Positive / Sustainable Peace

Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping: Effectively Protecting Civilians Without Threat of Violence
Proactive Presence: a Non-violent Strategy for Civilian Protection During Armed Conflict
Nonviolence and Just Peace Conference
Crossing the line: Transhumance in transition along the Sudan-South Sudan border
Reclaiming protection of civilians under international humanitarian law: Reflections from the Oslo global conference
South Sudan Rejects Deployment of Regional Protection Force amidst Worsening Security Situation
Education and Armed Conflict in Sudan and South Sudan: The Role of Teachers in Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
Communal conflict, civil war, and the state: Complexities, connections, and the case of Sudan
Exhuming Trends in Ethnic Conflict and Cooperation in Africa: Some selected states
Access to Resources and Opportunities in Eastern Sudan: Consolidating the Comprehensive Peace Agreement Nairobi, Kenya, 14-17 February 2005
South Sudan’s December 2013 conflict: Bolting state-building fault lines with social capital
Les régimes de sécurité en Afrique: perspectives et défis
The Contribution of the Diaspora to the Reconstruction of the Sudan
Regional Land Context for Peaceful Co-existence in Kenya
Peacebuilding Handbook
The civilian dimension of the African Standby Force
Just Peace ethic Prepared for April 2019 “Path of nonviolence: Towards a culture of peace” workshop
Enhancing the Educational Outcomes for South Sudanese Refugee Youth: Laying the Groundwork for International Comparative Research
Lessons for IGAD: Mediation arising from the South Sudan peace talks
Civilian capacities in the aftermath of conflict: Towards strengthened partnerships with African member states
The Changing Vision of “Just Peace” in Catholic Social Tradition
Southern Sudan at odds with itself: Dynamics of conflict and predicaments of peace
Mkataba wa mwisho wa amani watiwa saini nchini Sudan Kusini
Mzozo Khartoum unaacha wapi mustakabali wa amani Sudan kusini?
Accounting for violence in Eastern Congo: Young people’s narratives of war and peace in North and South Kivu
Traditional justice and reconciliation after violent conflict: Learning from African experiences
Identity and Peace: Reconfiguring Conflict Resolution in Africa
Justice and Reconciliation during Sudan’s Post-2011 Transition
Partners for Peace: Community and Conflict Resolution
The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region as a peacebuilding instrument for civil society organisations
Communal conflict, communal peacemaking and governmental intervention in Nigeria Lessons from the Ife-Modakeke crisis
The Gospel draws us further: a just peace ethic
Community counts: The social reintegration of ex-combatants in Colombia
More than a line: Sudan's North-South border
Protecting civilians in African Union peace support operations: key cases and lessons learned
A virtue-based just peace ethic
Tunnel Vision or Kaleidoscope: Competing Concepts on Sudan Identity and National Integration
Building on the Naivasha Protocols to Establish Long-Term Peace in the Sudan
The never-ending pursuit of the Lord’s Resistance Army
The role of Religious Leaders in Encouraging Reconciliation
The peace process in Mindanao the Philippines: evolution and lessons learned
Why unarmed civilian protection is the best path to sustainable peace
Secretary Deles urges civil society to take part in peace process
Non-coercive defence diplomacy for conflict prevention
The role of ex-offenders in implementing the Community Work Programme as a crime and violence prevention initiative
Civilian Peacekeeping: a barely tapped resource
Devolved Government within the Post-Naivasha Sudanese Constitution: A Key to Sustainable Peace in Darfur
Seeking Peace in South Sudan: The Contributions and Challenges of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
De-escalating Conflict, Confidence Building and Conciliation
Manuel d’ACCORD sur la consolidation de la paix
Local engagement with armed groups in the midst of violence
Mindanao Peace Process and Roles of Civil Society
Incorporating unarmed civilian peacekeeping into Canadian foreign policy: what do Canadians think?
Powering to Peace: Integrated Civil Resistance and Peacebuilding Strategies
Military involvement in postconflict transformation in African peace-building
Let's take peace to pieces!
‘Making’ the Territory: The Spatial Politics of Peasant Communities
The Transformative Impact of Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping
Colombian peace communities: the role of NGOs in supporting resistance to violence and oppression
Zones of peace and local peace processes in Côte d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone
Agency & peacebuilding: the promise of local zones of peace
Promoting Sustainable Peace in Sudan through Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation
Burma - Dialogue with the generals: the sound of one hand clapping
Alter-geopolitics: Other securities are happening
Creating knowledge in and about conflicted contexts: How peacekeepers know what works
Gender Dimensions of (Non)Violence in Communal Conflict: The Case of Jos, Nigeria
Filipino zones of peace
The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding: Southeast Asia in Focus
Good Practices in Nonviolent, Unarmed, Civilian to Civilian Protection Documentation of the Workshop in Manila, 7-9 December, 2017
Understanding effectiveness in peacekeeping operations: Exploring the perspectives of frontline peacekeepers
The participation of women in the Mindanao peace process 
Civil Society: A Resource for Peace
Systems for Effective Regional Relations: Ensuring Stability Around the Abyei Area
Significance of Societal Customs in the South Sudan Civil War Resolution
The Sudanese Peace Process
Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping
The Origins and Development of Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping
The challenges of power-sharing and transitional justice in post-civil war African countries: Comparing Burundi, Mozambique and Sierra Leone
Sudan's National Dialogue Conference: The Permissible Questions
The Involvement of African Armed Forces in Resolving African Conflicts: A Case Study of the AU Mission in Sudan
Political leadership and conflict resolution: An African example
Local Peace Processes in Sudan: A Baseline Study
Peacebuilding Coordination in African Countries: Transitioning from Conflict - Case Studies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and South Sudan
Analysis of the role of civil society in peace building of post conflict South Sudan after signing of comprehensive peace agreement:2005-2012
Strengthening local and national infrastructures for peace in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho and South Sudan
The Security-Development Nexus and the Imperative of Peacebuilding with Special Reference to the African Context
Dealing with the past: The youth and post-war recovery in southern Sudan
The currency of connections: Why local support systems are integral to helping people recover in South Sudan
Every Voice Matters: An Ushirikiano Mwema Kwa Usalama (UMKU) publication
Saferworld's strategic plan 2017-21
Resisting Violence Growing a Culture of Nonviolent Action in South Sudan
Nhimbe Utilising a Traditional Practice in Community Peacebuilding
Mozambique’s peace decades since the end of the conflict: Inclusive or managed democracy?
"Don’t take this away from us again”: Citizen perceptions of peace in South Sudan
Gender and displacement South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda
Civil–military coordination
Learn to play and play to learn: building resilience of local communities in South Sudan’s conflict through games
The National Dialogue Initiative in South Sudan Assessing Progress and Pitfalls
In it for the long haul? Lessons on peacebuilding in South Sudan
Transitional justice and gender in Uganda: Making peace, failing women during the peace negotiation process
Justice for peace in South Sudan Civil society perspectives
Strengthening ethical political leadership for sustainable peace and social justice in Africa: Uganda as a case study
Peace building and transformation from below: Indigenous Approaches to Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation among the Pastoral Societies in the Borderlands of Eastern Africa.
The UNMIS in South Sudan: Challenges & Dilemmas
Dealing with new dynamics of post-war violence: The Role of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) during July 2016 crisis
Civilian Protection in the Eastern DRC: Evaluation of the Monusco peacekeeping operation
Protecting Civilians in Uncivil Wars
South Sudan’s Transition: Citizens’ Perception of Peace
Working towards and African peacekeeping capability: Key issues, challenges and dilemmas in Darfur
Non-violence in conflict zones, Peace Brigades International’
Civil Wars and State Formation. Violence and the Politics of Legitimacy in Angola, Côte d’Ivoire and South Sudan
Informing Durable Solutions for Internal Displacement In Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan
Ye Shakoch Chilot (the court of the sheikhs): A traditional institution of conflict resolution in Oromiya zone of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia
Reflecting on the Role of Regional and International Interventions in Resolving the Post-coup Crisis in Sudan
The militarization of cattle raiding in South Sudan: how a traditional practice became a tool for political violence
Dispute Resolution and Electoral Justice in Africa: The Way Forward
Localising humanitarian aid during armed conflict Learning from the histories and creativity of South Sudanese NGOs
Blurring ‘the Other’: Transforming relations in the management of the 1992 ethno-religious conflicts in Zangon Kataf, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Healing the Wounds of the Past Peacebuilding Prospects for Zimbabwe
UN peacekeeping in Africa and good governance: challenges and prospects
Traditional methods of conflict resolution The Kom experience
Customary Protection? Chiefs’ courts as public authority in UN Protection of civilian sites in South Sudan
Identity and Cultural Diversity in Conflict Resolution and Democratisation Renaissance: The Case of Burundi
“Like the military of the village” Security, justice and community defence groups in south-east South Sudan
National roundtable on peace and stability in South Sudan The way forward: challenges and recommendations
Peace and stability in South Sudan: Challenges and recommendations
Saferworld's annual review 2018-19
Enhancing Civilian Protection in Peace Operations: Insights from Africa
La question de l’appui institutionnel aux jeunes filles victimes de viols et d’incestes au Cameroun : quelle gouvernance dans la gestion de ce « problème genré » de santé publique ?
Breaking Out of the Spiral in South Sudan Anti-Money Laundering, Network Sanctions, and a New Peacemaking Architecture
Poster de Hope for Colombia. The Grace Pilgrimage 2010 Bogotá.
Protection of Civilians sites: Lessons from South Sudan for future operations
South Sudan National Action Plan 2015-2020 pn UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
Enacting the 'Civilian Plus': International Humanitarian Actors and the Conceptualization of Distinction
The South Sudan Crisis: Legal Implications and Responses of the International Community
Experimenting with a reconciliation pedagogy in South African primary school history classrooms: Constraints and possibilities
Security and Conflict Management in the African Borderlands A People-centred Approach
Increasing women’s participation in community-based peace and security structures
Rectifying Horizontal Inequalities: Lessons from African Conflict
Informal peacebuilding initiatives in Africa: Removing the table
The Global Implication: Japan’s Peace Operations in South Sudan
What transitional justice in Zimbabwe? Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) prepares for popular participation
Working with government and customary authorities: considerations for peacebuilding practitioners
African Children’s Right to Participate in their Own Protection: Perspectives from South Sudan
South Sudan's Civil War Will Not End with a Peace Deal
Sustainable community approaches to peacebuilding in securitised environments: case study of Somalia
From soldiers to citizens: Demilitarization of conflict and society
Heirs of the world’s newest nation: Contrasting rhetoric and realities of children as citizens and nation-builders in South Sudan
Statebuilding and legitimacy Experiences of South Sudan
Small and Far Between: Peacekeeping Economies in South Sudan
Reviving peace in South Sudan through the Revitalised Peace Agreement Understanding the enablers and possible obstacles
Rule of whose law? The geography of authority in Juba, South Sudan
Hope for Colombia. The Grace Pilgrimage 2010 Bogotá
Gendered (in)security in South Sudan: masculinities and hybrid governance in Imatong state
“They Are Now Community Police”: Negotiating the Boundaries and Nature of the Government in South Sudan through the Identity of Militarised Cattle-keepers
Orchestrating peace in South Sudan: exploring the effectiveness of the European Union’s mediation support
People-to-People Peacemaking and Peacebuilding: A Review of the Work of the New Sudan Council of Churches
Who are the civilians in the wars of South Sudan?
Communities tackling small arms and light weapons in South Sudan Lessons learnt and best practices
Peacemaking and Peace Agreements in South Sudan: An Introduction
Displaced Youth’s Role in Sustainable Return: Lessons from South Sudan
Sustaining Peace Through Unarmed Civilian Protection
Principes et méthodes de l'intervention civile
Becoming Nonviolent Peacemakers: A Virtue Ethic for Catholic Social Teaching and U.S. Policy
Measuring Peace: Principles, Practices, and Politics
Unarmed to Sustainable Peace: Bottom-Up Civilian Peacekeeping between Potentials and Challenges. Case Study: Nonviolent Peaceforce in South Sudan
Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War
Resistencias para la paz en Colombia. Experiencias indígenas, afrodescendientes y campesinas
The Indigenous Knowledge on Conflict Resolution: Its Implication to Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability Management Among the Higaonons of Rogongon, Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte
The local community as a creative space for transformation: the view from Montes de Maria
The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security
A Just Peace Ethic Building Sustainable Peace and Breaking Cycles of Violence
Choosing Peace: The Catholic Church Returns to Gospel Nonviolence
Peacebuilding and Sustainable Human Development: The Pursuit of Bangsamoro Right to Self Determination
Local peacebuilding and national peace: Interaction between grassroots and elite processes,
Community processes strengthened in Mindanao peace-building agenda
IP clans in feud resolve conflict for lasting peace and development
Peace and resilience in South Sudan
Second Track/Citizens’ Diplomacy: Concepts and Techniques for Conflict Transformation
Human Rights and Peacebuilding
Creating the Nonviolent Peace Force
Interview: the Struggle for Peace in Mindanao, the Philippines
Las escuelas de la Guardia Campesina del Catatumbo, sistematización de una experiencia de construcción de paz
Trade, peace-building and hybrid governance in the Sudan-South Sudan borderlands
Making space for peace: international protective accompaniment in Colombia
Civil society peace efforts showcased in forum
Peacebuilding from the grassroots: Resolving conflicts in Mindanao
UN This Week: A conversation with Mel Duncan, Co-founder, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP)
الحماية غير المسلحة للمدنيين (UCP Manual)
The African Union Mission in SUDAN (AMIS) Experiences and Lessons Learned
Philippines:A Review of the Traditional Conflict Resolution Practices Among Indigenous Cultural Communities
Human Rights and Peacebuilding
The Contested Corners of Asia: Subnational Conflict and International Development Assistance
Women’s involvement in conflict early warning systems: Moving from rhetoric to reality in Mindanao
Philippines: women and inclusivity in the Mindanao peace process
Towards Better Peace Processes: a Comparative Study of Attempts to Broker Peace with MNLF and GAM
Coexistence Ceasefire in Mindanao
Conflict Management in Mindanao
Forging Sustainable Peace in Mindanao: The Role of Civil Society
GRP – RPM-M: The “Other” Peace Process
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