COMMENTARY: A Just and Sustainable Peace in the Philippines

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https://doi.org/10.70922/3r056h90

Abstract

On July 16, 2024, the Council of Leaders for Peace Initiatives, a group consisting of prominent peace advocates from the church and academe, as well as youth leaders and former civil servants, was formally launched in a gathering held at the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City. Scholars for Peace convenor Sol Iglesias, Ph.D, was at the launch to deliver a talk about the current state of affairs in relation to the formal negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The commentary below presents the main points of Dr. Iglesias’s talk.  

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Author Biography

  • Sol Iglesias, University of the Philippines-Diliman and Scholars for Peace

    Sol Iglesias is an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines, teaching subjects such as Political Violence, Comparative Politics and Human Rights & International Relations. She has a Ph.D. in Southeast Asian Studies and a M.A. in Political Science from the National University of Singapore as well as a M.A. in International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a B.A. in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines.  

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Published

2025-03-13

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2024): Bisig: Natatanging Isyu sa Pangmatagalang Kapayapaang Nakabatay sa Katarungan (Special Issue on Just and Lasting Peace)

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COMMENTARY: A Just and Sustainable Peace in the Philippines. (2025). BISIG, 6(1), 62-65. https://doi.org/10.70922/3r056h90