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International Day of Peace Challenges Us to Foster Equitable and Sustainable Global Recovery

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International Day of Peace Challenges Us to Foster Equitable and Sustainable Global Recovery

Since the early 1980s, September 21 has been observed every year as International Day of Peace. Several peace-focused organizations take the day as an opportunity to inspire creative peacebuilding solutions. For professional mediators, it may serve as a time to reflect on the intimate and impactful nature of the work we do with parties, transforming conflicts into opportunities. The day is also a time to honor those who have made peacebuilding their life’s work. Some communities commemorate the day with festivities, while some agree to a day of cease-fire. Since few of us have escaped the impact of the Covid-19 global pandemic, the 2021 International Day of Peace theme is befitting, “recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world.”

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Five Simple Questions That Destabilize Barriers to Conflict Resolution

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Five Simple Questions That Destabilize Barriers to Conflict Resolution

Recently, my conflict resolution skills were tested in my personal life. For someone who loves to help others work through their conflict, I felt lost. After attempting to talk and listen to the other parties involved, it was clear that progress was not on the horizon. When conflict is personal, it is easy for even the most seasoned mediators to forget how to apply what we use in our daily practice to develop a satisfactory resolution. I realized that the logical thing to do was draw on my mediation skills. Upon this realization, I turned my attention to five questions that I commonly use in my practice and when coaching our mediators.

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Reimagining the Future of Peace: The Power of Mediation and Restorative Justice

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Have you ever heard of restorative justice and wondered about how it applies to mediation? In this article, we introduce Dr. Vahit Bicak, who is a leading promoter of restorative justice and its application in mediation. As both a Turkish legal practitioner and scholar, Dr. Bicak’s insights reveal the power of mediation to transform legal structures to more effectively serve citizens.

As the founder of the Just and Fair Mediation Centre in Turkey, Dr. Biçak has mediated more than 200 disputes in Turkey in the last eight years and is known to be an expert mediator for employment, commercial, consumer, energy and mine, and health disputes.

 

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