PeaceRep currently assisting mediators trying to find peaceful solutions to violence in countries including Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Yemen, Myanmar and Ethiopia
A Northern Ireland human rights expert has told how growing up in the Troubles - and even her accent - is helping resolve conflicts around the world.
Prof. Bell’s team of over 50 researchers and mediation experts have painstakingly documented over 2,000 peace agreements signed since 1990 - making its database the go-to site for rival factions attempting to negotiate an end to conflict. “That insight into how communities suffer in conflict has most definitely given me the drive to work towards healing division wherever it exists around the world.”
Cambridge and Harvard educated human rights lawyer Prof. Bell is PeaceRep’s Executive Director and Principal Investigator. “Northern Ireland is a totally different place to 25 years ago when every day was marred by tit-for-tat violence. My eldest child is 28 and is part of a new generation whose lives have not been blighted by daily conflict and the misery that brings.
Prof. Bell explained: “At the end of WWI, apparently a young soldier was tasked with drafting the Armistice Agreement simply because he was good at using languages. “We feed all of this learning back into ongoing attempts to end conflicts by working with FCDO country teams, UN mediators and local representatives to help find the path needed to implement it and deal with bumps on the road to peace.”
Prof. Bell says her Northern Ireland background is an advantage in her role, which has seen her travelling to many of the world’s most hazardous trouble spots, including Bosnia, Lebanon, Gaza and Papua New Guinea.
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