{{Short description|Resource center for non-violence and non-violent resistance}} {{Infobox organization | name = Nonviolence International | image = Nonviolence International.png | caption = Nonviolence International | type = [[Non-profit organization|Non-Profit]]<br />[[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] | founded = 1989 | tax_id = [[501(c)(3)]] | registration_id = | founder = [[Mubarak Awad]] [[Jonathan Kuttab]] [[Kamal Boulatta]] [[Abdul Aziz Said]] | location = [[Washington, D.C.]]<br />[[Bangkok]]<br />[[Jerusalem]]<br />[[Kyiv]]<br />[[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]<br />[[Chittagong]] | coordinates = | origins = | key_people = Michael Beer (Co-Director)<br />Sami Awad (Co-Director) | region_served = Global | product = | focus = [[Nonviolence]], [[activism]], [[human rights]] | method = Education, training, support | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = ~10 | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | former_name = | website = {{URL|http://nonviolenceinternational.net/}} | dissolved = | footnotes = Holds [[Special Consultative Status]] with the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council|Economic and Social Council]] of the [[United Nations]] }} '''Nonviolence International''' ('''NI''') acts as a global network of resource centers that promote the use of [[nonviolence]] and [[nonviolent resistance]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGW8cops3GcC&q=%22nonviolence+international%22&pg=PA87|title=Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict|last1=Chenoweth|first1=Erica|last2=Stephan|first2=Maria J.|author-link1=Erica Chenoweth|author-link2=Maria Stephan|date=2011|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231156820|language=en}}</ref> . NI has produced a comprehensive [https://.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net. database of nonviolence tactics],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net/|title=Nonviolence International Tactics Database|website=www.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net}}</ref> They partner with [[Rutgers University]] to provide the large collection of [https://nonviolence.rutgers.edu/ nonviolence training materials].
==History== {{More citations needed section|date=February 2021}} In 1989, [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[activist]] [[Mubarak Awad]] founded Nonviolence International along with Jonathan Kuttab, Kamal Boulatta and Abdul Aziz Said. Nonviolence International is a [[501(c)(3)]] organization registered in [[Washington, DC]], United States.
Their mission statement is:
"Nonviolence International advocates for active nonviolence and supports creative constructive nonviolent campaigns worldwide. We are a backbone organization of the nonviolent moment, providing fiscal sponsorship to partners all over the globe. We tell the transformative stories of dynamic emerging nonviolent movements that give us hope in difficult times and are reshaping what we view as possible. By telling these inspirational stories and supporting these movements we help to create a peaceful and just future."<ref>[http://nonviolenceinternational.net/?page_id=2 "About Us"]. ''Nonviolence International''. Accessed December 8, 2010. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307122944/https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/?page_id=2|date=March 7, 2016}}</ref>
In 1991, Nonviolence International coordinated anti-[[coup d'état]] training in [[Russia]]. This led to the organization's publication of the Training Manual for Nonviolent Defense Against the Coup d'État, which has since been used globally in both English and Spanish.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/training-manual-for-nonviolent-defense-against-the-coup-detat/|title=Training Manual for Nonviolent Defense Against the Coup d'État|website=ICNC|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref>
In 1992, [[Nonviolence International South East Asia|Non-violence International South East Asia]] (NISEA) was founded in Bangkok.<ref>{{Citation |title=Nonviolence International South East Asia |date=2024-07-10 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nonviolence_International_South_East_Asia&gesuggestededit=1 |access-date=2024-10-27 |language=en}}</ref>
In 1993 and 1994, Andre Kamenshikov partnered with Nonviolence International to found the Nonviolence International-Newly Independent States (NI-NIS), based in [[Moscow]]. NI-NIS was the first major organization to publicly warn the world about the impending war in [[Chechnya]]; the organization also released the first environmental damage assessment regarding the {{ill|Chechen Civil War|lt=war in Chechnya|ru|Гражданская война в Чечне (1993-1994)}}.
During the 1995 [[International Campaign to Ban Landmines]], NI was one of the endorsing organizations and was one of the attending parties of the [[Phnom Penh]] conference in Cambodia during June 1995. This conference was the largest anti-landmine conference to date and was the first gathering to take place in a heavily mined country (see [[land mines in Cambodia]]).
NI organized a groundbreaking consultation entitled "Mainstreaming Peace Teams" at [[American University]] in 1996. As a result, more than 50 experts from over 25 countries engaged in dialogue about [[unarmed civilian protection]] and third-party nonviolent intervention.
From 1999 to 2009, NI created programs of nonviolence and peace education in [[Aceh|Aceh, Indonesia]] during the civil war (see [[Aceh War]]); the programs were led by Dr. Asna Husin, who remains a senior researcher for Nonviolence International. In 2004, a [[Aceh tsunami|tsunami]] ravaged Aceh; the NI office was destroyed and several staff members were killed or injured.
Between 1991 and 2002, Director Michael Beer assisted in launching the International Burma Campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://fas.org/irp/news/1998/08/980813-burma.htm|title=BURMA/CYBERWAR|work=Burma Today}}</ref> Beer, along with [[Gene Sharp]] and Bob Helvey, provided training in nonviolent action for over 1,000 [[Myanmar|Burmese]] resistance [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrillas]] and civilians.
NI organized the International Conference on Nonviolent Resistance, which was hosted in Bethlehem in December 2005. The conference brought together over 250 nonviolent activists from around the world, including renowned activists [[Gene Sharp]] and [[Bernard Lafayette]].
Nonviolence International currently supports programs and partners in Western Sahara, Palestine, Ukraine, Philippines, Thailand, Canada, USA, and Uganda.
==Organization and affiliations== Nonviolence International operates as a collective of independent offices around the world.
International offices are located in Washington DC, West Bank, Bangkok, Kyiv and Victoria.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://nonviolenceinternational.net/wp/affiliates/|title=Global Affiliates {{!}} Nonviolence International|work=Nonviolence International|access-date=2018-06-30|language=en-US}}</ref>
NVI partners and programs include: [https://controlarms.org Control Arms], [https://cjnv.org/ Center for Jewish Nonviolence], [[We Are Not Numbers]], [https://holylandtrust.org Holy Land Trust], [https://usboatstogaza.org US Boat to Gaza], [https://www.mennoniteaction.org Mennonite Action], Occupied Peoples' Forum, Green Foster Action Uganda, [https://10percentforall.org 10% For Al]l, [https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/wssc_western_sahara_solidarity_committee Western Sahara Solidarity Committee].
NI has affiliations with the [[War Resisters' International|War Resisters International]], [[International Fellowship of Reconciliation]], the [[International Peace Bureau]], [[World Beyond War]], and the [https://humanitariandisarmament.org Humanitarian Disarmament] movement.
== Leadership == [[Mubarak Awad]], the founder, was an adjunct professor of nonviolent resistance at [[American University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mubarak Awad |url=https://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/mawad.cfm |access-date= |website=American University |language=en}}</ref> He was born in Jerusalem in 1943 and later attended [[Bluffton University|Bluffton University.]] He obtained a master's degree from [[Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania)|Saint Francis University]] and a PhD in Psychology from [[Saint Louis University (United States)|Saint Louis University]]. He founded the [https://nyap.org National Youth Advocate Program] that recruits trains and supports foster families for children in need. In 1988, Awad was deported from Palestine for his leadership in helping spark the [[First Intifada]]; he is barred from all but short visits to his homeland.
Michael Beer, Co-Director began working with the organization in 1991. He is the author of [https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/nv_tactics_book Civil Resistance Tactics of the 2st Century] available in English, Turkish, Farsi, Spanish and Russian. The tactics he catalogued can be found in the [https://www.tactics.nonviolenceinternational.net/ Global Nonviolent Tactics Database]
Jonathan Kuttab is a co-founder and prominent civil rights lawyer in Israel, Palestine and New York. Kuttab co-founded the [[Palestinian Centre for the Study of Nonviolence|Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence]] and the Mandela Institute for Political Prisoners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kuttab, Jonathan {{!}} Friends of Sabeel - North America |url=https://www.fosna.org/content/kuttab-jonathan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412192125/https://www.fosna.org/content/kuttab-jonathan |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |access-date=2019-09-10 |website=www.fosna.org}}</ref> He is also a co-founder of [[Al-Haq]]. He currently serves as the Executive Director of Friends of Sabeel, North America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jonathankuttab.org/|title=Jonathan Kuttab - international human rights attorney}}</ref>
Sami Awad, Co-Director, is the founder of Holy Land Trust and the author of Sacred Awakening. ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://nonviolenceinternational.net/}} *[http://www.nonviolenceny.org/ New York Website] *[https://harlemresourcecenter.net Harlem Resource Center] *{{Cite press release|url=http://www.highpoint.edu/blog/2016/09/senior-interns-at-nonviolence-international/|title=Senior Interns at Nonviolence International|publisher= High Point University |location= High Point, NC|date=September 5, 2016 |language=en|access-date=2018-07-05}} *{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/lin-evola/blood-in-the-water-art-st_b_11076022.html|title=Blood In The Water, Art Stops Guns: A Peace Angels Project Initiative|last=Evola|first=Lin|date=2016-07-20|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-05}}
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