NGOs Working on Ceasefires

• Ceasefire center for civilian rights - The Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights is an international initiative to develop civilian-led monitoring of violations of international humanitarian law or human rights; to secure accountability and reparation for those violations; and to develop the practice of civilian rights.

• Nonviolent peaceforce - Nonviolence Peaceforce (NP) works with local communities to protects civilians in violent conflicts through unarmed strategies. NP advocate for the wider adoption of unarmed strategies to safeguard human lives and dignity. These strategies include. The activities of NP have ranged from entering active conflict zones to remove civilians in the crossfire to providing opposing factions a safe space to negotiate. Other activities include serving as a communication link between warring factions, securing safe temporary housing for civilians displaced by war, providing violence prevention measures during elections and negotiating the return of kidnapped family members. NP programs have taken place in Iraq, South Sudan, Philippines, and Myanmar.

• International Crisis Group - International Crisis Group (ICP) aspires to be the preeminent organization providing independent analysis and advice on how to prevent, resolve or better manage deadly conflict. ICG combines expert field research, analysis and engagement with policymakers across the world in order to effect change in the crisis situations on which we work. ICG endeavors to talk to all sides and in doing so to build on our role as a trusted source of field-centred information, fresh perspectives and advice for conflict parties and external actors.

• Inclusive Security - Inclusive Security’s mission is to increase the participation of all stakeholders—particularly women—in preventing, resolving, and restoring after deadly conflicts, including participation in inclusive ceasefires. Inclusive Security equips women to contribute effectively to peace processes, builds coalitions of diverse leaders who offer practical solutions to intractable conflicts, and provides research on why inclusion matters and guidance on how it can be achieved. Inclusive Security frequently publishes updates, articles, and reports discussing the concept of inclusive ceasefires.

• Myanmar Peace Monitor - Myanmar Peace Monitor is a project run by the Burma News International that works to support communication and understanding in the current efforts for peace and reconciliation in Myanmar. It aims to centralize information, track and make sense of the many events and stakeholders involved in the complex and multifaceted peace process.

• Interpeace: Constitution-Making for Peace Programme - The goal of Interpeace’s Constitution-Making for Peace Program is to support constitution-making processes that lead to a more durable peace. The program promotes the principles of local ownership, inclusion, gender equality, participation and transparency. The program supports local actors in the design and implementation of participatory and inclusive constitution-making processes. It also supports policies that promote the goals of the program. A core element of our work on constitution-making is to promote guidance and knowledge tools that are freely accessible to constitution-making practitioners.