"Peace needs justice." The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to #NaviPillay honours decades of concrete action: from fighting apartheid to defending human rights and upholding international rules. Real peace takes patient work, not fragile agreements. shorturl.at/ymJp5

#Peace must address root causes, not just conflict symptoms. Real peace is built from the ground up and #genderequality is not optional in this process: if women lack agenda-setting power, they are only asked to comment on peace, not to actively build it. #BPF2026

#Peacetech cannot start from the tool. It must start from real problems, real contexts and real needs. Because in mediation and humanitarian negotiation, trust, transparency and human relationships remain the infrastructure that no technology can replace #BPF2026

What happens when the actors who shape conflict are not fully visible, or are deliberately kept outside the mediation room? #Mediation cannot must create space to understand complexity, and imagine futures that may not yet be attainable, but need to become thinkable. #BPF2026

What needs to change when the old pillars of #mediation are crumbling, but no new paradigm has fully emerged yet? “Rebooting mediation” is not only about changing the format of the tabl e, but rather about changing who has the power to define peace. #BPF2026

In his opening remarks, @diplofrat, @ItalyMFA, reflected on Italy’s role in mediation: not as a distant observer of the crises around us, but as an actor whose proximity can generate credibility, access and trust — the decisive currency of mediation. #BPF2026

Thanks to Assessor @annalisaboni, @comunebologna, for her welcoming remarks on our final day at #BPF2026. Today we host the symposium "Advancing Mediation in a Multipolar World" @ItalyMFA @WIISItaly @SantAnnaPisa #BPF2026

“We are standing in the rubble of a collapsed system and asking how we can save it.” Peace cannot be reduced to fragile deals or old frameworks. It must become something people can understand, feel and live. 💬 Ben Acheson, Independent #BPF2026

Peacebuilding always takes place within systems of power, interests and blind spots. So #inclusivity is not just a moral requirement, but a prerequisite for any sustainable arrangement. 💬 Paola Ottomano, Project Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa Unit, @BerghofFnd

Cosa succede quando i diritti smettono di essere universali e dipendono dal luogo in cui nasci, il passaporto che hai, il confine che riesci — o no — ad attraversare? Un dialogo tra @CostanzaSpocci e @remonkaram17 su guerre, migrazioni, confini e dignità. 📍 @BiblioSalaborsa

What happens when peace is signed, but the wounds, fears and inequalities that fuelled the conflict remain? Our last panel of #BPF2026 explored the gap between formal peace processes and the lived realities of communities.

Justice cannot wait for the war to end. Accountability is not only a future step in #peacebuilding, but an urgent demand in the present, essential to respond to violence, protect victims and shape the foundations of a just peace #BPF2026

#Peace requires an inclusive political order, one that recognises people’s aspirations, protects communities and prevents reconstruction from becoming the foundation for new forms of exclusion or authoritarianism. @AbzSawsan , Institute for Integrated Transitions #BPF2026

There is often a gap between #Europe’s vision and Europe’s action. Europe speaks of #humanrights, prosperity and international law, but often its actions remain hesitant, fragmented or even inconsistent across different conflicts. #BPF2026

#Ukraine and #Syria: what does it mean to end a war when violence is still ongoing? Peace cannot wait for “after the war”. It must be built now, through accountability, social cohesion, local agency and international support that turns values into action. #BPF2026

Data is never neutral, particularly in conflict contexts. It is selected, framed and used. Understanding war means restoring the complexity and human reality behind the numbers. 💬 Sara Gorelli, @OsservatorioOrg #BPF2026

How do we innovate peace when the international order itself is in crisis? The keynote by Prof. Oliver Richmond, looked at #peacebuilding through a historical lens. Because the future of #peace must move beyond #peacewashing towards a peace that has real substance. #BPF2026

Day 2 of #BPF2026 opened with a call to move from dialogue to action. With opening remarks by @bervent, AP President, and Sergey Radchenko, Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, SAIS Europe, the morning set the tone for a day dedicated to our theme “Ending Wars”.

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