Peacemakers are individuals and organizations involved in peacemaking, often in countries affected by war, violent conflict, and political instability.[1] They engage in processes such as negotiation, mediation, conciliation, and arbitration – drawing on international law and norms. The objective is to move a violent conflict into non-violent dialogue, where differences are settled through conflict transformation processes or through the work of representative political institutions.

Peacemaking can occur at different levels, sometimes referred to as 'tracks'. "High level" (governmental and international) peacemaking, involving direct talks between the leaders of conflicting parties, is sometimes thus referred to as Track 1. Tracks 2 and 3 are said to involve dialogue at 'lower' levels—often unofficially between groups, parties, and stakeholders to a violent conflict—as well as efforts to avoid violence by addressing its causes and deleterious results. Peacemakers may be active in all three tracks, or in what is sometimes called multi-track diplomacy.

Selected peacemaking organizations

Here is a selected list of prominent inter-governmental and non-governmental peacemaking organizations.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lundgren, Magnus (2016). "Conflict management capabilities of peace-brokering international organizations, 1945–2010: A new dataset". Conflict Management and Peace Science. 33 (2): 198–223. doi:10.1177/0738894215572757. S2CID 156002204.
  2. ↑ Center for Nonviolent Communication
  3. ↑ American Friends Service Committee
  4. ↑ QPSW on the Quakers in the World website
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