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On Inclusivity: The Role of Norms in International Peace Mediation
Title: On Inclusivity: The Role of Norms in International Peace Mediation
Author: Corinne von Burg
Year: 2015
Publisher: swisspeace
This Essential sheds light on the norm of inclusivity within an analytical framework that was developed as a result of a research project investigating the growing influence of norms in international peace mediation processes.
Can Mediation Do Harm? Conflict Sensitivity in International Peace Negotiations
Title: Can Mediation Do Harm? Conflict Sensitivity in International Peace Negotiations
Author: Sara Hellmüller, Corinne von Burg and Mathias Zeller
Year: 2014
Publisher: swisspeace
This article presents a conflict sensitive appraoch to mediation, proposing guiding questions that a mediation team should ask during the planning, implementation and adaption of an intervention to avoid unintentional harm and to increase its positive impact.
A Time to Fight, and a Time to Talk?
Title: A Time to Fight, and a Time to Talk? Negotiability of Armed Groups
Author: Philipp Lustenberger
Year: 2012
Publisher: swisspeace
This working paper develops a framework to analyze the circumstances under which non-state armed groups recognize a conflict as negotiable.