Glossary of Terms for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding

An intervention undertaken to protect unarmed civilian populations at risk.

The process of improving people’s lives, originally by focusing on economic prosperity but now including human development.

Those who are, or should be, responsible for protecting the state and communities within the state.

The process of communication and bargaining between parties seeking to arrive at a mutually acceptable outcome.

The basic prerogatives and freedoms to which all humans are entitled.