Crooke describes Israel’s and the international community’s lack of responsiveness to various short ceasefires implemented by Palestinian Islamist groups in 2001-03, arguing that without a better understanding of these groups no end to the conflict is in sight.

Facilitating dialogue with armed insurgents in the Philippines: The Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: Facilitating dialogue with armed insurgents in the Philippines
Reaching the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees between the government of the Philippines and the NDF was difficult. Rene Sarmiento describes how creative language was used to protect GRP sovereignty and territorial integrity while respecting NDF organisational dignity.

Negotiating a ceasefire between Mayi-mayi militias and the Congolese Rally for Democracy

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: Negotiating a ceasefire between Mayi-mayi militias and the Congolese Rally for Democracy
Drawing on the experience of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and Life & Peace Institute in the DRC in 2002-03, Steve Smith discusses dilemmas over how far track two actors can persist in facilitating negotiations when track one actors oppose their efforts.

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