GLOBAL REQUEST -
MATERIALS ON RECONCILIATION, HEALING & DEALING WITH THE PAST

Dear Friends, Colleagues & Partners -

For several of our engagements we are gathering materials and deep experiences and resources on reconciliation, healing and dealing with the past. For specific work in Lebanon we are also looking for materials in Arabic.

Our focus is on materials, publications, resources, handbooks, articles which really go deeply and authentically into reconciliation, healing and dealing with the past in communities/societies/countries that have been affected by war and violence - understanding the social, collective, political, cultural, and personal impacts and effects (visible and invisible) as well as how communities and societies have healed from / addressed what has happened during war and deep societal divisions/polarisations.

We're also looking for materials which deeply analyse and address the range of approaches, strategies and how different societies / countries have sought to deal with these issues - including what has been / can be done by:

- governments
- citizens
- local and national processes

We are not looking for materials that are purely abstract, but material that are deep and authentically understand, grasp and engage with how difficult processes of reconciliation and healing are. We are also specifically looking for materials addressing:

- truth and reconciliation commissions and processes;
- the role of NGOs and NGO / societal campaigns for reconciliation, healing and dealing with the past;
- practical lessons and experiences (strengths, challenges, gaps, what has been found to work, good practice experiences, major challenges / bad practice)
- transitional justice
- how to bring about healing / reconciliation in societies which have deep divisions and deep wounds of war, and where the present and future themselves remain contested and uncertain, and bringing up the past could - if not done well - also contribute to worsening / destabilising a very fragile, turbulent situation

If you have materials - including also videos / film - and can send these to me please send them to dpo@patrir.ro

In peace and with appreciation,
Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen
Director, Department of Peace Operations (DPO) - PATRIR