We are starting a project in Ukraine focused on conflict transformation and civil resistance

In light of the escalating conflict in Ukraine and the risk of a nuclear threat, we continue to strengthen our mission in the country to support nonviolent civil resistance, social recovery, and conflict resolution in line with international law.

We aim to reinforce civil resistance movements and are deeply concerned about the new military escalation and the risk of nuclear threat. It is essential to work on conflict resolution strategies, promote a just peace, and create pathways for the country’s social recovery.

We are participating in the Ostrogski Forum 2024 to understand the relations between Ukraine and Belarus, and the role of civil society in cooperating under authoritarian regimes and in contexts of armed conflict and occupation. Our goal is to build strategies for conflict transformation and civil resistance.

We have begun collaborating with our partners: the Center of United Actions, the Association for Middle East Studies, the Ukrainian Peace Building School, and Mykola Davidiuk, a communication expert, to strengthen civil society tools and investigate nonviolent actions in the region.

We have met with Tamila Tasheva, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and co-founder of KRYM SOS (CrimeaSOS). We discussed the systematic human rights violations against the Ukrainian population in Crimea, particularly the Crimean Tatar community.