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This report presents the main lessons learned from a policy debate among high-level mediators and policy experts on the challenges to international engagement with proscribed armed groups in peace processes and the implications of antiterrorism laws and regulations for mediators and negotiating political settlements. The workshop was organized jointly by the United States Institute of Peace (Washington, D.C.), Conciliation Resources (London), Berghof Peace Support (Berlin), and the HD Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (Geneva). These organizations are part of the recently created Mediation Support Network, a forum for discussions and information exchange related to the provision of process-oriented and thematic advice to peace processes.