Peace Brigades provides unarmed accompaniment to human rights activists in zones of conflict. Their presence has often deterred political killings and provided vital international exposure for courageous communities nonviolently confronting persecution. Peace Brigades International is only one of numerous organizations experimenting with nonviolent strategies in war-torn regions. In specific situations, these organizations have honed the tools of accompaniment, monitoring and advocacy and developed nonviolent tactics of intervention. We also hope that we may learn more about non-violent peace making methods and conflict resolution methods.
Humanitarian intervention is the new buzzword in the post-Kosovo world.
For people of faith, the concept is an old one. Jesus is the supreme example of God intervening on behalf of humanity. For those of us horrified at the prospect of a global cop periodically calling on B-52s to maintain law and order, the Peace Force offers a practical hope and merits our attention. Mass. She writes for the Sts. Francis and Therese publication, the Catholic Radical.