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Category Archive: Peace Processess

New collection highlights the significance of local peace processes

6 September 2021

A new collection of essays published by the British Academy offers insights into the role of local peace agreements in international peacebuilding.

Peace agreements with a gender perspective are still an exception, not the rule

21 June 2021

Two decades after the UN called on all peace process actors to adopt a gender perspective, but amidst an unpreceded challenge to women’s rights globally under the Covid-19 pandemic, how did peace agreements provide for women, girls and gender in 2020, and what does this tell us about the trajectory of the women, peace and security agenda?

Local reconciliation committees in northern Syria: Managing daily conflicts in a country at war

17 February 2021

“Local Voices at a Crossroads” is an article series in which local actors of everyday peace share their insights into the fragilities and resilience of their societies in the face of conflict. Dr Juline Beaujouan examines the nature, roles and impact of local reconciliation committees in Syria.

PSRP quoted in analysis of Afghan peace process

15 February 2021

A PSRP report on political settlements has been quoted in an opinion piece on the Afghan peace process: Will political factions in Afghanistan come to terms with each other?

Moving from Conflict: the Role of International Actors in Transition Management

9 December 2020

Dr Jago Salmon examines the role of international actors in transitions from conflict and introduces his new PSRP report, Moving from Conflict: the Role of International Actors in Transition Management.

Constitution-Building in Response to Social Crisis: the Second Women Constitution-Makers Dialogue

7 December 2020

Participants at the second Women Constitution-Makers Dialogue discussed the relationship between social unrest and the design of constitutional reform processes, implications for democracy and peace, and opportunities to enhance and sustain women’s influence as processes institutionalize.

Learning from Northern Ireland? Making gains for gender equality at the UN Security Council

9 November 2020

As Ireland prepares to begin its tenure of the UN Security Council in January 2021, Dr Catherine O’Rourke and Dr Aisling Swaine examine the lessons of inclusive peacebuilding from Northern Ireland and how these might inform the UN Security Council’s work on women, peace and security.

A virtual tool for effective peace process support

4 November 2020

Ceasefires in a Time of Covid-19, a digital tool developed to track ceasefires during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been featured in the KOFF Peacebuilding Magazine’s special issue on digital technologies and peacebuilding.

PSRP research informs OECD’s States of Fragility 2020

1 November 2020

Research from the Political Settlements Research Programme has contributed to the OECD’s report on States of Fragility 2020, which examines the dramatic impact of Covid-19 on the global state of fragility and sets out a policy agenda at a critical turning point.

Role of amnesties in peace building explored in new database

2 September 2020

Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Edinburgh have launched the first public, open access database which explores amnesties that were granted during ongoing conflicts, or as part of peace negotiations, or in post-conflict periods. 

Latest Updates

Peace missions, regional organisations, and Covid-19: How the pandemic has affected peacebuilding efforts by the African Union and Organisation of American States

22.9.2021

Shots for Peace? Vaccination ceasefires and the fight against Covid-19

16.9.2021

New collection highlights the significance of local peace processes

6.9.2021

‘The war is starting a new chapter’: Michael Semple speaks to BBC Radio 4 on the future of Afghanistan

26.8.2021

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