Building trust in peace mediation
April 2023
Violent conflicts are fuelled by narratives of harm and injustice, as well as personal and collective experiences of trauma and pain. Societal trust is a significant casualty of conflict, and its loss is a major barrier to making peace. This paper addresses why building trust is a core objective of peace mediation, why trust is essential to successful peace processes, and how mediation processes can help build trust strategically.
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This paper was authored by Michelle Gehrig, Cate Buchanan, Sally Holt, and Alexander Ramsbotham and funded by the United States Institute for Peace. It was commissioned as part of the USIP Learning Agenda.