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Conflict and Peace

This document provides guidance and questions for researching conflict and peace from global, local, and personal perspectives. It identifies key topics such as the causes of war, the role of the UN in conflict, and sources of conflict within communities, families, and between individuals. The document also lists several websites focused on human rights, conflict diamonds, news related to human rights, and resources from the UN and NGOs about specific conflicts and building peace.

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Conflict and Peace

This document provides guidance and questions for researching conflict and peace from global, local, and personal perspectives. It identifies key topics such as the causes of war, the role of the UN in conflict, and sources of conflict within communities, families, and between individuals. The document also lists several websites focused on human rights, conflict diamonds, news related to human rights, and resources from the UN and NGOs about specific conflicts and building peace.

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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

CAMBRIDGE IGCSE P5

CONFLICT AND PEACE


CONFLICT AND PEACE
• Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and
analyses violent and nonviolent behaviours as well as the structural
mechanisms attending conflicts (including social conflicts) with a view
towards understanding those processes which lead to a more
desirable human conditioner.
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QUESTIONS FOR YOUR
RESEARCH PROJECT
GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• Why do wars and conflicts begin?
• Are wars an inevitable part of being human?
• Where is there conflict in the world today?
• What is the role of the UN in times of conflict?
LOCAL/NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• Which groups seem to be in conflict within my own country or
community?
• Is it their interests or ideas that are conflicting?
• What political/ ethical systems enable people to live with their
differences?
FAMILY/PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES
• What causes conflicts between me and my family or peers?
• How are these conflicts best resolved?
• How can this help me to understand conflict on a wider scale?
WEBSITES 1
www.amnesty.org.uk - Amnesty International.
www.everyhumanhasrights.org/ - Website promoting human rights
with case studies where human rights are under threat.
www.kimberleyprocess.com/home/index_en.html - Trade in Blood
Diamonds.
www.oneworld.net - News from over 1600 human rights websites.
www.un.org - United Nations website.
www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/ - United Nations site for young
people.
WEBSITES 2
www.ipisresearch.be/?&lang=en - International Peace Information
Service.
www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/iraq/ - Information about the
Iraq war and other material on conflict and peace.
www.rafi.ki/gemin-iplus/ - Rafiki project: Blood Diamonds.
www.rafi.ki/gemin-iplus/ - Rafiki project: Roadmap to Peace.
www.rafi.ki/gemin-iplus/ - Rafiki project: Darfur: Impossible Choices.

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