by Anna Tervahartiala | May 2, 2018 | News
According to Martine Miller, Asia and Inclusivity Director for the Peacemakers Network, the developments and rise of identity-based tensions seen in Asia is not an isolated phenomenon. The seen developments are examples of reflections of a series of dynamics...
by Annalisa Jackson | Mar 15, 2018 | News
After communities have experienced violent conflict, a substantial amount of work is necessary for reconciliation to take place at the local level. Though peace agreements are made, they often fail to address the deeper needs for transformation within communities and...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Mar 5, 2018 | News
Starting in autumn 2018, Antti Pentikäinen will be a “Director’s Guest” scholar at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton. Mr. Pentikäinen will pursue a writing project on reconciliation, as a member of the Center’s resident seminar on religion and violence....
by Anna Tervahartiala | Feb 28, 2018 | News
If religion is part of the problem, it is part of the solution. This is the one-liner the Minster of Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini believes in and repeats. He said it in his speech at the Alliance of Virtue conference in Washington DC, he wrote it in his...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Feb 15, 2018 | News
An important step towards preventing incitement to violence that could lead to atrocity crimes was taken on 13-15 February, when more than one hundred and fifty religious leaders and actors from around the world, Member States and United Nations officials gathered in...
by Anna Tervahartiala | Feb 9, 2018 | News
The Plan of Action – the first specifically designed to enable religious leaders to prevent and counter incitement to violence – was launched by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on July 2017 at a meeting at United Nations Headquarters in...
