Welcome to the HD Centre
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (the HD Centre) is an independent 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 involved in, including Darfur, Central African Republic, Timor Leste, Kenya and The Philippines.
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.
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Latest Updates
- New publication: HD Centre 2008 Annual Report. read
- Press Release: Liberia's destruction diverted through dialogue. read
- News story: Orchestrating Peace, by William Dowell, Global Post. read
- Press Release: The HD Centre part of MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative. read
- Press Release: Government, Humanitarian Agencies United Against Humanitarian Crisis in Pakistan. read