The metamorphosis of peacemaking /Jacques Faget -- Historical contribution to the ethical and methodological principles of mediation / Manel Canyameres and Anne Catherine Salberg -- Human rights and mediation : a much discussed but not resolved relationship : views on international cooperation / Viola Boelscher -- The poer of powerlessness : religious actors' peaceful mediation in the Basque conflict / Xabier Itçaina -- From 'charity' to 'mediation', from the Roman suburbs to UNESCO : the rise of the 'peace brokers' of the community of Sant'Egidio / Pierre Anouilh -- The Catholic Church as mediator in the Chiapas conflict / Pilar Gil Tébar -- Management of violence and mediation practices at urban interfaces in Northern Ireland / Elise Féron -- A bridge to lasting peace : post-conflict reconciliation and mediation in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo / Aurélien Colson and Alain Pekar Lempereur -- Traditional approaches and their relevance to coping with contemporary conflicts : experiences from a border region in Africa / Monika M. Sommer.