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Peace Activists’ Search for Smile and Hope
With this belief in mind, the participants completed an eight day training on planning and skill development alongside the Peace Building program, a project to promote participation in the Syrian peace process implemented by The Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria, in partnership with the Peaceful Change Initiative. Twenty-four members of CCSDS’ field
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CCSDS’ s Position on Presidential Election 2014
Article 21(3) of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights states: “the will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.”
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Transitional Justice in Syria
The Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria, CCSDS has published a survey about Transitional Justice in Syria that was built upon a project by the center called “Let’s Discuss!” The idea behind the project was to introduce the concept of transitional justice, explain its mechanisms and recognize the methods of implementing it in
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Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis and the International Response
On March 12, 2014, the U.S. Institute of Peace and Oxfam America will co-hosted the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and two civil society activists to address the humanitarian and political challenges of the Syrian conflict. Antonio Guteres, U.N. High Commissioner fro Refugees, and Steven Heydemann With more than 2.5 million Syrian refugees, the sheer
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Building Peace within Syrian Communities
In December 2013, the Center for Civil Society and Democracy, in partnership with the Peaceful Change Initiative, undertook a mapping of community-level resources of peace in nine provinces inside Syria. The report, “Building Peace within Syrian Communities” ,captures key insights from the mapping research, including:
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Geneva Conference for Peace Resources
In partnership with Peaceful Change Initiative PCI, The Centre for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria CCSDS, concluded the first stage of the Peace Resources project in an international event in Switzerland that lasted for two days and attended by a number of international governments and organizations. Geneva conference took place on 31st of March
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