What is Nonviolent Peaceforce?
Formed at the 1999 Hague Appeal for Peace and inaugurated in Delhi, India in 2002, Nonviolent Peaceforce is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating an international peace army of civilians trained in non-violent strategies. Nonviolent Peaceforce responds to requests for help anywhere in the world, using proven methods of non-violence to assist human rights workers and to prevent violence, death, chaos and destruction. The need is great: it’s estimated that only 1,000 people trained in non-violence could have prevented the violence and genocide that devastated Yugoslavia in 1998. Nonviolent Peaceforce represents an alternative to massive military intervention that many people hope for. It is a key component in the development of a strategic, cohesive, non-violent response to brutality and threats of genocidal violence.
