Responding to Conflict
Encyclopedia
Responding to Conflict is a non-governmental organisation based in Birmingham
, England
. RTC strives to provide training, advice, and support to people working for peace
and human rights
in areas affected by war or violent conflict. RTC has assisted both grass-roots activists and government
al agencies. It was founded in 1991 by Simon Fisher.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. RTC strives to provide training, advice, and support to people working for peace
Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the...
and human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
in areas affected by war or violent conflict. RTC has assisted both grass-roots activists and government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
al agencies. It was founded in 1991 by Simon Fisher.