AfR’s work and its conferences are based on the assertion that: Healing the past must become the common practice of the 21st Century. Forgiveness and Reconciliation, along with a search for more just solutions, form the basis of sustainable peace. The causes of conflict such as corruption, poverty, disease and oppression need to be addressed in a comprehensive human security approach.

27.05.2009::Tunis University Colloquium on Justice and Peace The Chair Ben Ali for Dialogue of Civilisations and Religions hosted a Colloquium 20-23 April 2009 to which former AfR Steering Group member Christoph Spreng was invited to contribute. more...

12.01.2009::Rajmohan Gandhi new President of IofC-International Professor Rajmohan Gandhi of India has been elected as the new President of Initiatives of Change International. He succeeds Ambassador Mohamed Sahnoun of Algeria, whose two year term ended on December 31. more...

13.10.2008::Sierra Leone, next steps in "moving forward together". “Healing Wounds, Building Trust and Moving Forward Together”. Under this heading Dialogues for MPs and Paramount Chiefs have been launched in Sierra Leone this month. more...

23.09.2008::Kenyan Women Working for Peace In Kenya the Peace Circles - about which we have reported ealier - are coming into thier own. more...

01.09.2008::Creators of Peace International A major international conference organized by the Creators of Peace network of Initiatives of Change will run from 30 September ~ 04 October 2009 in Australia. more...

01.08.2008::Recognition of cruel policies welcomed by Australian and Canadian First Nation leaders. First Nation leaders from Australia and Canada today saluted the apologies that their respective governments have recently given in their parliaments to indigenous peoples for wrong policies of separating and assimilating children. more...

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