The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is delighted to announce a new series of press releases dedicated to public education about healthy conflict resolution in our families, our communities, our workplaces and our…

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I felt inspired today Election Day after reading this. Hope it energizes your work for peace and compassion in the world too.

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"River gypsies in Bangladesh, carpet weavers in the Atlas mountains of Morocco, genocide survivors in Rwanda, and Roma artists in Lithuania - these are among the 18 communities that will host Peace Fellows from The Advocacy Project (AP) this summer."

 Our new press release details the work that our 2012 Peace Fellows are doing out in the field. Check it out in order to learn more about our organization's efforts to raise…

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Responsible journalists are supposed to be unbiased, to avoid advocating any agenda, and to not encourage violence—to never pour gasoline on an already blazing fire. However, the upheaval in Syria has left journalists questioning the wisdom of these traditional beliefs. 

Syria, and revolts last year during the Arab Spring, present the ultimate dilemma for a peace journalist. This breed of journalist is dedicated to giving peacemakers a voice, avoiding inflammatory language and…

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It’s easy to say that you’re all for peace journalism—not inflaming or exacerbating conflicts while nurturing an atmosphere of peace and reconciliation—when all is well. The challenge is to practice these principles in times of violence and crisis.

 

Such is the case now in Norway, which is recovering from a series of deadly attacks. I have a Norwegian friend who I just heard from via Facebook. She wrote, “Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts. As of now I don't know…

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• Vincenc Fisas of the School for a Culture of Peace released his report on the progress of peace processes in the third quarter of 2010. Sudan, Chad, the Western Sahara, Myanmar talks with the NLD, China-Tibet talks, Israeli-Palestinian talks and Yemen were all listed as progressing poorly in their respective peace…

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• Are women in war-torn countries faring any better today than they did a decade ago? The UNFPA's 2010 State of World Population report, released on Wednesday attempted to answer this question inconclusively. The report suggests taking a broader look at the relationships between women and conflict, paying special attention to the…

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For a comprehensive summary of conflicts in the world for the week of September 17th-24th, 2010, visit http://apeaceofconflict.com/2010/09/25/this-week-in-conflict-september-17th-24th-2010/.

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• The UN will be having its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit in New York city from the 20th to the 22nd of September. They are looking to accelerate the progress towards the MDGs by 2015, review successes, best practices and lessons learned, obstacles and gaps, challenges and opportunities to lead to more “concrete strategies of action”.
• A new…

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"Freedom of the press, freedom of association, the inviolability of domicile, and all the rest of the rights of man are respected so long as no one tries to use them against the privileged class. On the day they are launched against the privileged they are overthrown.”…

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Kyoto, Japan

December 17, 2009



Dear World Press Photo people



It goes without saying that your exhibition this year too was marvellous. That more than 5.000 photographers of 124 nationalities submitted almost 100.000 images testifies to the intensity with which images, not only text, contribute to our awareness, knowledge and compassion for the world.



The proposal I want to put forward here is… Continue

May 9, 2009





It simply isn't right. It threatens humankind. It militates against pluralism, and the idea of public service.



The only thing your mainstream media are likely to tell you about nuclear weapons is related to, say, North Korea and Iran, i.e to the risk of proliferation to "irresponsible" states.



The very existence of nuclear weapons, nuclear possession, is not an issue. Mainstream media almost never highlight the terrorist nature of the weapons… Continue

Political freedom is usually described as the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression. Often word “Liberty” - the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will - has been connected to freedom and social anarchists see negative and positive liberty as complementary concepts of freedom.



Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental organization based in USA that supports the… Continue

There is a lot of talk about the risks of nuclear proliferation. There is virtually no public discussion anymore about the existence of nuclear weapons, the doctrine development and the urgent need for nuclear abolition.



Media and politicians chase nuclear weapons where there are none. Conveniently, they hardly ever focus on the daily threat we all live under: the malfunctioning or deliberate use of nuclear weapons by those who have by far the greatest… Continue