Welcome to the HD Centre
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (the HD Centre) is an independent mediation organisation, based in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated to helping improve the global response to armed conflict.
It attempts to achieve this by mediating between warring parties and providing support to the broader mediation community. The HD Centre is driven by humanitarian values and its ultimate goal to reduce the consequences of violent conflict, improve security, and ultimately contribute to the peaceful resolution of conflict.
It maintains a neutral stance towards the warring parties that it mediates between and, in order to maintain its impartiality it is funded by a variety of governments, private foundations and philanthropists.
The HD Centre is involved in helping to mediate conflicts between warring factions around the world. Take a look at some of the peace processes we are currently or were recently involved in, including Somalia, Timor-Leste, Kenya and the Philippines. See all mediation projects
We assist global mediation efforts by providing thematic and technical support. This includes helping to exchange knowledge among mediators, direct support to mediation processes, developing practical tools, and helping others strengthen their own mediation capacity. See all mediation support issues
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Latest Updates
- Press release - Solana adds extra strength to peacemaking organisation
- New publication - Mediation Practice Series - External actors in mediation
- Video - Meeting with JEM Darfur opposition group on humanitarian issues. watch
- Video - Empowering women mediators at the heart of African conflicts. watch
- New Peacemaking News Portal. read