Regional Institute on the Study and Practice of Strategic Nonviolent Action, Quito-Ecuador



The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), FLACSO-Ecuador, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), and the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC) are pleased to invite applications for the first Regional Institute on the Study and Practice of Strategic Nonviolent Action:



The Institute…

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In 1995, Dr.…

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