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These guides highlight resources likely to be especially useful to people in particular conflict roles. Contact us to find out about creating a new User Guide focused on your conflict area.

  • Civil Rights Mediation
    Information about civil rights mediation efforts, including oral histories, online exercises, and resource materials.
  • Human Rights Workers
    Information for human rights workers who are dealing with situations involving intractable conflicts.
  • Identity Conflicts
    Information for people involved in ethnic, racial, religious, gender, or other conflicts involving identity issues.
  • Journalism
    Resources for reporters seeking to better understand and explain intractable conflicts.
  • Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
    Resources for people seeking to understand post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding efforts.
  • Relationship Conflicts
    A practical guide prepared by our sister project (CRInfo), highlighting ways of dealing with difficult relationship problems.
  • Religious Leaders and Workers
    Information for and about faith-based approaches to peacebuilding and conflict transformation.
  • Third Side
    The Third Side initiative highlights ways that people in every social role can make a difference. Information is available to help people in the following roles: Arbiters | Bridge Builders | Equalizers | Healers | Mediators | Peacekeepers | Providers | Referees | Teachers | Witnesses
  • Transitional Justice
    Information for people interested in learning about forms of jurisprudence that may be employed by a government or society after it undergoes a major transition (such as democratization), in order to respond to crimes committed by a former regime or by individuals affiliated with it.
 
War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off. -- Karl Kraus

Featured Links
Organizations Making Noteworthy Contributions to Efforts to Promote More Constructive Conflict
Conflict Resolution Network (NSW, Australia)
Conflict Resolution Network (NSW, Australia)


Other Resources from
Beyond Intractability
The Dynamics of Nonviolent Action
The Dynamics of Nonviolent Action

The Dynamics of Nonviolent Action will be of interest to those who seek a better understanding of the mechanism and operation of nonviolent resistance.

Nobel Peace Prize Winners

Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan

Former United Nations Secretary General, and 2001 Nobel Peace Laureate

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