About the Journal
For many decades, the Great Lakes region has experienced high and at times extreme levels of violence between individuals, between communities, between ethnic groups and between nation states. The consequences for the people of the region have been dire. The need to understand the causes of this violence and the range of interventions by which sustainable peace can be built is crucial. In fact, it is not widely recognised that nonviolent interventions have a much better track record in building sustainable peace than violent interventions. The aim of the Great Lakes Journal of Peacebuilding (GLJP) is to increase these understandings and thereby contribute to sustainable peace by publishing research on peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in the region. The journal provides a valuable resource for the increasing number of students in the region who are studying peace and related disciplines.
The Great Lakes region is taken to include Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
