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ESCALATING VIOLENCE
The six case studies contained in this chapter describe organisations that became involved in situations that had, at the time, broken into violence which was steadily worsening.

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"For each one of these stories, there are hundreds more out there, and thousands more people ready to commit their energy and talents to the prevention of bloodshed. Just imagine what could be done if the tools developed by the people in this book were made available worldwide..." Scilla Elworthy, p9, War Prevention Works Download PDF document
The organisations are:
City Montessori School in Lucknow, India 1992
The Mediation Network in Northern Ireland 1995
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Estonia 1993
Partners for Democratic Change in Hungary 1996-1998
Patriotic Movement Against Crime in El Salvador 1995-1999
Project on Ethnic Relations in Romania 1991-2001+


