Agenda
Next activities
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[02/03/2011]
Session: Analysis Tools: World Social Forum, Dakar 2011
The event will start with an introduction by Jordi Calvo on the role of the WSF in a context of crisis and declines in social rights. Esther Vivas (Revolta Global), Ricard Vilaregut (Ciemen), Eulàlia Reguant (Justícia i Pau), Tica Font (ICIP) and Luis Blanco (IAC) will give their opinions on the outlook for Dakar 2011. The session will be chaired and moderated by Rafael Grasa, President of the ICIP.
All participants attended the activities of the World Social Forum held in Dakar, Senegal.
The event will take place on Monday, 2 March, from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm, in the Sala d’actes of the Col•legi de Periodistes de Catalunya.
Please confirm attendance by telephoning 93 554 42 82 or e-mailing activitats.icip@gencat.cat. Limited places available.
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[24/02/2011]
World Social Forum: What happens after Dakar?
Projection of a video and assessment and debate of the future of the Dakar 2011 World Social Forum, with participants.
Espai jove La Fontana. Gran de Gràcia, 190. 7 pm.
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[23/02/2011]
ESCOLTA Performance Project
The first performance of the Escolta project will take place at the ICIP headquarters on 23 February. Escolta is a public and participatory art project led by Josep Asunción and Gemma Guasch, which will take place at the ICIP throughout 2011, with a series of artistic initiatives aimed at provoking reflection as well as providing an experience based on listening as a condition for peace.
At the ICIP offices, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 658, baixos. 7 pm
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[16/02/2011]
Presentation of the book "Pau Casals, writings and speeches: peace, peace, peace forever!" by Josep Maria Figueres
Those participating in the presentation are Arcadi Oliveres, President of the International University of Peace, Rafael Grasa, president of the ICIP; Núria Ballester, director of the Vil·la Pau Casals Museum; Joan Franquesa, president of Òmnium-Sant Cugat, and Josep M. Figueres, the author of the book.
The book "Pau Casals, writings and speeches: peace, peace, peace forever!" is is a joint publication by the ICIP and Angle Editorial, and is part of the "Peace and Non-Violence Classics" collection.
Abacus Sant Cugat Store. C/ de la Torre, 6 Sant Cugat del Vallès. 19.30 h
Historic of activities
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[14/02/2011]
Conflicts in the Mediterranean: What role does the religious factor play?
As part of the season of "Mediterranean Debates", the session aims to assess the relationship between religion and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa based on recent academic studies of the subject. The objective is to analyse the influence of religion in violent conflicts in the region.
Sala d'actes de l'IEMED. C/ Girona 20, de Barcelona. 16 h
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[04/02/2011]
Lecture on Côte d'Ivoire by Albert Caramés of the ONUCI and an ICIP collaborator
Caramés will discuss the war that began in 2002 and in particular, the situation since the second round of the elections which took place on 28 November 2010, which has led to tension in Côte d'Ivoire. The investitures of both candidates, Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara, have received support from various international bodies based on the many economic intererests within the country. What is the best solution for a future for peace and stable development in Côte d'Ivoire? What is the best way of finding a mediation that ensures peace?.
The event will take place at the Centro Cultural Collblanc-La Torrassa. C/ Virgen de los Desamparados, 87, in L'Hospitalet.
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[29/01/2011]
Exhibition: “Palabras descalzas. Mujeres haciendo paz” [Barefoot words. Women making peace] and the premiere of the documentary “Om Mohammad” in Olot
Olot will be the first town where the documentary "Om Mohamed. La madre de Mohamed" [Om Mohammad. The mother of Mohammad] will be shown. The film focuses on the everyday life of a woman in Gaza. The projection will be accompanied by the photograph exhibition “Palabras descalzas. Mujeres haciendo paz” [Barefoot words. Women making peace] by Dani Lagartofernández. The two projects, both produced by the ICIP, aim to raise the profile of the mediating role of women in conflicts.
The event on the 29th will begin at 6:30 pm, with a guided visit to the exhibition, which is located opposite the Town Hall. The documentary will be shown at 7 pm in the Casal Marià in Olot, and will be followed by a talk by the director, Dani Lagartofernández, and Mohamed Rujailah, the son of the documentary's central figure. It will be presented by Veva Ruiz, the councillor responsible for cooperation in Olot, and Elena Grau, the ICIP's head of training and dissemination.
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[26/01/2011]
School Day of Non-violence and Peace: presentation of the book by Pau Casals
Wednesday 26 January sees the presentation in Barcelona of the book “Pau Casals, writings and speeches: peace, peace, peace forever!” This book, published jointly by the ICIP and Angle Editorial, is part the Peace and Non-Violence Classics collection. The speakers at the event, which will commemorate the School Day of Non-violence and Peace, will be Josep Mª Carreté Nadal, general manager of the Pau Casals Foundation, Rafael Grasa, President of the ICIP, Josep Mª Figueres, the book's editor, and the philosopher Josep Maria Terricabras, who will discuss the relationship between music and peace. A video of Pau Casals’ speech to the United Nations General Assembly will be shown during the event. The presentation will begin at 6:30 pm at the Casa del Gremi de Velers, carrer Sant Pere més Alt, 1, in Barcelona.
Please confirm your attendance by e-mailing activitats.icip@gencat.cat or by telephoning 935544282
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[October-December]
Seminar: "Thinkers for peace, thoughts for making peace"
Organised jointly by the Catalan International Institute for Peace and the GREC organisation for conflict resolution, this seminar aims to highlight and disseminate the role of some key female figures in the construction of the culture of peace. During the eight sessions, the contributions of writers and thinkers including Virginia Woolf, Petra Kelly and Berta Von Suttner will be analysed. The ICIP head of Training and Dissemination, Elena Grau, will participate in the seminar. The sessions will take place from 6 October onwards in the Fontana d'Or building at carrer Ciutadans, 19, Girona.
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[15/12/2010]
Presentation of the new book by Rafael Grasa
“Fifty years of progress in research for peace. Trends and ideas for observation, research and action," is the title of new book by the UAB lecturer in international relations and president of the ICIP, Rafael Grasa. The book, published as part of the Investigación X Pau collection published by the Government of Catalonia's Office for the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights, will be presented at 6 pm on 15 December, at the ICIP headquarters (Gran Via 658, Barcelona).
Also participating will be the director of the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace at Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, Vicente García Guzmán, and the director of the Office for the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights, Xavier Badia.
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[1/12/2010]
Round table on the strategy for boycotts, disinvestments and sanctions against Israel
As part of its Just Peace and Globalisation programme, the Barcelona Youth Council (BYC) is organising a round table to debate the wisdom and effectivness of the Boycott, Disinvestments and Sanctions Strategy (BDS) against Israel. Taking part in the round table will be the president of the ICIP, Rafael Grasa; Matilde Gomis-Perez, a development cooperation professional and an expert on Palestine; Jordi Cortés, a political scientist, sociologist and expert in international cooperation, and Aritz Nafarroa, a member of the Red de Enlace con Palestina (Link Network with Palestine).
The BYC has been working in cooperation with Palestine, and with the Youth Council of the city of Nablus for some years. At a local level, it created the With Palestine at Heart Campaign in Barcelona four years ago. It has grown significantly and among its other initiatives, it organised the first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. The event will take place at 7 pm on 19 December, at the Espacio Joven La Fontana (Gran de Gràcia, 190, Barcelona).
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[26/11/2010]
Round table on militarism in the Third World
Fonollosa Town Council, in cooperation with other institutions, is organising the round table on “The Third World and Militarism,” which will include the participation of Pere Ortega, coordinator of the JM Delàs Peace Studies Centre and Tica Font, director of the ICIP, among others. 8.30 pm on 26 November, at the ACR Falso offices in Fonollosa.
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[18/11/2010]
XIII Seminar on International Humanitarian Law. Contemporary dynamics of international law.
A two-day seminar organised by the Rovira y Virgili University in Tarragona and the Red Cross, with the cooperation of the ICIP, including debates on the development and contradictions of International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law, peacekeeping operations and progress and shortcomings of the international criminal justice system in the new world order, among others. The specific case of Guantanamo will be analysed at the seminars. The seminar will take place on 18 and 19 November.
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[11/11/2010]
Talk by the plastic artist for peace and researcher Álex Carrascosa
Álex Carrascosa, who works with the Gernika Gogoratuz Peace and Art Research Centre and is the co-founder of the artivist collective ArtamugarriaK, among other groups, advocates making art a tool for dialogue based on what he calls Día-Tekhné. This concept, which is part of "artivism" - a genre of contemporary art - involves laboratory-workshops, happenings and direct action in order to move from an artistic condemnation of war to artivist promotion of peace. This personal concept is discussed in his book “Día-Tekhné. Dialogue through art”, published by Bakeaz/Gernika Gogoratuz. The talk with Carrascosa will take place at 6 pm on 11 November, at the ICIP headquarters (Gran Via 658, Barcelona).
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[11/11/2010]
Tribute to Raimon Panikkar
The event will be introduced by the Rector of the University of Lerida, Joan Viñas, and the participants include Ignasi Boada, lecturer in the Faculties of Communication Sciences and Philosophy at Ramon Llull University and the Instituto Superior de Ciencias Religiosas, which was a participant in the Academicum Seminar of the Fundación Vivarium, and who was Raimon Panikkar's secretary. The event will take place at 8 pm in the Salón de Actos of the Faculty of Arts (Facultad de Letras) of the University of Lerida, Edificio Rectorado (Plaza Víctor Siurana, 1), and is organised by the Lerida Unesco Interreligious Dialogue Group.
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[10/11/2010]
Seminar: “Catalonia-Palestine. An overview and outlook for Catalan cooperation with development and the construction of peace in the Palestinian occupied territory.”
The objective of this seminar is to take stock of the current mechanisms available to various institutional and non-governmental actors in the field of cooperation with development, humanitarian action, the construction of peace and political impact on social transformation. At the same time, it aims to contribute to an open and thorough debate on the outlook for the future, and the main challenges faced by Catalan cooperation in the Palestinian territories. The seminar is organised by the Palestina al Cor and Nova associations, in collaboration with the Catalan Agency for Cooperation and Development and ICIP, among others. It will take place on 10 November, from 9.30 am onwards, at the La Sedeta Civic Centre in Barcelona.
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[3/11/2010-5/11/2010]
Seminars: “Peace, conflict and security in Africa. New challenges and new perspectives
The seminars will look at the current security situation in Africa, including an analysis of specific cases such as Rwanda and Sierra Leone. The seminars, coordinated by Óscar Mateos, an ICIP collaborator and peace researcher, will bring together leading analysts, academics and members of civil society from Europe and Africa. These include Asma Ismail Bushara, of the Institute for the Development of Civil Society in Sudan and the G-40 Women Leaders group (G-40) from the Horn of Africa; Mohamed Salih, professor of Politics of Development at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague; Jannie Malan, member of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes; and Admore Kambudzi, Secretary of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union.
The seminars, organised by ICIP and Casa Africa in collaboration with the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), will analyse the situation of Africa's ongoing conflicts, the development of peace processes, the role of civil society and regional bodies, and the emerging role of the African Union as the African countries celebrate the 50th anniversaries of their independence. The inauguration will take place at 6 pm on 3rd November, at the CCCB.
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[3/11/2010]
Presentation in Barcelona of the Israeli-Palestinian organisation "The Parents Circle"
The NGO Parents Circle – Families Forum was created in 1995, for Palestinians and Israelis who have lost immediate family members in the conflict in the Middle East. Two members of the organisation, Mazen Faraj (Palestine) and Nir Oren (Israel), who lost their father and mother in the conflict respectively came to Barcelona on 3 November to talk about their joint work for peace. The Parents Circle transform their pain into activities and projects to foster dialogue and reconciliation.
The event was open to the public, and was organised by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the ICIP, and took place at 7.00 pm in the IEMed assembly room (C/ Girona, 20).
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[28/10/2010]
Talk: "Experiences of the peace movement in Italy and Spain”
Among those participating will be Luciana Castellina, an ex-MP in the Italian and European parliaments and activist, and Francesc Tubau, from the Aturem La Guerra Platform, together with other leading members of the Italian and Catalan peace movement.
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[19/10/2010]
Seminar on human security in Medellín, Colombia
Insecurity has been at the top of Colombia's institutional agenda in recent years. The Medellín Human Security Observatory works to ascertain and foster initiatives that ensure security, which is considered an end in itself for the construction of a social state based on the rule of law and comprehensive understanding. This area of work is the focus for the “International Human Security Workshop” in Medellín on 19 October, where the president of the ICIP, Rafael Grasa, will be among the participants. The workshop is structured in three themed panels: community initiatives to tackle insecurity, conditions and situations of insecurity, and perceptions of security policies.
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[17/10/2010]
Lecture: “Defending peace and the human rights of Palestinians and Israelis”
The well-known pacifist Meir Margalit, coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and a Jerusalem councillor for the left-wing party Meretz, will give this lecture at 7 pm on Sunday 17 October, in the Sala de Actos in Lloret de Mar Town Hall. The event is organised by the Lloret Platform for Peace collaboration with the ICIP.
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[14/10/2010]
Presentation of the documentary "Mujeres en construcción" [Women Under Construction]
“Mujeres en construcció” is a film directed by Begoña Atín and Maite Ibáñez and co-produced by Batabat and K-2000, which depicts the process of personal reconstruction among several women who have been victims of terrorist attacks. It is a story which includes aspects like receiving the news of the murder, disbelief, searching for a reason, their maternal role, lack of encouragement, their lack of plans and hopes for the future, the emptiness and loneliness they feel, and their fear, anger and powerlessness.
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[20/09/2010-08/10/2010]
Exhibition: The Srebrenica massacre - fifteen years on
The exhibition "Srebrenica. Memories of a genocide", jointly organised by the ICIP, the UB Solidarity Foundation, the UAB and the Peace and Solidarity Foundation opens on 20 September. The exhibition, with photographs by Alfonso Rodríguez, commemorates the fifteenth anniversary of the massacre of Bosnian Muslims by the Serbian army. The material is the result of a journey he made to Srebrenica last July, to coincide with the anniversary. It is open to the public until 8 October, in the lobby of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona.
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[27-29/09/2010]
Seminar "Conditions for the consolidation of peace in Côte d'Ivoire"
Experts from international organisations including the UNDP, UNESCO and the World Bank, university researchers and local authorities will analyse the outlook for the consolidation of peace in Côte d'Ivoire on three days, from 27 to 29 September, in a seminar organised by the ICIP in the country's capital, Abidjan. The President of the ICIP, Rafael Grasa, will open and close the seminar, and will participate in various sessions.
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[23-/09/2010]
Seminar: "Conflicts, Peace and Sustainability in the Mediterranean”
Organised jointly by the ICIP, the Sustainable Development Advisory Council and the IEMed. This seminar provides a thorough analysis of the link between peace, conflicts and sustainable development in the Mediterranean, based on three areas of interest: water, energy and demographic issues. Tica Font, Director of the ICIP, will participate in the opening of the seminar. Rafael Grasa, ICIP President, will give the lecture “Conflicts, sustainability and peace in the Mediterranean: the present and future trends”.
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[27-28/07/2010]
Regional conference: “Multilateralism, civil society and conflict prevention in the Americas”
The Argentinean Council for International Relations (CARI), the Regional Coordinator for Economic and Social Research (CRIES) and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) are jointly organising this regional conflict held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rafael Grasa, President of the ICIP, will contribute to the session covering "The United Nations and its agencies in America, conflict prevention and mechanisms of participation by civil society”. He will also participate in the round table focusing on "Multilateralism, citizens' diplomacy and the prevention of violence and armed conflicts within the new hemispherical relations”.
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[21-23/07/2010]
VII Culture of Peace Seminar from Andalucia: "Challenges for Peace in the Twenty-First Century"
Organised by the "Sur Clío" Research group of the University of Almería and the Andalucia Regional Government's Culture of Peace in Andalucia Excellence Project. Experiences and Challenges, the VII Culture of Peace Seminar from Andalucia on "Challenges for Peace in the Twenty-First Century" will provide training for skilled students to analyse and understand complex and interconnected situations in the present and future, providing them with resources within a contextualised framework to formulate hypotheses and transformational practical proposals. Tica Font, director of the ICIP, will contribute with the lecture: «Challenges for Civil Society and NGOs for the construction of Peace».
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[13/07/2010]
Seminar: "The fight against impunity: The outlook for the future"
The seminar will feature analysis by jurists, lawyers, and university lecturers, who due to their profession or their academic work have extensive knowledge of the work done in the fight against impunity and for the right to justice. The seminar is structured in two lecture and debate sessions which will analyse various cases related with the search for justice and the fight against impunity in the jurisdictional and judicial sphere, in Spain and internationally: Guatemala and national mechanisms for justice with the support of the United Nations; the universal jurisdiction, the Pinochet case and the Scilingo case; and justice and impunity in Central Africa.
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[06/07/2010]
Talk: "The Medellin Human Security Observatory: from criticism of the Uribe Velez governments' security policy to human security."
We will be talking to Pablo Emilio Angarita, lecturer and researcher in the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the University of Antioquia.
The event will take place at 6.00 p.m. on Tuesday 6 July, at the Hotel Petit Palace BCN (c/Roger de Lluria, 21, Barcelona.)
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[29/06/2010]
Research Seminar. Session with Laia Balcells.
Laia Balcells presents her study on National liberation movements and Marxist rebellions (1944-2004)
11.30h. Via Laietana 69, in the Sala de Reunions. Please confirm attendance by e-mailing jalcalde.icip@gencat.cat -
[18/06/2010]
Session "Il continente africano, l'economia globale e le relazioni tra i popoli".
The Fondazione Basso - Sezione Internazionale Lelio e Lisli Basso Issoco has organised a training and improvement course on The Rights of Peoples, entitled "L'Africa nella crisi economica. Dinamiche interne e relazioni internazionali". The final session of the course "Il continente africano, l'economia globale e le relazioni tra i popoli" will take place with Rafael Grasa, president of the ICIP. Palazzo Marini. Rome
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[15/06/2010]
Analysis tools: "The International Criminal Court and the review of the Statute of Rome. Conclusions"
The second session of the “Analysis Tools” season with Claudia Jiménez, professor of Public International Law at the UAB, and Antoni Pigrau, professor of Public International Law at the URV, who attended the ICC Statute international review conference in Kampala.
The event will take place on Tuesday 15 June, between 5.00 pm and 8.00 pm, in the sala d’actes of the Col•legi de Periodistes de Catalunya (Rambla de Catalunya 10. Barcelona). -
[04/06/2010]
Talk: "Breaking the silence. Israeli soldiers speak"
We will be talking about this experience with Simcha Levental and Yehuda Shaul, members of Breaking the Silence; and David Bondia, director of the Institute Catalonia of Human Rights.
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[31/05/2010 al 2/06/2010]
Preparation of the declaration on the Human Right to Peace
An International Committee for the Preparation of the declaration on the Human Right to Peace will meet in the Parliament of Catalonia between 31 May and 2 June. This meeting will be jointly organised by the ICIP and the AEDIDH. The objective is to produce the final wording of this declaration, which will be presented in public on 2 June. The writing process began in 2006, and has included contributions from organisations and individuals from all over the world. Among the members of the International Committee are Jasminka Dzumhur, the Ombudsperson of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kinhide Mujakoski, President of the Osaka International Peace Centre; Zonke Zanele Majodina, Deputy Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission; and Belela Herrera Sanguinetti, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.
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[20/05/2010]
Lecture: “Femicide, the Mexican State and international pressure”
By Andrea Medina, lawyer in the Campo Algodonero case (Ciudad Juárez, Mèxic). Other speakers: Tica Font, director of the International Catalan Institute for Peace; Xavier Giró, director of the UAB Conflict Coverage Observatory The event will take place at 7.00 pm on Thursday 20 May, in the Sala d’actes of the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya (Rambla de Catalunya, 10, pral., Barcelona).
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[19/05/2010]
Lecture: "Citizens as means: key agents in the construction of peace and citizenship"
Clemencia Rodríguez talks to NGOs about her research on the ground in Colombia, where she wrote "What we are taking away from the war” which established theoretical links between peace studies and communication for development. Tica Font, of the director ICIP, will take part in the dialogue.
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[17/05/2010]
Tools for analysis: "Nuclear weapons, peace and international policy"
The first session in the "Tools for analysis" series, with Rafael Grasa i Hernández, president of the ICIP and lecturer in International Relations at the UAB, who will be present as an observer at the initial sessions of the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which will be held in New York in May. The session will take between 5.00 pm and 8.00 pm, at the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya (Rambla de Catalunya, 10. Barcelona). Please confirm attendance by telephoning 93 554 42 70 or e-mailing activitats.icip@gencat.cat
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[22-26/04/2010]
XX Gernika Culture and Peace International Seminars
The seminars are entitled "Recognition of individuals and groups in struggle, justice and love" and consider the various approaches used in learning forms of recognition. Rafael Grasa, president of the ICIP, will give the lecture entitled "The role of recognition in the processes of reconciliation, conflict transformation and the construction of peace. Micro views from macro perspectives".
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[13/04/2010]
Final "Manresa solidarity with Haiti" event
Tica Font, director of the International Catalan Institute for Peace, will be participating in the final event of the "Manresa solidarity with Haiti" campaign, promoted by Manresa Town Council and the Municipal Solidarity Council. The event also features the participation of Carles Soler, of Veterinarians Without Frontiers. The lecturers covered the structural causes leading to this catastrophe and the emergency projects. The aim is to use the campaign to provide support for post-emergency and reconstruction projects in the Caribbean country.
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[25/03/2010]
Talk with Mario Pianta
As part of the ICIP Debates, Mario Pianta, a professor in economics at the University of Urbina (Italy) with extensive experience in the Italian peace movement, looks at the subject of "The impact of the economic crisis and military expenditure in the countries of the South”.
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[09/03/2010]
Round table: "Combatants for peace: changing arms for dialogue in the Israel-Palestine conflict"
The ICIP and the IEMED are organising the round table presenting the organisation Combatants for Peace, featuring the participation of two of its members, the Israeli Giti Bar-El and the Palestinian Rasha Alazza, which will be entitled “Fighting together for peace and justice: changing arms for words and commitment”. Tica Font, director of the ICIP, and Lurdes Vidal of the IEMED will also be participating.
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[16/03/2010]
Research Seminar. Session with Alejandro Pozo
Alejandro Pozo presents the paper "Global wars. A Critical Approach to the So Called New Wars and a Review of the Global Factors of Armed Conflicts".
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[04-05/03/2010]
The international seminar “Measuring Peace: Initiatives, limitations and proposals”
The main objective of the seminar organised by the ICIP is to bring together various people and organisations from around the world that have tried to measure the various components of peace or considered how to do it, to debate some of the limitations and challenges that this task entails, and to try and obtain some conclusions and make some proposals in terms of the path to be followed when seeking synergies.
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[03/03/2010]
Lecture by Meir Margalit
The Co-ordinator of the NGO Solidàries and the International Catalan Institute for Peace are organising the lecture “Jerusalem: present, past and future of a city in conflict”, by Meir Margalit, co-ordinator of the ICAHD (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions). This event will take place in the Aula Magna of the Casa de Cultura in Girona.
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[15/02/2010]
Presentation of the book Nicaragua and the FSLN (1979-2009). What is left of the revolution?
As part of the ICIP Debates, a talk with Salvador Martí i Puig, lecturer at the University of Salamanca and an expert on Latin America, who co-ordinated the publication of the book with David Close.
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[04/02/2010]
Research Seminar. Session with Alberto Fernández
Alberto Fernández presents the paper "Living in the Wrong Neighborhood: State Failure and its Implications for Neighboring Countries. Cases from Liberia and Afghanistan".
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[29/01/2010]
Round table: “Gandhi: non-violence and the new faces of violence and injustice”
Part of the School Day of Non-violence and Peace, with the participation of Alfons Banda, president of the Fundació per la Pau and member of the ICIP Board; Rubén Campos, lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid and an expert on non-violence, and Rafael Grasa, president of the ICIP.
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[26/01/2010]
Presentation of the book: 1325 women weaving peace
Part of the ICIP Debates, with the participation of Manuela Mesa, co-ordinator of the book and director of CEIPAZ; two of the book's authors, Maria Villellas and Ana Schulz; and Tica Font, ICIP Director and one of the 70 women described in the book for their contribution to working for peace.
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[21/01/2010]
Breakfast talk with Caddy Adzuba
The problem of information on sexual violence against women in armed conflicts. The case of Kivu, with Caddy Adzuba, a Congolese journalist and founder member of the Network “Un haut-parleur pour le silence”.
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[02/12/2009]
Lecture: “The challenge of constructing peace”
With Mario Sznajder (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem); Bichara Khader (Université Catholique de Louvain); Lily Traubmann (Women in Black); and Arabya Mansour (Coalition of Women for Peace). This lecture is part of the International Seminar: Seeking solutions to the Palestine – Israel conflict.
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[01/12/2009]
Lecture: “Other voices from Gaza”
With Eyad el-Sarraj (Palestinian Independent Commission for Citizens' Rights and the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme); Mahmoud Daher (World Health Organisation, Gaza); Raji Sourani (Palestinian Center for Human Rights); Natasha Khalidi (Jerusalem Center for Women); John Ging (Head of the United Nation's Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza); Michael Robin Bailey (Jerusalem Office, Oxfam) ; Alfonso Verdú (Doctors without Borders); and Hossam Almadhoun (Action Against Hunger, Gaza). This lecture is part of the International Seminar: Seeking solutions to the Palestine – Israel conflict.
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[30/11/2009]
Lecture: “Difficulties in resolving conflict: Camp David and beyond”
With Shlomo Ben-Ami (Head of the Israeli negotiating team at Camp David); Omar B. Dejani (Palestinian legal advisor during the Camp David talks); Alberto Spektorowski (a member of Shlomo Ben-Ami's strategic support team); and Hussein Agha (writer and expert on Camp David). This lecture is part of the International Seminar: Seeking solutions to the Palestine – Israel conflict.
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[30/11/2009 – 02/12/2009]
International Seminar: Seeking solutions to the Palestine – Israel conflict
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[25/11/2009]
Research Seminar. Session with Roger Suso
Roger Suso presents the paper "Territorial Autonomy and Self-Determination Conflicts. Opportunity and Willingness. Cases from Bolivia, Niger, and Thailand"
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[23/11/2009]
Breakfast talk with Thomas Nash
Part of the ICIP Debates. Thomas Nash, co-ordinator of the international coalition of NGOs against cluster bombs, looks at the subject “Breakthroughs in disarmament and human security: a review and perspectives”
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[16/11/2009]
Lecture: “Another vision of conflict: the experience of the external observer”.
With Tomàs Alcoverro, jounrlaist at La Vanguardia; Joan Roura, TV3 journalist; and Ferran Sales, journalist at El País. This lecture is part of the “Palestine-Israel Dialogue: seeking answers to the conflict” series of events.
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[13-14/11/2009]
Peace Movement Seminars
The aim of the meeting is to jointly consider the current state and future challenges of the peace movement, both in Spain and internationally. The inaugural lecture, “We can make peaces”, is by Vicent Martínez Guzmán, director of the Philosophy for Peace Chair at Universitat Jaume I in Castellón.
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[09-13/11/2009]
Course: “Indigenous Peoples and the Construction of Peace: a collection of best practices”.
The Office for the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights of the Government of Catalonia, the United Nations Staff College, and the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) are organising the course "Indigenous Peoples and the Construction of Peace: a collection of best practices.” This workshop is for thirty participants and is aimed at personnel of the UNO, the Catalan government, academic staff and personnel in organisations of civil society, and will analyse the experience of countries such as Bolivia, the Philippines, Guatemala, Peru and Kenya.
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[02/11/2009]
Lecture: “The costs of conflict: human, social, economic...”
With Benjamin Barthe, journalist at L’Express and Le Monde; and Mahmoud Daher, World Health Organisation. This lecture is part of the “Palestine-Israel Dialogue: seeking answers to the conflict” series of events.
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[26/10/2009]
Research Seminar. Session with Pol Morillas
Pol Morillas presents the paper "Hezbollah's Identities and their Relevance for Cultural and Religious IR".
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[22/10/2009]
XII Seminar on International Humanitarian Law
The objective of this Seminar, which is jointly organised by the Tarragona Red Cross, Rovira i Virgili University and the International Catalan Institute for Peace, is to analyse the history of the International Criminal Court, created by the Statute adopted at Conference of Rome in July 1998, and the outlook for its review.
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[19/10/2009]
Lecture: “The Palestinian – Israel conflict: roots and devolopment”
With Avi Shlaim, professor at Oxford University; and Yezid Sayigh, Professor of Middle East Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. This lecture is part of the “Palestine-Israel Dialogue: seeking answers to the conflict” series of events.
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[17/10/2009]
Seminar: “Documentaries on the femicide in Ciudad Juarez"
This Seminar is organised by the Office for the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights of the Government of Catalonia, the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP), the Conflict Coverage Observatory and Schools and the Col•legi de Periodistes de Catalunya.
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[07/10/2009]
Dinner and talk with Carlos Castresana
As part of the ICIP Debates, Carlos Castresana, the United Nations commissioner and president of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) will discuss "The fight against impunity: a review and perspectives”.
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[21/09/2009]
Celebration of International Peace Day
A reading of the institutional declaration of the ICIP by its president, Rafael Grasa, and presentation of the first materials published by the Institute. Afterwards, in the street, there will be a performance and reading of quotes on peace by various public figures.
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[09/07/2009]
Presentation of the ICIP's Strategic plan.
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[06/07/2009]
The Barcelona Forum on Decentralisation Governance and Conflict Prevention
The Office for the Promotion of Peace and Human Rights of the Government of Catalonia, the United Nations Staff College, and the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) are organising the Forum for Decentralised Governance and conflict prevention. This is a forum for debate aimed at personnel of the UNO, the Catalan government, academic staff and personnel in organisations of civil society, and will analyse experiences in order to identify good and bad practices in this area, analyse how a policy of decentralisation can contribute to preventing conflict and resolving difficult juxtapositions of cultural conditions in broader political terms.
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[03/07/2009]
Opening of the headquarters of the International Catalan Institute for Peace.
The minister of Home Affairs. Institutional Relations and Participation, Joan Saura, and the President of the Parliament of Catalonia, Ernest Benach, will open the headquarters of the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) in Gran Via in Barcelona, accompanied by the ICIP president, Rafael Grasa. The members of the ICIP Board of Governors and the director, Tica Font, will also be participating.