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Protective Accompaniment

	Pat Coy describes his work with Peace Brigades International, an NGO that pioneered the tactic of international, non-violent, protective accompaniment.
	Pat Coy describes the strengths of protective accompaniment in dealing with intractable conflict.
	Pat Coy describes the lessons learned from past experience with protective accompaniment.

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