Intra and inter group conflict analysis and working methods

Discussion

This subtheme contains useful conceptual and practice-oriented resources for working with intra and inter group conflict analysis and resolution within communities or in concrete localities. Read more about recent approaches to restorative justice, which suggest alternative ideas for restoring relations between parties involved in the conflict.

Resources

  • EN Conflict Mitigation Using a Human-Rights-Based Approach (PDF – 2.5 MB)This handbook provides guidance in mitigating religious and ethnic conflict based on Sri Lanka case. This Guide is a practical tool to support community and national level actors in their conflict mitigation work. It provides a step-by-step process on how to take action to mitigate religious and ethnic conflict using a human rights-based approach. This Guide is designed for civil society organizations, faith and community leaders, local government and those involved in media, who are engaged in peacebuilding, interfaith dialogue, conflict transformation, reconciliation, human rights education and other related areas. The handbook was developed in the scope of a joint project by the Equitas International Centre for Human Rights Education and International Centre for Ethnic Studies and was published in 2018.
  • EN Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Mediation and Reconciliation Skills for the Church (The Lutheran World Federation,2021) (PDF – 513 KB)The Blessed Are the Peacemakers – Mediation and Reconciliation Skills for the Church was developed by a group of people inspired by the search for peace. It offers churches practical approaches to dialogue for mutual change. In the first article, the author focuses on how the divine initiative to reconcile the world can be seen as an invitation to live in daily renewal.
  • EN Resolving Conflicts at Work: Eight Strategies for Everyone on the Job (K. Cloke, J. Goldsmith) (external link)This book is a guide for preventing and resolving conflicts, miscommunications, and misunderstandings at work, including dozens of techniques for revealing how the inevitable disputes and divisions in the workplace are actually opportunities for greater creativity, productivity, enhanced morale, and personal growth.This definitive and comprehensive work provides a handy guide for managers, employees, union representatives, human resource experts, and consultants seeking to maintain stable and productive workplaces.
  • EN The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Resolution (J. Bercovitch, V. Kremenyuk, I.W.Zartman) (external link)The handbook is designed to reflect where the field is today by drawing on the contributions of experts from different fields, presenting, in a systematic way, the most recent research and practice.