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Peace and progress in Central African Republic hinge on securing space for dialogue 16 Aug 2013 | 12:25 am
centralafricanrep_flag.gif Enhanced peacekeeping mission is a welcome development, but a lasting solution to CAR’s political problems requires coordinated national and cross-border cooperation on gov...
Concerns over contempt of court prosecution in Fiji: Civil society must be free to uphold accountability 9 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
CCF_RodneyYee_AkuilaYabaki_IMG_7023.jpg Human rights activist Reverend Akuila Yabaki has been handed a suspended sentence of three months’ imprisonment. In response, we urge that for a peaceful trans...
Bishop Peter Price joins Conciliation Resources as Chair 6 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
PeterPrice_web.jpg The former Bishop of Bath & Wells, The Rt. Rev. Peter Price, has become the new Chair of the Board of Trustees for Conciliation Resources. With his long-standing interest in intern...
Balance of Competences review: a peacebuilder’s perspective 23 Jul 2013 | 10:54 pm
EUflag_creativecommons_EuropeanParliament.jpg Sanne Tielemans comments on the UK Government's review of the EU Balance of Competences and highlights how, while the EU's contribution to peace has incr...
EU decision to ban the military wing of Hezbollah risks closing avenues for dialogue and further destabilising Lebanon’s precarious peace 22 Jul 2013 | 08:50 pm
Flickr-creative-commons.jpg David Newton comments on the decision of EU Foreign Ministers to add the military wing of Hezbollah is to their list of banned terrorist organisations. What effect might t...
Good news on the Amnesty Act, but bleak regional outlook for LRA defections 30 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
P1010959_ernest_RCSTF_201209.JPG On behalf of our civil-society partners in four countries affected by the Lord's Resistance Army conflict, Fr Ernest Sugule, director of a Congolese NGO and Editor-in...
US Government urged to remove the legal barriers to peace 20 Jun 2013 | 07:44 pm
CR_avatar_website_1.jpg 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...
Mindanao: dealing with the past 17 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
kristianherbolzheimer_no_guns.jpg Dealing with the past is now one of the big challenges for the Philippines in its transition from war to peace in Mindanao. Looking to international examples, Kristi...
Prospect of EU ban on Hezbollah raises questions over peace in Lebanon 30 May 2013 | 04:02 pm
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 effec...
Colombia peace forums in Europe: Innovating in citizen participation 29 May 2013 | 03:18 pm
Five members of the Peace Commission of the Colombian Congress visited the cities of London, Brussels, Paris and Barcelona during six intensive days in May. The main objective was for the Colombian di...
