CRS Directory
International Organisations
The CRS Directory for International Organisations lists organisations that work in the field of peace and conflict. The dataset was compiled by Conflict Research Society The dataset was compiled by Conflict Research Society, funded by the Polden-Puckham Charitable Trust.
| Name | Website | Core themes | Address | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action Aid | www.actionaid.org.uk | Emergencies and conflicts; women’s rights; human rights; poverty reduction; education | @actionaiduk | 33-39 Bowling Green Lane, London EC1R 0BJ, UK |
| Action on Armed Violence | www.aoav.org.uk | Researching and acting on weapons; assisting victims; supporting communities | @AOAV | 415 High Street Stratford, E154QZ, UK |
| Aegis Trust | www.aegistrust.org | Prevent genocide and mass atrocities worldwide | @Aegis_Trust | The Exchange 38 Water Lane Newark, Nottinghamshire NG241HA |
| African Leadership Centre | www.africanleadershipcentre.org | To train a new generation of Africans and serve as a forum for transformative discourse on peace, security and development in Africa | @ALC_KCL | Global Institutes, Chesham Building, Room 12B, King’s College London, Strand Campus Strand, London WC2R2LS |
| Aid Convoy | www.aid-convoy.org.uk | Committed to assisting victims of disasters and wars | @aidconvoyuk | Aid Convoy, PO Box 57486, London, E55DA |
| Alliance for Peacebuilding | www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org | Umbrella organisation for 100 organisations in the field; policy engagement; evaluation; strategic communication | @AfPeacebuilding | 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 401 Washington, DC 20036, USA |
| Architecture sans Frontières | www.asf-uk.org | Learning and capacity building; advocacy; live projects | @ASF_UK | Impact Hub Islington, 5 Torrens Street, 4th Floor, London, EC1V1NQ, UK |
| Berghof Foundation | www.berghof-foundation.org | Independent, non-governmental and non-profit organisation that supports efforts to prevent political and social violence and to achieve sustainable peace through conflict transformation | @BerghofFnd | Berghof Foundation Operations GmbH Altensteinstrasse 48a, 14195 Berlin, Germany |
| British American Security Information Council | www.basicint.org | Nuclear disarmament; nonproliferation; WMD; arms control; global security and nonproliferation | @basic_int | 3 Whitehall Ct, London SW1A2EL, UK |
| British Red Cross | www.redcross.org.uk | First aid; emergency response; preparing for disasters; finding missing family; health and social care; protecting people in conflict; refugee support; teaching resources | @britishredcross | British Red Cross, UK office, 44 Moorfields London EC2Y9AL |
| Building Bridges for Peace | www.buildingbridgesforpeace.org | Influence government and policy makers to devote more resources to non-violent conflict resolution; support partner organisations | @Charity_BBFP | 2 Crossways, Cott Lane, Dartington, Totnes, Devon TQ96HE |
| Business and Human Rights Resource Centre | www.business-humanrights.org | Working to improve human rights in business | @BHRRC | 1-3 Charlotte Street, 3rd floor, London W1T 1RD, UK |
| Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) | www.caat.org.uk | Non-proliferation; disarmament | @CAATuk | Unit 4, 5-7 Wells Terrace, London, N4 3JU, UK |
| Care International UK | www.careinternational.org.uk | Poverty; emergencies; empowerment of women | @careintuk | 9th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | www.carnegieendowment.org | Democracy and rule of law; energy and climate; regional research (Asia; Europe; MENA; Russia; South Asia); nuclear policy | @CarnegieEndow | 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036-2103, USA |
| CDA Collaborative Learning Projects | www.cdacollaborative.org | Improving the effectiveness of local and international actors who provide humanitarian assistance; engage in peace practice; support sustainable development; conduct corporate operations | @CDALearning | One Alewife Center, Suite 400, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA |
| Center for International Policy | https://www.internationalpolicy.org | Human rights; peace and security; anti-corruption; environment | @CIPonline | 2000 M Street NW, Suite 720 Washington, DC 20036, USA |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | www.csis.org | Defense and security; energy and sustainability; global trends and forecasting; international development; global health; technology and cybersecurity; trade and economics | @CSIS | 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036, USA |
| Central Africa’s Rights & AIDS (CARA) Society | www.cara-online.org | Provides HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support to reduce premature deaths; providing quality basic education for all; water and sanitation; helping the poor to know, understand and achieve their rights | @carasociety | 18 - 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, Hackney E8 3DL, UK |
| Centre for Geopolitics & Security in Realism Studies | www.cgsrs.org | Geopolitics; security and defence; global energy security; global governance; trade and economics; climate change | @CGSRS_UK | 20-22 Wenlock Road, N17GU London, UK |
| CFOR Force for Change | www.cfor.info | Facilitation and training of conflict resolution | Interchange Studios Hampstead, Town Hall Centre, 213 Haversack Hill, London NW34QP, UK | |
| Chatham House | www.chathamhouse.org | Climate; energy; global health; international economics; law & governance; security; resources; rising powers; social movements; transatlantic relations | @ChathamHouse | The Royal Institute of International Affairs Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London SW1Y4LE |
| Child Soldiers International | www.alliancecpha.org/en/child-soldiers-international | State armed forces; straight-18; non-state armed groups; accountability; DDR; OPAC implementation | @ChildSoldiersIn | 9 Marshalsea Road, London UK, SE11EP |
| Children Change Colombia | www.childrenoftheandes.org | Defending the rights of children at risk in Colombia | @ChildChangeCOL | Development House 56-64 Leonard Street, EC2A4LT, London, UK |
| Conciliation Resources | www.c-r.org | Working long-term with local partners, policymakers and other policybuilders to address the root causes of violence and transform the conflicts which affect communities | @CRbuildpeace | Burghley Yard, 106 Burghley Road, London NW51AL |
| Concordis International | www.concordis.international | Supporting post-conflict nation building in South Sudan, Mauritania and Cote d’Ivoire | @Concordis | IDRC, 70 Fleet Street, London EC4Y1EU |
| Conflict Research Society | www.conflictresearch.org.uk | An organisation which specialises in working on issues related to conflict, human rights, social transformation and social justice. | Institute for Conflict Research, Unit 14 North City Business Centre, 2 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast, BT15 2GG | |
| Cord | www.cord.org.uk | Peacebuilding; education; gender; human rights | @CordUK | Floor 9 Eaton House 1 Eaton Road Coventry CV1 2FJ, UK |
| Corrymeela Community | www.corrymeela.org | Family; community; youth; schools; faith & life | @corrymeela | 5 Drumaroan Road, Ballycastle BT546QU; Belfast Centre, 129 Ormeau Road, Belfast BT71SH |
| Crisis Action | www.crisisaction.org | Protecting civilians from armed conflict | @Crisis_Action | Audrey House, 16-20 Ely Place, London EC1N6SN, UK |
| Democratic Progress Initiative | www.democraticprogress.org | Providing expertise combining research and practicable approaches to broaden bases for wider public involvement in promoting peace and democracy building | @DPI_UK | 11 Guilford St, London WC1N1DH |
| Encompass, The Daniel Braden Reconciliation Trust | www.encompasstrust.org | Enable interfaith and inter-community cohesion; boost young peoples employability skills; support young people to develop community projects; help build trust between diverse communities; challenge the factors that can lead to racism, religious hatred and radicalisation; act as a catalyst for long term attitudinal change by running programmes with UK and international impact | @EncompassTrust | Faraday House, 48-51 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N3AE, UK |
| Environment Justice Foundation | www.ejfoundation.org | Protect environment and people by linking environmental security, human rights and social needs | @ejfoundation | 1 Amwell St, London EC1R1UL, UK |
| Firefly International | www.fireflyinternational.org | Reaching out through education to children denied their rights by conflict; local projects in Bosnia and Palestine to create safe, supportive and inclusive spaces | @FireflyInternat | 27a Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH75AH |
| Gender Action for Peace and Security | www.gaps-uk.org | Promotion, facilitation, monitoring of meaningful inclusion of gender in all aspects of UK policy and practice on peace and security | @nowomennopeace | Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London, EC2A4LT, UK |
| HelpAge International | www.helpage.org | Older people poorest and most neglected, committed to helping them claim their rights, challenge discrimination and overcome poverty; disaster risk reduction and climate change; emergencies; rights; refugees; sustainable development goals | @HelpAge | HelpAge International, PO Box 70156, London, WC1A 9GB UK |
| Human Relief Foundation | www.hrf.org.uk | Emergency and disaster response and preparedness; development and cooperation; conflict transformation; orphan sponsorship | @Human_Relief | Head Office: PO Box 194, Bradford, BD7 1YW, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Humanitarian Dialogue | www.hdcentre.org | Prevent, mitigate and resolve armed conflicts through dialogue and mediation | @hdcentre | Headquarters Office, 114 rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Independent Diplomat | www.independentdiplomat.org | Political strategy; international law; public diplomacy and media strategy | @IDiplomat | Hamilton House, 1 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0HA, UK |
| Institute for War and Peace Reporting | www.iwpr.net | Promoting free expression; strengthening accountability; building inclusive societies | @IWPR | 48 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8LT, UK |
| International Action Network on Small Arms | www.iansa.org | Global movement against gun violence that links hundreds of organizations working to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons | @IANSAnetwork | 777 United Nations Plaza 3E, New York, NY 10017 USA |
| International Alert | www.international-alert.org | Peacebuilding; advising governments, organisations and companies | @intalert | 346 Clapham Road, London, SW9 9AP, UK |
| International Crisis Group | www.crisisgroup.org | Prevention and resolution of deadly conflict | @CrisisGroup | 7-10 Adam Street, The Strand, London, WC2N 6AA, UK |
| International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) | www.ifrc.org | Development work; health; migration; risk reduction; shelter; recovery; capacity building; promoting principles and values; humanitarian diplomacy; disaster and crisis management; disaster law; humanitarian logistic; beneficiary communications; volunteers; youth | @Federation | P.O. Box 303 CH-1211 Geneva 19 Switzerland |
| International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) | www.idea.int | Democracy support and promotion | @Int_IDEA | Strömsborg, SE-103 34 Stockholm, Sweden |
| International Institute for Strategic Studies | www.iiss.org | Non-proliferation; transnational threats and geo-economics to climate change and security | @IISS_org | Arundel House 13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place London WC2R 3DX, UK |
| International Medical Corps | www.internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk | Emergency; recovery; resilience | @IMC_UK | International Medical Corps UK 1st Floor 254-258 Goswell Road London EC1V 7EB, UK |
| International Organisation for Migration | www.iom.int | Migration; refugees | @IOM_News | 17, Route des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland |
| International Peace Bureau | www.ipb.org | Disarmament for sustainable development | @IntlPeaceBureau | 41 rue de Zurich 1201 Geneva Switzerland |
| International Rescue Committee | www.rescue.org | Humanitarian crises | @theIRC | International Rescue Committee 122 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10168 USA |
| Islamic Relief Worldwide | www.islamic-relief.org | Emergencies; disasters; conflict; crises | @IRWorldwide | 19 Rea St South, Digbeth Birmingham, B5 6LB, UK |
| Kids for Kids | www.kidsforkids.org.uk | Children in Darfur | @KidsforKids | PO Box 456, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2WS, UK |
| Medact | www.medact.org | Charity for health professionals focusing on peace and security, economic justice, climate and ecology, health and human rights | @Medact | The Gravestone Centre, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, UK |
| Mediation Northern Ireland | www.mediationnorthernireland.org | Mediation and conflict counseling; mediation training; capacity building | 83 University Street, Belfast, BT7 1HP, UK | |
| Medical Aid for Palestinians | www.map-uk.org | Working for health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees | @MedicAidPalestinians | London, UK |
| Mercy Corps | www.mercycorps.org | Agriculture & food; children & youth; conflict management; disaster preparedness; economic opportunity; education; emergency response; environment; health; innovations; water; women & gender | @mercycorps | Global Headquarters, 45 SW Ankeny St. Portland, OR 97204, USA ; Can Mezzanine, 49-51 East Road, London, N1 6AH, UK |
| Mines Advisory Group | www.maginternational.org | Disarmament; landline clearance; community liaison; emergency response | @MAGsaveslives | Mines Advisory Group, Suite 3A, South Central, 11 Peter Street, Manchester, M2 5QR, UK |
| Minority Rights Group International (MRG) | www.minorityrights.org | Working to secure rights of religious, ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples | @MinorityRights | 54 Commercial St, London E1 6LT, UK |
| MSF UK | www.msf.org.uk | Emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare | @MSF_uk | Lower Ground Floor, Chancery Exchange, 10 Furnival St, London, EC4A 1AB, UK |
| Network for Peace | www.networkforpeace.org.uk | Connecting organisations working for peace, channeling and advertising events | 5 Caledonian Rd, London, N1 9DY, UK | |
| Northern Ireland Foundation | www.northernireland.foundation | Works to secure durable peace in Northern Ireland, increase awareness, promote conflict transformation, foster support | @nifoundation | Carnegie Building, 121 Donegal Road, Belfast, BT12 5JL, UK |
| Overseas Development Institute | www.odi.org | Shaping policy for development | @ODIdev | 203 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ, UK |
| Oxford Research Group | www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk | Conflict resolution; conflict analysis; non-military alternatives; sustainable security | @ORGinfo | 56 Leonard St, London, EC2A 4LT, UK |
| PBI Colombia | www.pbicolombia.org | Carried out observation and international accompaniment in thirteen countries on five continents since 1981 and in Colombia since 1994 | @PBIColombia | Development House, 56-64 Leonard St, London, EC2A4LT, UK |
| Peace Brigades International: PBI | www.peacebrigades.org | Promoting nonviolence; protecting human rights defenders; peacebuilding initiatives in 13 countries in five continents; local country groups in: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA | @PBI_ISEC | Development House, 56-64 Leonard St, London, EC2A4LT, UK |
| Peace Child | www.peacechild.org | Youth empowerment; youth employment | @Peacechild | The White House 46 High Street Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 9AH UK |
| Peace Direct | www.peacedirect.org | Supporting local peace building | @peacedirect | Peace Direct Development House 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4LT |
| Peace News | www.peacenews.info | Newspaper for the UK grassroots peace and justice movement | @peace_news | London, UK |
| Peace One Day | www.peaceoneday.org | Awareness and support for International Peace Day | @PeaceOneDaz | St. George’s House, 15 St. George’s Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2LE, UK |
| Practical Action | www.practicalaction.org | Through technology enabling communities to build skills and knowledge to produce sustainable and practical solutions | @PracticalAction | The Schumacher Centre, Bourton on Dunsmore, Rugby, CV23 9QZ, UK |
| RAW in WAR | www.rawinwar.org | Support women in conflict; work with women human rights defenders | @RAWinWAR | Free Word Centre, 60 Farrington Road, London, EC1R 3GA, UK |
| RedR UK | www.redr.org.uk | Trains humanitarian NGO workers and provides recruitment, technical and membership services to aid workers worldwide | @RedRUK | 250A Kennington La, London, SE11 5RD, UK |
| Relief International | www.ri.org | Emergency; health and sanitation; food and agriculture; education and empowerment; livelihoods and enterprise; shelter and infrastructure; protection and human rights | @ReliefIntl | 1101 14th St. NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 |
| Religions for Peace UK | www.religionsforpeace.org.uk | Works to transform violent conflict; advance human development; promote just and harmonious societies; protect the earth | @RfPUK | David Horner, 18 Little Acres, Ware, SG12 9JW, UK |
| Rift Valley Institute | www.riftvalley.net | Non-profit organisation working in Eastern and Central Africa, to advance understanding of the region and its diverse communities, connect local knowledge to social and political action, defend freedom of information and promote social justice. Programmes include action-oriented research, field-based training, digital archives, distance learning and open-access publishing | @RVInews | 26 St Lukes Mews, London W11 1DF |
| Right to Play UK | www.righttoplay.org.uk | Community building through sports and play; training and facilitating | @RightToPlay_UK | 17-19 Oval Way, London, SE11 5RR, UK |
| Rights Watch UK | www.rwuk.org | Working to draw on lessons of Northern Ireland to promote, protect and monitor human rights in the context of UK engagement in conflict and counter terrorism measures | @rightswatchuk | Rights Watch (UK) 32-36 Loman Street London, SE10EH UK |
| Rising Global Peace Forum - Coventry University | www.coventry.ac.uk/research/areas-of-research/trust-peace-social-relations/rising/about-rising/ | Yearly forum on peace and conflict | @RisingForum | Coventry, UK |
| Royal Society of Medicine - Catastrophe and Conflict Forum | www.rsm.ac.uk/sections/sections-and-networks-list/catastrophes-conflict-forum.aspx | Create an international forum for humanitarian aid workers of all skills and specialities; provide a platform for meeting, networking and exchanging experiences in a neutral environment; teaching, training and education in the humanitarian field; raise the awareness and profile of humanitarian aid and facilitate and encourage research and publication of humanitarian activities in open and peer review literature | @ROYSOCMED | 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, UK |
| RTC - Responding to Conflict | www.steps-for-peace.org/links/responding-to-conflict-rtc-birmingham-uk/ | Support; advise; train conflict transformation | @RespondRTC | Responding to Conflict, 1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham, B29 6LJ, UK |
| Safe World for Women | www.asafeworldforwomen.org | Bringing together women from different cultures and backgrounds to address roots and causes of conflict, poverty, and hardship | @safeworld4women | Dalton House 60, Windsor Avenue, London, SW19 2RR, UK |
| Saferworld | www.saferworld.org.uk | Preventing violent conflict; building safer lives | @saferworld | The Gravestone Centre, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, UK |
| Search For Common Group | www.sfcg.org | Conflict sensitivity; natural resource conflicts; DDR & SSR; reconciliation; gender equality; refugee and IDP; governance; sexual and gender based violence; interfaith cooperation; violent extremism | @SFCG_ | 1601 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC, 20009, USA |
| Soroptimist International | www.soroptimistinternational.org | Violence against women; safe sanitation; displacement; education; leadership | @SoroptiTweet | 87 Glisson Road Cambridge CB1 2HG UK |
| Stockholm International Peace Research Institute | www.sipri.org | Regional and global security; armed conflict and conflict management; military spending and armaments; arms control; disarmament and non-proliferation | @SIPRIorg | Signalistgatan 9, SE-169 70 Solna, Sweden |
| Swiss Peace | www.swisspeace.ch | Mediation; dealing with the past; statehood; analysis and impact; business and peace; gender | @swisspeace | Sonnenbergstrasse 17 P.O. Box CH-3000 Bern 7 |
| TAPOL | www.tapol.org | Promoting human rights; peace and democracy in Indonesia | @TapolUK | 86 Durham Road, London, N7 7DT, UK |
| The Elders | www.theelders.org | Work for peace, poverty eradication, a sustainable planet, justice and human rights worldwide | @TheElders | The Elders Foundation 149 Hammersmith Road London W14 0QL, UK |
| Three Faiths Forum | www.faithbeliefforum.org/ | Building good relations between different faiths | @threefaiths | 3FF Star House 104 Grafton Road, London, NW5 4BA, UK |
| TIDES Training & Consultancy | www.tidestraining.org | An ethically based non-profit company which offers conflict management, community relations and mediation training | @tidestraining | Duncairn Complex, Duncairn Ave Belfast, BT14 6BP, UK |
| TransConflict | www.transconflict.com | Conflict not as an isolated event, but an integral part of the transformation of societal relationships. Transconflict endeavours to respond to the changing social, regional and international context and their implications for the dynamics of conflict | @TransConflict | 40 MORECAMBE ROAD MORECAMBE, LA3 3AD United Kingdom |
| Volunteer Action for Peace | www.vap.org.uk | Creating and preserving international peace, justice and human solidarity for people and their communities | @action_peace | 16 Overhill Road, East Dulwich, London SE22 0PH, UK |
| War Child | www.warchild.org.uk | Working to improve situation for children in/after conflict | @WarChildUK | Linton House, 39-51 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1RT, UK |
| Well Grounded | www.well-grounded.org | Provide organisation development support to civil society organisations in Africa so they have real and sustainable impacts on natural resource governance and community rights. We also promote change by connecting organisations to build a strong civil society voice | @wellgroundedOD | Well Grounded,The Hub, 5 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NQ, UK |
| Widows for Peace through Democracy | www.widowsforpeace.org | Protection of women in conflict; participation in conflict resolution processes; justice and human rights | 36 Faroe Road Shepherds Bush London W14 0EP United Kingdom | |
| Womankind | www.womankind.org.uk | Women’s rights; human rights; support and training | @woman_kind | Development House, 2nd Floor 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4LT, UK |
| Women for Women International UK | www.womenforwomen.org.uk | Work with women in 8 countries; offering support, tools and access to life-changing skills to move from crisis and poverty to stability and economic self-sufficiency | @womenforwomenUK | London, UK |
| Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) UK | www.wilpf.org.uk | Women; peace; security; human rights; disarmament; environment; extremism; crisis response | @UKWILPF | UK WILPF 52-54 Featherstone Street London EC1Y 8RT, UK |
| WYSE International | www.wyse-ngo.org | An international charity providing education and training to emerging leaders, supporting them to make the world a better place | @wysengo | 6 Cotleigh Road NW6 2NP London, UK |
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