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The Keys to Peace

Jeremy Brickhill

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 07:59

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Location: Palais des Nations
Date: 19/09/2014

Evoking his past as a soldier and his experience as a peace mediator, Jeremy focuses on three key elements which he deems crucial to the success of any peace process: justice, legitimacy and national ownership.

Tags: Conflict Resolution,  Justice,  Legitimacy,  National Ownership,  Peace,  Peacebuilding, 

Jeremy Brickhill

Director of the Zimbabwe Peace and Security Programme

Jeremy is a peace mediator with a broad range of experience in security transitions and post-conflict processes in African countries.
He has participated in several ceasefire mediation processes for both African governments and rebel movements. He is currently the Director of the Zimbabwe Peace and Security Programme in Harare, Zimbabwe, which aims to contribute to the effective and sustainable modernization and transformation of the security sector in Zimbabwe. His Peace Talk will focus on how parties to a conflict come together and communicate during peace negotiations.

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