Legacies of conflict in the Pacific: Dealing with the Past

Abstract

Many contexts around the world are grappling with violent pasts. ‘Dealing with the past’ is an area of peacebuilding work that focuses on addressing the root causes of conflict through constructively engaging with conflict narratives and past experiences of violent conflict. This report is a collection of reflections on the legacies of conflict from prominent Pacific leaders engaged in the concept of ‘dealing with the past’. These leaders are working in a myriad of ways to build peace in their communities and nations. In producing this report, we compiled articles, pictures and poems, and conducted conversations with peace leaders from different Pacific contexts including various locations in Papua New Guinea (the Highlands, Port Moresby and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville), as well as Solomon Islands and Fiji. Show more