Engaging with armed groups - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Mediation Practice SeriesAlthough these publications cannot replace practical experience,it is our hope that they can contribute to a more systematic learningprocess. The forthcoming publications in this series will bemade freely available on the HD Centre’s website and will bedisseminated through our network and those of our partners.Each publication is subject to a thorough peer review by practitionersand support staff with expertise in the relevant topics.Engaging with armed groups is the second publication in thisseries. The author would like to thank the three anonymous peerreviewers for their helpful observations and suggestions. Shewould also like to thank the following individuals, whose commentsand advice she drew on in the preparation of this paper : BarneyAfako, Hiruy Amanuel, Luc Chounet-Cambas, David Gorman,Romain Grandjean, Tom Gregg, Martin Griffiths, Priscilla Hayner,Nicholas Haysom, Theo Murphy, Katia Papagianni, David Petrasek,Jonathan Powell, Kieran Prendergast and Francesc Vendrell. Sheremains responsible for any errors the text may still contain.2