The Alert Unit on conflicts, human rights and peace building of the Escola de Cultura de Pau, a structure of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona provides a daily monitoring and analysis on armed conflicts, situations of tension, peace processes, post conflict rehabilitation, humanitarian crisis, disarmament, human rights and international humanitarian law, development, gender and peace building. The objective is to inform public opinion, NGOs, national and regional governments on the world situation with indicators on conflict, peace and human rights.

This new monthly newsletter is an interesting tool that aims at facilitating the understanding of the international conflict situations. The first part contains the most relevant news of the month, related to armed conflicts and peace-building classified in three sections (worsening, alert and progress). The second part elaborates on one of the news that might not have enjoyed enough visibility in the media. The third section presents articles, reports and press releases prepared by the Alert Unit. Finally, the fourth section contains a brief agenda with some of the events that will take place in the following month.