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Open Letter from Civil Society Organizations calling on the Council’s immediate action to ensure the protection of demonstrators
We are writing to express our deep concern over the safety of the peaceful demonstrators in Myanmar and urge you to take immediate action to ensure their protection and their fundamental right to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression and information.
About IID
Who we are
The Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) is a regional advocacy institution doing policy, campaigns and solidarity work to advocate for people-to-people solidarity through its peacebuilding and thematic work in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.
Statements and Press Releases
BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER:Philippine-based solidarity group slams Thailand InternationalCooperation Agency’s training of Myanmar junta representatives
Philippine-based regional solidarity organization the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) today denounced the Thailand International Cooperation Agency’s (TICA) for reportedly providing training to Myanmar junta representatives on 13 September 2023.IID said...
The Initiative for International Dialogue’s Statement on the 51st Anniversary of the Declaration of Martial Law and the Observance of the International Day of Peace
Today, 21 September 2023, the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) joins the Philippines’ commemoration of the 51st anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law. On this same day, we also observe the International Day of Peace , declared by the United Nations...
Public Statement: IID’s Statement on the 51st Anniversary of Martial Law and the observance of the International Day of Peace 2023
Today, 21 September 2023, the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) joins the Philippines’ commemoration of the 51st anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law. On this same day, we also observe the International Day of Peace, declared by the United Nations...
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
35th Anniversary Commemoration of the 8-8-88 Uprising in Solidarity with the Peoples of Burma
On August 8, solidarity activists marched in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Makati City to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the People’s Uprising in Burma (August 8, 1988). The Initiatives for International Dialogue, as part of the advocacy network of Burma...
Job Post: Researcher
The Initiatives for International Dialogue is looking for two (2) researchers. Location: Quezon City, Manila Duration: 1 year with the possibility of renewal For more information, please click this link: http://bitly.ws/J9bK Interested candidates are requested to...
Transitional Justice Monitor Vol 1 Issue 1
Greetings of Peace & Solidarity! The Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) is honored to share with you its First Issue of Transitional Justice Monitor featuring civil society and our community partners’ initiatives to engage transitional justice issues and...
What we do
Programs

peace process
Highlights various civil society engagement and advocacy initiatives on both formal and community-based peace processes happening in the Philippines as well those in the region through peacebuilding and conflict-transformation and people -to- people dialogue frameworks.

Right to self-determination and solidarity
Assertions of the fundamental right to self-determination have become more intense and popular as peoples in the region become more assertive and involved in various fora that openly talk about self-governance, autonomy, human rights, human security, and self-determination struggles.

Knowledge Management
Focuses on communicating the issues and challenges of peacebuilding and conflict prevention, right to self determination, peace process engagement and human security work of IID.
