Does the necessity of combating terrorism make permissible certain curtailments of freedom of speech?
Sri Lanka: Can Warriors Be Peacemakers?
Mar 10, 2010: With General Sarath Fonseka's arrest following the Jan. 26th presidential election, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has indicated his lack of interest in transforming himself from warrior to peacemaker.
Congo: FDLR Fact Sheet
In light of the history and current political situation in the Great Lakes region, innovative strategies are needed to address the situation of the Rwandan rebels. Military operations will continue to face severe limitations and lead to continued humanita
Sri Lanka: An Urgent Appeal
10/03/2009. An open letter to the government of Sri Lanka towards the end of the Civil War.
Lebanon's National Dialogue.
With a national election in June 2009, political tensions in Lebanon are increasing. The National Dialogue has become the “safe space” to promote national unity, reconciliation, and a place to resolve key issues jointly.
Nepal - Reaffirmation of Past Agreements and Commitments
Agreements signed in the past 3 years called for restoring victims’ dignity, for ending greed and respecting the lives of ALL. Now, when creating a unified security structure leadership must remove labels of “enemy combatants” or “royal forces".
The Dream of the Good is a peace and health methodology and a network project that has grown out of the charitable organization Det andra - in cooperation with The Peace Appeal Foundation - as a model for the development of a creative global peace education. The project engages principals, teachers, recreation leaders and preschool staff and supports them in introducing the methodology to students of all ages.
The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) is one of the world’s leading institutions in the areas of security sector reform (SSR) and security sector governance (SSG).
The International Crisis Group is now generally recognised as the world’s leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union and World Bank, on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict.
In 2004, there were 230 political conflicts worldwide, including 3 wars and 33 severe crisis,
characterized by massive amounts of violence.
