It is a fact that, 5 years after the end of the conflict, not one single perpetrator of a conflict-era human rights violation has been brought to justice in a court of law. But Nepal‟s impunity has further implications than conflict-era prosecution simply being „on hold‟. Impunity for crimes has ...

Kathmandu

Cattle rustling in Karamoja has been the norm in many districts in this region for many decades and has led to loss of both lives and livestock. Rustling has been the major cause of insecurity in the regions, thereby stifling development. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTicS0rxHtY Karamoja rustling

Video

Scarce natural resources, or scarce economic factors of production, provoke competing claims among various social groups within the state and in society. Such competitions tend to lead to conflict, often violent, within and between these groups. Thus, resolving violent conflict and forging ...

Dokumentation

It is now a well-accepted presumption that war causes grave harm to the health of individuals caught in the maelstrom of violence. Death, mutilation, disease in addition to the destruction of governmental infra-structure complicate any post-conflict recovery plan that ultimately seeks to foster ...

Dokumentation

Report on a Dialogue Workshop on best Practices in Local Response Strategies, held in February 2011 in Hawassa. The workshop was conducted by the Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in collaboration with GIZ and GIZ-CPS ...

DokumentationAddis Ababa

We decided to devote the sixth edition of “Building Peace” to the subject of “Peace work during election periods”. This is because our partner organisations and peace workers in DRC, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cameroon, as well as the partner organisations and colleagues from AGEH in Burundi and DRC ...

Bafoussam, Berlin

The term “peacebuilding” first entered the UN lexicon in Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s Agenda for Peace in 1992, where it was defined as “action to identify and support structures which will tend to strengthen and solidify peace in order to avoid a relapse into conflict.” The concept was initially defined ...

Dokumentation

Promoting Peace German contribution to the peace process in Nepal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVu78zk0jqQ Promoting Peace

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Rwanda has become a symbol of the modern-day failure of the world to end genocide. The 17th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide in 2011 provides an opportunity to reflect on the universal goal of preventing genocide and to work towards a comprehensive understanding of how other people commemorate ...

Video

This is a good moment to pause and reflect on the last ten years of conflict prevention (CP) and the European Union (EU). The period is bracketed by the lessons drawn from the traumatic events in the Western Balkans in the 1990s and especially the Kosovo war, instability and mass-killings in sub ...

Dokumentation

During the war between the Khmer Rouge forces and the forces under Marshal Lon Nol’s command, the Khmer Rouge propagandized that their communist regime had high moral standards, in particular they considered sexual violence to be the severest immoral offense and the perpetrators would receive the ...

Dokumentation

There is little doubt about the relevance to study and understand the trends in media performance on issues of public concern and national importance, as well as the adherence to the Code of Conduct of the Practice of Journalism in Kenya. Aware of this need, the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) ...

Analyse oder Studie

The network of the Civil Peace Service (CPS/ZFD) in Cameroon was launched in May 2011. A shared vision for peace and stability in the country was drawn up by 35 representatives, women and men, from 18 organisations and institutions in civil society in Cameroon. You will find this vision described on ...

Bafoussam, Berlin

The brochure presents the conflict resolution tools of the Kimisagara Youth Centre (KYC) that are implemented in Rwanda and the Great Lakes Region. Tools include Football Amahoro, Football Forum Theatre, Participative Theatre, Peace Journalism, Radio Theatre, Drug Prevention, Peace Building and ...

Kigali

Community Conflict Intervention in the Nuba Mountains. The film presents the context of the Al Farshaya Peace Process and Conference, considered to be the turning point of a long and complex conflict among eight groups from the Nuba Mountains. The goal of the DED CPS presence in the are was to ...

Video

In the Great Lakes Region (DRC, Rwanda and Burundi) the German Civil Peace Service (CPS – in German: Ziviler Friedensdienst, ZFD) programme has been in existence since 2001 and the following German operators are involved there: AGEH, DED, EED, EIRENE International, WFD. In the past few years, CPS ...

Bafoussam, Berlin, Kinshasa

Today, Guatemala’s indigenous peoples continue to demand the defense of natural resources, and this has become a priority of the work within and between their communities, and involves many civil society organizations. In this report, we have attempted to include a focus on gender and diversity in ...

DokumentationGuatemala

“How to Split an Orange” – a short story on conflict and its transformation – visualizes a conflict situation and reflects on the ways to overcome it. It is a thought provoking eye-opener for everyone. This book is recommended for use by teachers of peace education for children in schools and in the ...

Pädagogische PublikationIligan City, Philippines