Resources

What is the right role for the UK in preventing and resolving conflict? Views from Africa, Asia and the Middle East

We brought together UK government officials and peacebuilders from conflict-affected countries to inform the UK government’s understanding of contemporary conflict trends and how the UK should respond to them. 

UK, US and EU must halt arms sales to Israel or risk complicity in potential war crimes

New UK Plan is step in right direction – but only with a peacebuilding approach will it deliver the radical goals of the Women, Peace and Security agenda

In the run up to the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council 1325, the UK has launched its fifth National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. Though a positive step, the government must take an ambitious approach to implementation if it wants to make genuine progress towards peace and gender equality.

On South Sudan’s 10th Anniversary, NGOs call for sustained assistance and safe access for aid workers

As South Sudan marks its 10th anniversary, the world’s youngest nation faces severe challenges of food insecurity, violent conflict, and long-term humanitarian and development needs.

Joint Conciliation Resources, International Alert and Saferworld statement on the impact of UK aid cuts on peacebuilding efforts and our partners around the world

The recent cuts to UK aid have impacted many conflict-affected parts of the world, and were abrupt, seemingly arbitrary, and left little to no scope for conflict sensitivity in their implementation.

Protecting civic space and the right to peaceful protest in the UK

A statement from Saferworld urging the UK government to review its Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

Saferworld statement on Lord Frank Judd

It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Lord Frank Judd, a former Saferworld trustee who died this weekend.

The UK Integrated Review: The gap between the Review and reality on conflict prevention

The UK Government has finally launched its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy which will determine the UK’s strategy across these three areas for the next decade. While headlines and commentators pour over its contents and implications, Lewis Brooks and Abigail Watson look at what it says and what it means for UK support to conflict prevention.

Four peacebuilding priorities for the UK’s Integrated Review

As the UK Government restarts its Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy Review, Lewis Brooks outlines four priorities for promoting peace and stability.