STATEMENTS BY IID AND ITS NETWORKS
Press Releases Archive
Civil society vows to intensify solidarity efforts for peace in Mindanao; tackles challenges on GRP-NDFP talks
Cotabato City, BARMM – More than a hundred civil societyleaders and peace advocates gathered in Cotabato City from November 24-26 for the Kaakbay Kapayaan: Civil Society Peace and Solidarity Assemblyto facilitate public dialogue, consolidate their gains, and...
WINNING THE PEACE: Civilian multi-stakeholders hold dialogue with new Presidential Peace Adviser; express woes on rising armed hostilities, and demand a transitional justice implementation framework
Civil society, grassroots leaders and peace advocates including those displaced from Marawi City reiterated their calls to address perennial civilian protection issues and urged the government to commence institutionalizing transitional justice mechanisms and...
Let’s Vote for Peace in the Bangsamoro
As people in select areas of Mindanao are set to vote on the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), the Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), stands in solidarity with the peoples in the Bangsamoro, reiterates its full support for peacebuilding and...
Beyond the Malaysian Political Tsunami
The stunning victory of the opposition in Malaysia’s recent parliamentary elections led by former strongman Dr. Mahatir Mohamad has left people ecstatic, bewildered or anxious. While it was generally welcomed by the Malaysian population which gave Mahatir’s Pakatan...
Myanmar Must Prioritize Protection of Civilians in Rakhine State, Address the Roots of the Conflict
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, people’s organisations and individuals, affirm our belief in peoples’ right to self-identification, and the primacy of dialogue and a politically-negotiated settlement in transforming conflicts. We express our deep...
‘Bakwit sa Syudad’ affirm primacy of dialogue; renew call to end Marawi crisis
Manila, Philippines -- A 25-member delegation of ‘bakwits’, or internally displaced peoples (IDPs), with various allied organisations and peace builders under the Mindanao PeaceWeavers (MPW) and All-Out Peace (AOP), flew to Manila to visit Congress to voice out the...