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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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...
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...
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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...
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...
HD joins specialist consortium to develop innovative conflict resolution approaches in fragile and conflict-affected regions
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) has joined the Smart Peace consortium, a global group of specialist organisations which will develop an innovative four-year conflict resolution programme to...
HD hosts roundtable on addressing sexual and gender-based violence in conflict settings
In support of efforts to mitigate the consequences of conflicts worldwide, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) today hosted a closed-door roundtable on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)...
Valuing peace: delivering and demonstrating mediation results
Demonstrating the value of conflict mediation Mediation offers a proven and cost-effective method for resolving armed conflicts. More than 70 per cent of conflicts which ended between 1985 and 2015...
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The Oslo Forum 2017 Meeting Report: Peacemaking in a new era of geopolitics
Improving the mediation of armed conflict A global series of mediation retreats The Oslo Forum is widely acknowledged as the leading international network of conflict mediation practitioners...
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The Inside Story: The impact of insider mediators on modern peacemaking
Peacemaking and mediation literature has often portrayed neutral ‘outsiders’ as the most suitable mediators, given their physical and emotional distance from the parties in conflict. However, in many...
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in 2016
HD RELEASES ITS 2016 ANNUAL REPORT The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) continued to expand its operations in 2016, responding to a growing demand for its experience and skills in engaging with...
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The Oslo Forum 2016 Meeting Report: Adapting to a new conflict landscape
This year’s Oslo Forum, which took place between the 14-15 June, was attended by around 100 prominent mediators, peace process actors and high-level decision-makers. The report from this meeting,...
Mediation through a media lens
Mediation through a media lens Interviews from the Oslo Forum 2016 on the nexus between mediation and the media What are the responsibilities of the media during a conflict, and during a peace...
Oslo Forum - The search for peace: perspectives on mediation 2010-2015 - A Compendium of Oslo Forum Interviews
Mediators of armed conflict and actors in peace processes rarely have the opportunity to reflect on experiences, compare lessons learnt, and develop a shared understanding of good practice in the...
On Peacemaking: A Decade of Reflections 2006-2015
The issues facing mediators of armed conflict and actors in peace processes are both numerous and complex, and peacemaking is often undertaken in highly competitive and politically-sensitive...