4th International Africa Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference 2014

The 4th International Africa Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference 2014 is dedicated to Peace Studies in Africa and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), including:

• Extractive industries disputes - including mining, oil and gas and quarrying
• Governance disputes - including political disputes, government administration/civil service disputes and electoral/election disputes
• Cultural/ethnic disputes - including chieftaincy issues and succession, community and indigenous justice systems
• Commercial disputes - including employment and labour relations
• Property/asset disputes - including land disputes
• Construction disputes
• Peace education - peace education as part of the curriculum of educational institutions, civic education, and leadership development
• Family disputes - including marriage and divorce, child custody and inheritance disputes
• National reconciliation and transitional justice
• Mainstreaming ADR - including judicial reform, challenges, lessons and the way forward, ADR legislations and legislations that give room for ADR
• Human rights
• Gender and women
• Disability issues
• Youth non-violence and leadership
• Crisis response and national security concerns - including the role of the Red Cross/Crescent organisations, disaster management and other relief efforts
• Building a culture of peace and its sustainability - including national architectures for peace, the role of peace councils and civil society and non-governmental organisations
• Congregational/religious disputes - including intra-faith and inter-faith disputes
• Trends in the usage of ADR mechanisms
• Security interventions and armed con icts - including declaration of state of emergencies and imposition of curfews, peacekeeping operations and de-escalation, disarmament and reintegration efforts