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Elizabeth Solomon

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Geographical Region
Africa, Europe, The Americas, The Caribbean

Elizabeth Solomon

Elizabeth Solomon is an Industrial Court Judge and an experienced mediator in a wide variety of political, post-conflict and commercial contexts around the world. She is a Director of the Mediation Board of Trinidad & Tobago, former Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution Centre and the Caribbean Centre for Human Rights and then Founder of Dialogue Solutions. Elizabeth had a full career in journalism before joining the United Nations, spending the next 20 years as a conflict prevention and peacebuilding practitioner in various conflict contexts, including in the role of Deputy Co-ordinator of the UN Good Offices team in Cyprus. Elizabeth’s work has focused on design and implementation of social cohesion and inclusive peacebuilding processes and in supporting local efforts to build resilient democratic national institutions in Kosovo, Bosnia, Somalia and Sierra Leone. Her work on human rights and development stretches from The Netherlands to Brazil, India and Guyana.

Context expertise
Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Kosovo, Bosnia, CARICOM, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Cyprus
Experience of mediation
Regional, International, National
Languages
English
Technical Skill
Working with civil society, Working with governments who are conflict parties, Working with women, Working with youth, Establishing or advising state peace ministries, Violence prevention interventions, Engaging religious communities on social cohesion, Alternative dispute resolution, Digital facilitation and dialogues, Gender budgeting and gender markers, Large scale logistics, Drafting agreements, Policy formation support, Inclusive process design techniques, Multi-track processes, Problem solving workshops, Shuttle diplomacy, Conflict analysis, Political economy analysis
Thematic Knowledge
Transitional justice, Women, peace and security, Youth, peace and security, Constitutions, Federalism and other governance models, Gang violence, Gender inclusion and perspectives, International human rights and humanitarian law, Power-sharing arrangements, Self-determination