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Land Rights, Displacement, and Transitional Justice in the Bangsamoro: Insights from household-level mapping in Marawi City and Maguindanao
Land dispossession is acknowledged as a root cause of historical and contemporary conflict in the Bangsamoro that must be jointly addressed by a wide range of stakeholders: the Government of the Philippines (GPH); the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF); the...
Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in and beyond the Bangsamoro
“Transitional Justice In and Beyond Bangsamoro: Research Study on Community Narratives of Resilience and Truth-telling”, is a bundled research publication and resource guide on basic concepts and narratives on how transitioning societies deal with past atrocities. We...
Mindanao-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...