The Mindanao-based regional non-government organization, Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) today urged President Rodrigo Duterte to ‘do a Bangsamoro’ in the government’s stalled peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines...
Reiterating the importance of democratic participation of civil society along with the affected communitiesas critical aspects of good governance and durable peace and development of the Bangsamoro as it transitions and establishes itself as a new political entity,...
Presented by Prof. Tirmizy Abdullah of the Ranaw Civil Society Organizations during the public hearing conducted by the Senate’s Special Committee on Marawi City Rehabilitation on 21 February 2020 The immediate response of the government to Marawi Siege was the...
“Indigenous peoples’ communities have had enough being caught in the crossfire in the country’s armed conflict between the insurgents and the state. This cycle of turning our ancestral domains into battlegrounds for more than 50 years now must end. Decades of conflict...
Despite the odds, 2019 has been a productive year for civil society and the peacebuilding community that actively engaged both the Bangsamoro and GRP-NDFP peace processes. For one, civil society and peace organizations including networks of grassroots communities...
It is with the recognition of the value and legitimacy of peace process that we, members of the civil society and peace movement, commend and welcome the recent declaration of a 16-day unilateral and reciprocal nationwide ceasefires between the Philippine government...
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