virtual worlds like Second Life are places, where intercultural dialogue is happening every day. In the case of the response to Israel’s Gaza offensive, targeting Hamas installations in December 2008, SL residents engaged in heated discussions on the Middle East issue and many avatars were protesting the reported human rights violations by Israeli soldiers. Draxtor [...]
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Using Computer Games to Support Democracy and Conflict Resolution
By admin on Thursday, September 15th, 2011 | 2 Comments
Video games can be fun to play. They also can teach people how to settle conflicts peacefully. This is a video game called Food Force. It can be downloaded from the Web site of the World Food Program. The groups Jennifer Parmalee says the game shows children the difficulty of getting food to areas of [...]
Read More...Our Workplace: Employment crucial to Liberia’s recovery
By admin on Saturday, August 6th, 2011 | 2 Comments
In this edition of Our Workplace, ILO Communications Director Zohreh Tabatabai meets with Samuel Woods, human rights lawyer and Minister of Labour in Liberia. When fourteen years of conflict came to an end in 2003, 85 per cent of the country’s working people were unemployed. A self-described “incurable optimist”, Mr. Woods is pushing ahead with [...]
Read More...International Conflict Resolution program in Ecuador
By admin on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 | No Comments
Intensive 27-day program (May 24-June 19) in Ecuador in which college students learn about international conflict resolution, ethnic and environmental conflict, negotiation, mediation, and development, and have hands-on opportunities to complete practicum projects, interact with guest speakers and Ecuadorian host fellows, and participate in negotiation/mediation simulations. Sponsored by the University of Georgia and CEMPROC. See [...]
Read More...International Humanitarian Law in Air and Missile Warfare
By admin on Sunday, March 28th, 2010 | No Comments
For full information, please visit: http://www.asil.org/activities_calendar.cfm?action=detail&rec=110 The use of aerial and missile technology as a strategic means for warfare has developed tremendously in recent years, while the impact of this development has not been adequately reflected in the current legal framework. In preparing the Air and Missile Warfare Manual, the Program on Humanitarian Policy and [...]
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Harvard’s Daniel Shapiro at Davos, on conflict resolution
Prof. Daniel Shapiro, Director of the Harvard International Negotiation Initiative; faculty at Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School (psychiatry) Dr. Shapiro talks about the critical role of emotions and identity in our emerging global world. Check out more at www.beyond-reason.net and www.pon.harvard.edu/hnp/ini Duration : 0:1:53 Recommended ReadingConflict in Workplace: Your Good People QuitDRS Peer [...]
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