Conflict Management Strategies in Indonesia: Learning from the Poso experience, by HD Centre
3 March 2010

On the 8 December 2009, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre) and the Indonesian conflict management organisation, Institut Titian Perdamaian (ITP), held a one-day workshop in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on ‘Conflict Management Strategies in Indonesia: Learning from the Poso Experience'. The workshop brought together representatives from local government agencies, NGOs, academics, as well as religious and traditional leaders to discuss conflict management strategies in Poso and the progress towards reconciliation and reconstruction achieved to date since the outbreak of the conflict in 1998.

Mediation Practice Series - External actors in mediation, by Teresa Whitfield
26 February 2010

External actors to a given conflict can nevertheless play a central role in the course and conclusion of peace negotiations. While some may reinforce the mediator's efforts, others may undermine those efforts and confuse the process. To achieve a successful and lasting settlement, mediators thus have to take those actors into consideration to ensure unified external involvement supportive of the process.

This publication explores various means by which international mediators may relate to and involve external actors in a peace process. It is the first in a series of practical mediation tools, the ‘Mediation Practice Series', developed as part of the HD Centre's effort to support the broader mediation community. The series draws on feedback from mediators and their teams and seeks to provide readers with a concise and user-friendly overview of relevant issues, dilemmas and challenges that mediators face. The publications will also provide examples of how these dilemmas were addressed to help others prepare for the potential demands of mediation processes.

Annotated literature review on conflict management in India, by Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and the Delhi Policy Group
17 February 2010

This literature review contains description from a non-exhaustive selection of material relevant to conflict management in Kashmir, Manipur and the rise of Naxalism. It aims to provide the reader with a broad overview of key points and is not intended to be a strict academic literature review.

Annotated literature review on conflict management in Indonesia, by HD Centre, the Peace-Building Institute and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences
17 February 2010

This review contains description from a non-exhaustive selection of material relevant to conflict management in Papua, Poso and Maluku, and Indonesia more broadly. It aims to provide the reader with a broad overview of key points and is not intended to be a strict academic literature review.

Conflict Management Strategies in Indonesia: Learning from the Maluku Experience, by HD Centre
30 November 2009

The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre) together with the Indonesian Institut Titian Perdamaian (ITP), and with the assistance of the Insitut Tifa Damai Maluku, held a one-day workshop on "Conflict Management Strategies in Maluku: Learning from the Maluku Experience", in Ambon, on 14 October 2010.

Organised with the support of the Canadian Embassy in Indonesia, the workshop brought together representatives from various local government agencies, NGOs, academics, as well as religious and traditional leaders, to discuss conflict management strategies in Maluku and the progress towards reconciliation and reconstruction achieved to date since the outbreak of the conflict in 1999.

Partage de pouvoir et gouvernements de transition: le rôle de la médiation, by Katia Papagianni
6 November 2009

Les initiatives de rétablissement et de construction de la paix prévoient souvent un partage du pouvoir au sein de gouvernements de transition. Le partage du pouvoir garantit la participation de représentants de groupes importants aux décisions politiques, non seulement au sein du pouvoir exécutif mais également dans les domaines législatif, judiciaire, militaire et policier. Pendant une période de transition, le partage du pouvoir entre groupes rivaux limite le risque de prépondérance d'un parti au détriment de la sécurité de tous les autres. Le Liberia, le Burundi, la République démocratique du Congo, le Kenya, le Népal, l'Iraq et l'Afghanistan, par exemple, se sont tous dotés de tels gouvernements, à qui sont confiés des processus délicats : démobilisation et réintégration de combattants, organisation du retour de personnes déplacées, tenue d'élections et de négociations autour de nouvelles constitutions.

Negotiating natural resources for peace: ownership, control and wealth-sharing, by Nicholas Haysom, Sean Kane
3 November 2009

Natural-resources can be a major cause of internal strife if mismanaged or shared unfairly. This is especially the case in divided societies where the uneven geographic distribution of natural resources corresponds to ethnic or religious divides.

In an increasing number of countries, natural-resources have become a focus of efforts to end civil wars and establish new national compacts. In this context, the challenge is to balance the tensions that arise between strong local feelings of ownership over "their resources" against the overall importance of natural resources to national development.

In "Negotiating Natural Resources for Peace: Ownership, Control and Wealth-Sharing" Nicholas Haysom and Sean Kane argue that this trend makes it important to broaden knowledge and understanding of governing arrangements for natural-resources, a subject which has not traditionally received extensive treatment in constitutions and peace agreements. According to Mr. Haysom:

"Natural-resource bargaining may not be the most glamorous or sexy subject, but if the parties get it wrong it can be fatal to a social compact, constitution or peace treaty."

Rapport annuel 2008, by HD Centre
14 August 2009
Ce rapport annuel présente les activités entreprises par le HD Centre en 2008.

Why should mediators consider the economic dimensions of conflicts?, by Mike Davis
23 July 2009
In this paper, the author looks at the reasons why mediators should be giving more attention to the economic dimensions of conflicts, in particular when natural resources are at stake, and some of the ways in which they might achieve this.

Oslo forum 2009 - Meeting report, by HD Centre
22 July 2009

The Oslo forum 2009 took place against the background of a new optimism, largely heralded by the new US administration and its emphasis on civility in international relations. After a period of confrontation marked by the ‘war on terror' and weakening of mediation efforts, there is now a renewed demand in many areas for diplomacy and negotiation. Yet, recent developments in Sri Lanka, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan demonstrate the concurrent strand of scepticism about the usefulness of dialogue in resolving some of today's conflicts.