News and Insight

Our staff and partners draw on decades of experience, understanding and analysis to make peace possible. As well as news, see their latest thoughtful insights covering violent conflict, peacebuilding, and global events.

August 2013
Enhanced peacekeeping mission is a welcome development, but a lasting solution to CAR’s political problems requires coordinated national and cross-border cooperation on governance and security issues, as well as support for local civil society peace efforts.
June 2013
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.
May 2013
Insight

This presentation was given by mediatEUr Berlin Representative Dr Juan Díaz at the 'The EU as Peacemaker - Enhancing Mediation Capacities' conference in Sofia, 17 May 2013, organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC) and the Sofia Office of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).

May 2013
With the European Union reportedly due to meet on 4 June to discuss adding Shi’a militant group Hezbollah to its list of proscribed groups, peacebuilding NGO Conciliation Resources questions the effectiveness of using such a blunt policy tool.
May 2013
A delegation of five cross-party representatives of the Colombian Congress will visit London on 19 and 20 May to promote public participation in the Colombia peace process. Their goal is to listen to the voices of the Colombian diaspora and to increase social and institutional support in the UK for the peace efforts in Colombia.
May 2013
UK aid is helping divided communities find ways to move away from violent conflict. The Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI) today published a report highlighting how DFID is providing vital support to civil society organisations, including Conciliation Resources, in their work to improve the lives of disadvantaged people around the world.
April 2013
Insight

"Disputes arising over implementation terms may not just arise between the parties, but also between parties and implementers, and between implementers and other implementers.

March 2013
During a three-day People’s Forum, more than forty civil society representatives met in Suva to share ideas on Fiji's constitutional reform process. To stimulate further discussion the workshop’s outcomes statement is available, along with a paper analysing the key provisions in the government’s own newly published draft constitution.
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March 2013
News

Colombia podría estar aproximándose pronto al fin del prolongado conflicto con las FARC. Sin embargo, es importante un mayor involucramiento de la sociedad civil en el proceso de paz, así como, tener en cuenta lecciones aprendidas de otras negociaciones exitosas. El director del programa de Conciliation Resources en Colombia, Kristian Herbolzheimer, estará hablando acerca de los diálogos de paz y el proceso colombiano en el evento público en Londres: Miércoles, 13 de marzo de 2013.

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March 2013

L’organisation caritative Conciliation Resources, qui se consacre à la consolidation de la paix, a sorti un documentaire turc-arménien-azerbaïdjanais innovant qui traite de la manière dont des violences commises dans le passé continuent d’avoir une incidence durable sur une région divisée. [14 mars 2013]

March 2013
News
Colombia could soon be approaching the end of the protracted armed conflict with the FARC, but more involvement of civil society in the peace process is needed and lessons from other negotiation processes should be considered. Our Colombia Programme Director, Kristian Herbolzheimer, joins the conversation in London this March.
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March 2013

Миротворческая благотворительная организация "Ресурсы примирения" выпустила новаторский турецко-армяно-азербайджанский документальный фильм, в котором исследуется вопрос о том, как совершенное в прошлом насилие по-прежнему омрачает жизнь людей в этом разделенном конфликтами регионе.