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Local forms of (informal) leadership

Building Relationships, Building Peace The Role of Civilians and Civil Society in Preventing Mass Atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Cases of the Grand Nord (2000–2006) and Ituri (2003–2009)
Chocolate de Paz. El cacao desafiando a la violencia
The Contribution of the Diaspora to the Reconstruction of the Sudan
Ethiopian customary dispute resolution mechanisms Forms of restorative Justice?
Soberanía alimentaria, "Comunidad de Paz San José de Apartadó"
Strengthening institutional capability to adopt conflict sensitive approaches Five lessons from the Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility in South Sudan, 2016–2018
How to build peace in fragile contexts?: Strategies of defense and return to the territory
More than a line: Sudan's North-South border
‘Memory is the strength of our resistance’: an ‘other politics’ through embodied and material commemoration in the San José Peace Community, Colombia
Una Comunidad de Paz en conflicto con la soberanía y el aparato judicial del Estado
The peace process in Mindanao the Philippines: evolution and lessons learned
Protecting civilians in civil war: The institution of the ATCC in Colombia
Protecting civilians in the Kachin borderlands, Myanmar Key threats and local responses
Women’s Roles: In Brief
Local engagement with armed groups in the midst of violence
Comunidad de paz San José de Apartadó
Traditions of Conflict Resolution In Burma
Rebelocracy: Social Order in the Colombian Civil War
Refugee decision-making processes, community-based protection and potential voluntary repatriation to Myanmar
Preparing for self-preservation
Zones of peace and local peace processes in Côte d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone
Agency & peacebuilding: the promise of local zones of peace
Peasant Communities, Peacebuilding, and Social Change in Colombia
Padre Javier Giraldo: "Durante varios años la Comunidad de Paz vivió una situación de terror"
Community Self-Protection Strategies How Peacekeepers Can Help or Harm
The (self) protection of civilians in South Sudan: Popular and community justice practices
Systems for Effective Regional Relations: Ensuring Stability Around the Abyei Area
Wielding Nonviolence in the Midst of Violence: Case Studies of Good Practices in Unarmed Civilian Protection
The Bear Clan Patrol and Community Protection
Declaración relativa a la Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó
2019: Comunidades resistentes en fuego cruzado
El Comité de Integración del Macizo Colombiano-CIMA. Una construcción campesina para la defensa del Territorio y la Identidad
La historia vivida
2011: El campesinado resistente
Resisting Violence Growing a Culture of Nonviolent Action in South Sudan
Informal armies Community defence groups in South Sudan’s civil war
Nhimbe Utilising a Traditional Practice in Community Peacebuilding
Un modelo de autoprotección en los territorios. Los guardias desarmados que protegen a los líderes sociales en el Cauca
2001: Resistencia de las mujeres en Barrancabermeja
Acta de Asamblea Ordinaria de 2018
Estatutos de la Comunidad de Paz San José de Apartadó
African Approaches to Building Peace and Social Solidarity
2013: Refugio humanitario en el Nordeste Antioqueño
2014: El primer espacio humanitario en contexto urbano en el mundo
Strengthening ethical political leadership for sustainable peace and social justice in Africa: Uganda as a case study
How to Make Peace Work in South Sudan Criteria for More Effective Collective Conflict Management in South Sudan
Ye Shakoch Chilot (the court of the sheikhs): A traditional institution of conflict resolution in Oromiya zone of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia
The militarization of cattle raiding in South Sudan: how a traditional practice became a tool for political violence
La paz esquiva de San José de Apartadó
El poder combativo del Himno de la Guardia Indígena
Kwesx Uüs Yáthzxi Kiwe Thegnas. Memoria de resistencia, defensa de la vida, cuidado del territorio y construcción de paz
2005: La masacre que transformó la Comunidad de Paz para siempre
Customary Protection? Chiefs’ courts as public authority in UN Protection of civilian sites in South Sudan
Poster de Hope for Colombia. The Grace Pilgrimage 2010 Bogotá.
Aproximación a iniciativas locales de construcción de paz en Colombia
Autoprotección, la alternativa de los líderes sociales en los territorios
African Children’s Right to Participate in their Own Protection: Perspectives from South Sudan
Sustainable community approaches to peacebuilding in securitised environments: case study of Somalia
Hope for Colombia. The Grace Pilgrimage 2010 Bogotá
The Religious Landscape in South Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities for Engagement
When the Going Gets Tough… Monitoring Missions and a Changing Conflict Environment in Sri Lanka, 2002–2008
No, no retrocedemos
Tiempos de vida y muerte. Memorias y luchas de los pueblos indígenas en Colombia
Conflictos y judicialización de la política en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Reglamento interno
En las entrañas del genocidio. El Estado colombiano en plan de exterminio de la Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó (Antioquia Colombia)
Resistencias para la paz en Colombia. Experiencias indígenas, afrodescendientes y campesinas
Civil Society’s Role in Monitoring and Verifying Peace Agreements: Seven Lessons from International Experiences
Local Peace communities in Colombia: An initial Comparison of three Cases
Relational R2P? Civilian-Led Prevention and Protection against Atrocity Crimes
Crecer como un río. 2 volumes
Una mirada a la trayectoria de las luchas sociales en tres subregiones nariñenses
Formas de solidaridad internacional de las ONG Oxgam GB y Cáritas con la Comunidad de Paz San Francisco de Asís, período 1997-2002
Principios
Seminario. Los procesos de paz en Colombia: experiencias y propuestas desde las regiones
La Asociación Campesina del Catatumbo: una iniciativa de paz desde la base que resiste y permanece en el territorio (2005-2018)
Peacebuilding and Sustainable Human Development: The Pursuit of Bangsamoro Right to Self Determination
Local peacebuilding and national peace: Interaction between grassroots and elite processes,
Second Track/Citizens’ Diplomacy: Concepts and Techniques for Conflict Transformation
Human Rights and Peacebuilding
Resisting War: How Communities Protect Themselves
Protection as connection: feminist relational theory and protecting civilians from violence in South Sudan
Las escuelas de la Guardia Campesina del Catatumbo, sistematización de una experiencia de construcción de paz
La paz y la no violencia adquieren significado propio en Colombia en las iniciativas de paz que construyen las bases desde lo local
La resistencia civil de los indígenas del Cauca
Case Studies of Unarmed Civilian Protection
The Frontlines of Peace : An Insider's Guide to Changing the World
Human Rights and Peacebuilding
Civilians Protecting Civilians: Women’s Protection Teams (WPTs) in Bentiu Protection of Civilian’s
Colombian peace communities: the role of NGOs in supporting resistance to violence and oppression
Civilian protection needs and responses in Sudan
Geografías de la guerra, el poder y la resistencia. Oriente y Urabá antioqueños 1990-2008
The Power of Staying Put. Nonviolent Resistance Against Armed Groups in Colombia
Coexistence Ceasefire in Mindanao
Forging Sustainable Peace in Mindanao: The Role of Civil Society
Local forms of (informal) leadership

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