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News ArchiveMindanao-based Peacebuilder Awarded Timor Leste’s Highest Award
Press Release 23 June 2022 Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) For further inquiries and interview: Gus Miclat : +63 917-7013099 Dili, Timor Leste, 23 June 2022 — Gus Miclat, Executive Director of the Initiatives for International Dialogue...
Preventing Hate Speech, Incitement, and Discrimination: Lessons on Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in the Asia Pacific
Preventing Hate Speech, Incitement, and Discrimination: Lessons on Promoting Tolerance and Respect for Diversity in the Asia Pacific documents and analyses the current efforts of state and non-state actors in the region in dealing with the issue of hate speech and...
IID is celebrating 33 years this month
It’s been quite a journey, from being established in 1988 just after the Filipino people ousted a dictator, to today when the forces of that dark era are attempting a political comeback. Sadly with the aid of current forces in power, and tragically, enabled even by...
An explosive cocktail – Counter-terrorism, militarisation and authoritarianism in the Philippines
In July 2019, the Philippines was first to adopt of a National Action Plan on Preventing and Countering Terrorism in Southeast Asia. P/CVE was touted to be positive move away from a kinetic approach to terrorism towards a more preventative approach. Yet just a year...
Bangsamoro Members of the Parliament Study Exposure
Bangsamoro Members of the Parliament along with key leaders of civil society group conducted a Study exposure in Brussels, Belgium and Berlin, Germany aimed to expose and enhance their understanding of the decentralized government system that may deemed applicable to...
Bangsamoro Learning Visit to Timor Leste
Dubbed “FROM BULLETS TO BALLOTS”: Bangsamoro Learning Visit to Timor Leste on Political Party Transformation Towards Democratic Governance, Transitional Justice and Post Conflict Peace-building and Development Challenges”, key leaders from the Bangsamoro and...