By Sebastian Kratzer and Julia von Dobeneck The practical guidance in this publication – the latest in HD’s flagship Mediation Practice Series – provides peace mediation and dialogue practitioners...
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Linking conservation and peacemaking
By By Lina Hillert Why should conservation matter to peacemakers? In a world where climate change is intensifying conflict over scarce water, land and other resources, HD’s new research report...
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Humanitarian Crises in a Multipolar World
Michael Vatikiotis is a Senior Advisor at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) Never in recent history have global humanitarian needs been more severe. Never has the access that governments and...
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Natural resources management in the Sahel: Uses and customs at the service of conflict resolution
Introduction Throughout the Sahelian strip, conflicts over access to natural resources between nomadic and sedentary communities continue to multiply on transhumance routes. While the scarcity of...
HD brokers landmark social media peace agreement in central Nigeria
JOS, NIGERIA – JULY 19, 2021 – As part its growing efforts to limit hostile social media use in conflict zones around the world, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) has brokered a landmark...
Peace agreement signed between the Fulani, Dafing and Dogon communities of the area (‘Circle’) of Bankass in central Mali
The Fulani, Dafing and Dogon communities signed a humanitarian peace agreement on 7 February 2021. Through this agreement, the communities commit to ensuring the physical integrity and free...
Summary statement of the Libyan consultative meeting of 7-9 September 2020
On 7-9 September 2020, a meeting was held between representatives of key Libyan stakeholders in Montreux, Switzerland. Facilitated by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) in the presence of the...
Libyan leaders call for ceasefire
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) welcomes the statements issued today by Libya’s Prime Minister, Mr Faiez Serraj, and the Head of Parliament, Mr Aghila Saleh, calling for a nationwide...
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Social Media Codes of Conduct: Reflections for Mediators
By Jonathan Harlander and Maude Morrison This article summarises preliminary reflections for mediators on social media codes of conduct. Such codes of conduct, to be agreed upon by conflict...
Agreement reached to re-establish water supply to Western Libya
An agreement was reached on 12 April to re-establish the water supply to Libya’s capital city, Tripoli, which has been suffering from water cuts since Monday 6 April. More than 2 million people were...
Du bon usage de l’amnistie dans les processus de paix
Résumé La grande majorité des accords de paix aujourd’hui contiennent des éléments cruciaux en termes de gouvernance, de sécurité, d’économie ainsi qu’en termes de justice et de réconciliation. Ce...
Libyans Call for Unity Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic [EN/AR]
Leading Libyan figures from across the country have issued today a Call for unity and solidarity to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the war-torn nation, with support from the Centre for Humanitarian...
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Implementing peace agreements: Supporting the transition from the negotiation table to reality
Authors: Felix Colchester (CR), Laura Henao Izquierdo (CINEP) and Philipp Lustenberger (swisspeace) “The quality of a peace agreement is only equal to the quality of its implementation. While the...
HD launches global COVID-19 response initiative
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) has launched today a global initiative in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative, which focuses on conflict-affected areas, lays out the...
CCHN Facilitator Handbook
The CCHN Facilitator’s Handbook provides all the information and references needed to facilitate a peer workshop with members of staff on humanitarian negotiation. It assists CCHN facilitators as...
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Beyond the Tracks? Reflections on Multitrack Approaches to Peace Processes
Julia Palmiano Federer, Julia Pickhardt, Philipp Lustenberger, Christian Altpeter, Katrina Abatis Executive Summary In order to address the multi-level nature of contemporary conflicts, peace...
Signing of a Declaration of Commitment to intercommunal conflict prevention between the traditional leaders of the region of Diffa in Niger
The traditional leaders living along the river of Komadougou and in the Lake Chad Basin area in the region of Diffa signed a Declaration of Commitment on Thursday 12 Septembre 2019, which seeks to...
Signing of peace agreement between the Fulani, Dogon and Dafing communities in the municpality of Ouenkoro in Mali
The Fulani, Dogon and Dafing communities of the municipality of Ouenkoro in the area (‘circle’) of Bankass in the Mali region of Mopti, signed a peace agreement on Friday 16 August 2019, which seeks...
Government of Mozambique and opposition party Renamo sign peace agreement to end decades of fighting
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) congratulates the Government of Mozambique and the country’s main opposition party, Renamo, on signing a peace agreement yesterday in the capital, Maputo,...
Oslo forum reflections: heating up: mediation and climate change
In line with its goal to promote and advance reflection on current peacemaking trends and challenges, HD is pleased to launch today the first in a series of occasional short think pieces on issues of...