Ethnic Azeri Novruz, Marneuli, Georgia © Onnik Krikorian 2011

I've just returned from a few days in Georgia where I once again visited the ethnic Armenian-Azeri co-inhabited village of Tsopi as part of continuing …

MEDIA ADVISORY

March 23, 2011



NEW STUDY: REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENCE, INCREASE IN PEACE IN THE U.S., COULD YIELD HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS TO U.S. ECONOMY



RELEASE OF UNITED STATES PEACE INDEX, FIRST-EVER RANKING OF STATES FROM MOST TO LEAST PEACEFUL



Index Reveals Factors Related to Education, Health and Opportunity Strongly Correlate with Levels of Peace



WHAT: A briefing hosted by the Institute for…

            Why is education so vital in the expansion of rights for women?  Education allows for the empowerment of women to control their own destiny.  It allows the woman to remove familial responsibility economically, socially and politically; empowering them to move into positions of leadership within their communities, locally and globally.   Though when it comes to giving women access to education the approach appears much more difficult considering certain stagnant…

The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (the HD Centre) is pleased to announced the release of a new publication: Negotiating Ceasefires

Mediators are faced with many dilemmas when helping to negotiate ceasefires. These range from dealing with the differing interests of the parties to the…

A recently established project called the 'Training and Mobility Network for the Economic Analysis of Conflict' (TAMNEAC) is offering several PhD positions and two post-doctoral positions for researchers who are interested in being trained in the economic analysis of conflict.

The overall objective of TAMNEAC is to train a young generation of professionals and researchers in tackling the challenges associated with mass violent conflict in developing countries. This training…

1. THE CALM

Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.



2. THE DIGNITY

Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.



3. THE ABILITY

The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn't fall.



4. THE GRACE

People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.



5. THE ORDER

No looting in shops. No honking and no…

By: Mary Kadi Manoah*

The current events in the Ivory Coast have certainly captured some attention. As soon as we are faced with the words ‘colonialism’ the words we associate with it pop up again all in negatives well

most…….’oppression, manipulation, exploitation to…

Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) leader Selahatin Demirtaş made an announcement, calling on Turkey's Kurdish population to stage acts of civil disobedience.

Speaking in a press conference he jointly held with Democratic Society Congress (DTK) leader Ahmet Türk, Demirtaş said the DTK, an organization established by former members of the now-defunct Democratic Society Party (DTP), the BDP's predecessor, had decided to stage acts of civil disobedience.

Demirtaş said the…

The Heller School announces the new Shared Societies Scholarship  for the Master of Arts in Coexistence and Conflict. The scholarship will be awarded to an early to mid-career professional living in the Arab world whose work focuses on religious, ethnic and cultural coexistence. The competition is open to nationals of the following territories: Kuwait, Iraq, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahran, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, Palestine, Somalia, Lebanon, Syria,…

We are looking for junior advisers on Libya, in relation to work for a hi-profile client/s involved in the conflict there.

Human Rights Law stduent/new graduate also helpful, possible case v EU &/ UN.

Knowledge of EU & UN Assets & Travel Ban listing regs helpful.

Paid work, success fee based.

Galway & Jackson (Conflict Management) Associates…

7Th Human Rights Meeting

Solutions to the Forced Displacement of People in a Global World.

31st March and 1st April 2011, Donostia-San Sebastián

 

Forced population movements have become a generalized phenomenon in the current international context. The alarming number of displaced people has turned this phenomenon into not only a humanitarian problem but also a problem of security and development.

The purpose of…

An independent United Nations expert raised the alarm on what he called the “intensifying” deterioration of human rights in East Jerusalem, including the forced eviction of Palestinians from their homes and continued Israeli settlement expansion.

“The continued pattern of settlement expansion in East Jerusalem combined with forcible eviction of long residing Palestinians are creating an intolerable situation that can only be described, in its cumulative impact, as a form of ethnic…

And i cry again as i did for Egypt

Maidens fall and children weep

Bombs,screams,never ending

And i cry again as i did for Egypt

The nights calm no souls

Boom! Boom! comes the sounds of the night

Drones atop the sky delivering gifts

Gifts of doom to the children of Libya

Libya my love,i cry for your children

So young and innocent

They lie silent

The nights calm no souls

Gaddafi's forces closing…

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His Eminence Dr. Madhu Krishan As Chief Guest In The Global Peace Seminar

 ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Task Force on Improving Mediation...