International Conflict Transformation: The Pursuit of Positive Peace

2021 ◽  
pp. 329-346
Author(s):  
Laura E. Reimer ◽  
Cathryne L. Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
International Conflict ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Positive Peace

scholarly journals Education for Peace What Building Peace Means

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Oscar Daniel Franco Conforti
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Full Stop ◽  
Positive Peace ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
Education For Peace

The idea of a society without conflicts is not a utopia, however, no less certain is that a priori social peace is only imaginable in a world of individuals who live in a space without any shortage and who have neither ambition nor greed to try to achieve new goals or objectives, this comes to say that jurists must, from their field, make significant contributions to achieve that objective: social peace. But peace has two distinct senses: negative and positive peace. By negative peace, we will understand the absence of violence, negative peace is conflict transformation, so that violence (direct, structural and cultural) stops, full stop (and we must be very careful about that because these forms of violence are interrelated and mutually reinforcing), this concept is complemented by positive peace which is cooperation for mutual and equal benefit, and the word equal is very important here because brings us closer to the harmony concept. In that sensewell know is the Galtung’s 3Rs: reconstruction of peoples and places alter the violence, reconciliation of the parties in conflict and resolution of animosities. The present article does not seek to develop any of these issues in-depth but rather to establish the basis for understanding the concept of peacebuilding.

scholarly journals Trends in SADC Mediation and Long-Term Conflict Transformation

2020 ◽  
pp. 215-233
Author(s):  
Dimpho Deleglise
Keyword(s):  
Its Region ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Departure Point ◽  
African Development ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Positive Peace

Abstract While mediation efforts cannot lead to holistic societal transformations overnight, this chapter argues that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has singularly failed to lay the groundwork for such transformations in its region. In reviewing the cases of SADC mediation and involvement in Lesotho, Madagascar, and Zimbabwe, the chapter probes why the organization has been unable to fulfill its long-term agenda for sustainable peace. To improve its prospects, SADC should seek to support long-term solutions which hinge both on the demilitarization of politics and investment in effective institutions of participation and development. The chapter uses as its departure point the systemic conflict transformation (SCT) framework to explain how SADC might achieve what is referred to in academic literature as “positive peace.”

scholarly journals Transformasi Konflik Pasca Perusakan Rumah Ibadat (Studi Kasus Gereja Baptis Indonesia (GBI) Saman Bantul Tahun 2015)

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 327
Author(s):  
Retno Ajiyastuti
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Conflict Situation ◽  
Baptist Church ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Sustainable Peace ◽  
Positive Peace ◽  
Communicative Actions ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Islamic Organizations

The issue of the construction of houses of worship in Indonesia often occurs because of rejection. This rejection often occurs because of the rejection of a group of majority religious in a region. Such rejection tends to lead to the emergence of conflicts that have also created various acts of violence experienced in both the escalation phase of the conflict and the de-escalation of the conflict. Conflicts that originate from outgroup, sometimes capable of causing divisions within the group. But over time, the phase de escalation of conflict can lead to an initiative to create sustainable peace. In this article, the author will present a description of the form of violence that occurred in the conflict of destruction of the Baptist Church of Indonesia (GBI) Saman by a group of Islamic organizations and explain how a conflict transformation in managing a post-conflict situation in the Dusun Saman Bantul. The transformation applied through some communicative actions based on the initiative of the member from in group Dusun Saman so as to create a positive peace in post-conflict situation. Keywords: conflict transformation, violence, GBI Saman, conflict Isu pendirian rumah ibadat di Indonesia kerap kali terjadi karena mengalami penolakan. Penolakan ini sering terjadi karena adanya penolakan dari sekelompok umat beragama mayoritas di suatu wilayah. Penolakan tersebut cenderung mengarah pada timbulnya konflik yang menciptakan pula berbagai tindak kekerasan yang dialami dalam fase eskalasi konflik maupun de eskalasi konflik. Dalam artikel ini, penulis akan memaparkan sebuah gambaran mengenai bentuk kekerasan yang terjadi di dalam konflik perusakan Gereja Baptis Indonesia (GBI) Saman oleh sekelompok ormas Islam serta menjelaskan bagaimana sebuah transformasi konflik dalam mengelola sebuah situasi pasca konflik di lingkungan Dusun Saman Bantul.

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