The "Combatants for Peace" movement was started jointly by Palestinians and Israelis, who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence; Israelis as soldiers in the Israeli army (IDF) and Palestinians as part of the violent struggle for Palestinian freedom.
Comment on Saville report, Guardian
enabling dialogue across the 'East-West' divide
useful overview - indicators of peace, global map , interactive with details on each location
an organization undertaking conflict and post-conflict transformation projects and research throughout the Western Balkans
Transform, Transcend, Translate
website highlight 'good news' from conflict zones - examples of positive actions, cooperation and collaboration
CWWPP - formed in the Netherlands, regional headquarters in Vukovar
Working at local level - on psychological traumatization, non violent conflcit resolution, community building. Provides training.
Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a forum for the exchange and interaction of ideas, research and points of view that bear on a wide range of issues of concern and interest in the contemporary world. We promote and sponsor inter- and multi-disciplinary encounters by bringing people together from differing contexts, disciplines, professions, and vocations, with the aim to engender and nurture engagements that cross the boundaries of intellectual work. Our projects, conferences and publishing activities are creative and novel, and they evolve constantly as we seek out and foster emergent developments.
Notre Dame's Kroc Institute is one of the world's principal centers for the study of the causes of violent conflict and strategies for sustainable peace. Faculty conduct research on war, genocide, terrorism, ethnic and religious conflict, and violation of human rights; teach students earning degrees in peace studies; and contribute to on-the-ground peacebuilding worldwide.
Insight on Conflict is Peace Direct's resource on local peacebuilders in conflict areas. You'll find information on how local people are working to resolve some of the longest and bloodiest conflicts around the world.
he Swiss Peace Foundation is a practice-oriented peace research institute. We analyze the causes of violent conflicts and develop strategies for their peaceful transformation.
ICfC aspires to create enduring peace globally in conflict-torn communities. By helping groups where conflict is deeply rooted in the past, ICfC explores collective memory, identity and history as a means to construct a shared future that is peaceful, productive and prosperous. Groups that have the opportunity to redefine relations on the basis of empathy, communities have a better chance to survive and thrive, creating the basic infrastructure for a culture of peace from the bottom up.
London riots - consideration of drivers Aug 2011
The Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR) was founded in 2001 as a non-governmental, non-profit, politically independent organization in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The institute has as basic principles non-violence, conflict transformation, the promotion of human rights through information and awareness raising by solutions oriented, social, political and economic analysis. PATRIR was created as a result of numerous dialogues with representatives from various social sectors, as a response to the need of change within the local communities. In its strive to support the local communities in their development and meeting everyday challenges, the Institute lays its activity on to four pillars: action, training, research, advocacy and awareness raising.