ECP Notes on Conflict and Peace

ECP Notes on Conflict and Peace is a publication of the School for a Culture of Pau that addresses current issues and provides reflections on conflict analysis, conflict transformation and peacebuilding.

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and in an international context of serious crises and interconnected structures of oppression, this publication highlights five challenges and problems the WPS agenda faces. These five dimensions are: growing militarism and military spending; the climate emergency resulting from an extractivist and predatory neoliberal capitalist model, and its gender impacts; the repression against women peacebuilders, human rights defenders and other civil society groups; the neglect of the prevention of armed conflicts and inclusive dialogue as ways of addressing conflicts; and the co-optation of the WPS agenda. This publication addresses the five challenges and incorporates recommendations on each of them.

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On 23 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on all parties in conflict around the world to observe a ceasefire that will allow us all to face the coronavirus pandemic, thereby facilitating the work of humanitarians accessing the most vulnerable populations affected by violence. The UAB Escola de Cultura de Pau (ECP) joins this call for a global ceasefire. In support of local and international efforts to build peace and respond to the pandemic, it documents below some of the situations of armed conflict or tension in which armed actors have answered the UN Secretary-General’s call, adopted other confidence-building measures between the parties or made important appeals at the start of the cessations of hostilities.
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