Mediators should always strive for transparency and, at the same time, maintain high standards of confidentiality. In this video, mediation experts discuss the challenging task of managing information during negotiation processes. In other words, how can mediators adhere to the principles of transparency without risking confidentiality?
Women continue to be largely excluded from African peace processes. According to UN Women, no woman has been appointed peace mediator in any of the continent's major peace talks since 1992.
Regional experts discuss the need for the African Union to enhance its peace mediation support capacity and identify practical ways in which such capacity could be improved.
Throughout this USIP panel 3 experts discuss women´s issues within the Colombian armed conflict. They also discuss gender issues, and the effects of not including women in the current peace process.
Northern Ireland's 'Troubles' were ended by the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the ethno-national aggression in Bosnia-Herzegovina was halted by the Dayton Accord of 1995, and the Israel -- Palestine conflict was slowed for some years by the Oslo Accords of 1993. Revisiting a study made by the author in these three countries during the late 1990s, this article draws on interviews conducted in 2012 with feminist activists of that earlier period.
The PEACE project supports policy planning, pastoral land tenure conflict resolution, and introduction of technologies to improve rangeland management and livestock production and marketing.
As Colombian peace talks begins a group of experts is called to analyze the first peace dialogue and the future of Colombia. They also analyze what will happen to the areas of the country that have historically been dominated by FARC.
