The Human Rights & Peace Centre (HURIPEC) at Makerere University and the Liu Institute in Canada intended to study the causes of the the conflict and to recommend ways in which civil society interventions in the conflict could be further strengthened. They also hoped to develop information that would be useful in ending the abduction of children. The study concludes that the conflict will not end without action by the international community and the African Union. The purpose of international involvement would be to establish a dialogue leading to a ceasefire and a buffer zone between the LRA forces and the govenrment. The study propose four elements that would be key to ending the conflict: international involvement, a national reconcillation conference, economic and social rehabilitation and community reconcilation.