B01 A Proposal for a European Peace Programme for the Middle East and Mediterranean
Room: Greek Observatory of International Organisations and Globalisation (PADOP) in cooperation with a Greek affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) It is primarily important to discuss and act for a eliminating the roots of … Continue reading →
B01 Outcome Workshop A Proposal for a European Peace Programme for the Middle East and Mediterranean
IPPNW published the Proposal for a European Peace Programme for the Middle East and Mediterranean http://ippnwgr.blogspot.de/2016/10/a-proposal-for-european-peace-programme.html?m=1&_utm_source=1-2-2 … Continue reading →
B02 Arms Transfers and Gender-based Violence: Human rights beyond borders
Room: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) The panel aims at presenting a gendered perspective on the irresponsible arms trade by providing examples of how violations of Article 7(4) of the ATT negatively affect human rights. It also … Continue reading →
B03 Conflicts in East Asia
Room: Independent and Peaceful Australia Network In few regions is the shift in geo-political power as evident as East Asia and the Western Pacific. The dominant feature is the rise of China and its challenge to US hegemony in the … Continue reading →
B03 Outcome Workshop Conflicts in East Asia
Current situation on the Korean Peninsula and the Plan of South Korean Peace Movement Read the statement script_ipb_conflictsonea_20161002_sooyoung.pdf Sooyoung Hwang Coordinator, Peace and International Solidarity Team People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) Here follows is here presentation. Here are some … Continue reading →
B04 Climate of Peace and Media
Room: International Peace Bureau (IPB) If the peace issues don’t get into the news, don’t get enough coverage, is it only the fault of journalists? Is it solely a matter of censorship? Shouldn’t we blame ourselves for not giving the … Continue reading →
B05 Experience Workshop: The contact with the best of yourself as the way to reach peace and understanding
Room: Silos Message Berlin It is not a conference or theoretical explanation venue. The workshop focuses on the connection between the personal attitude and its impact in the world. The workshop invites to experience and includes personal reflection and exchange. … Continue reading →
B06 Disarmament Education: Imperative for Peace
Room: International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) Explore role of peace and disarmament education in the transformation of society toward a peaceful culture by being engaged in a process of reflection and discussion on: What has been learned during the … Continue reading →
B07 Global Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS) – the Future of the Campaign
Room: International Peace Bureau (IPB) Exchange experiences and ideas for the further development of the Campaign. We shall address questions such as: How to develop a parliamentary network? How to build national coalitions? What can be done in the field … Continue reading →
B07 Workshop Presentation Global Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS) – the Future of the Campaign
Campaigning in Australia around Military spending. Ross Gwyther, Just Peace (Queensland, Australia), Independent and Peaceful Australia Network Download the presentation: jp-presentation-on-military-spending-to-ipb-conference-2016.pdf … Continue reading →
B07 Workshop Report Global Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS) – the Future of the Campaign
Military Spending Panel report. Ross Gwyther (IPAN, Australia) I am sure Colin will be writing up a report from our panel discussion, so I have just written up a short summary of my presentation as part of the panel. I … Continue reading →
B08 Global Missile Defense and Weapons in Space
Room: INES (International Network of Engineers and Scientists) One of the major points of contention is the U.S. deployment of missile defense systems surrounding Russia in the name of countering the “threat” from Iran and North Korea. Also, the US … Continue reading →
B09 Growing a Local Peace Economy
Room: CODEPINK Every transaction we make in our daily lives ultimately contributes toward building a peace or a war economy, a world of compassion and well-being, or a world of indifference and violence. The peace economy model encourages us to … Continue reading →
B10 How to Protect Civilians by Nonviolent Means: Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping
Room: Bund für Soziale Verteidigung (BSV) (Federation for Social Defence) It is a common assumption that only armed military or police can do the work of peacekeeping and protecting civilians in times of violent conflict. However unarmed civilians have been … Continue reading →
B11 Internet & Social Media for Peace
Room: Better World Links The internet is the most powerful tool humanity has ever known for connecting people and spreading ideas across the globe. Open communication, dialogue and discussion are fundamental pillars of any effective peace process, whilst global movements … Continue reading →
B12 Less money for weapons, more funds for Peace Economics!
Room: Rete Italiana per il Disarmo (Italian Network on Disarmament) and European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) Workshop will underline problems linked to the increasing military spending for weapons procurement. We will show how money devoted to Armies is a … Continue reading →
B13 Let´s make foreign policy to an activity of us citizens ourselves, for peace, social justice and human rights!
Room: Initiative Black & White To use our democratic rights and organize in the constituencies in forums. To organize majorities for fair international relations and world-inner-policy (global governance) and on this base occupy the parliaments with representatives, who stand for … Continue reading →
B14 Islamophobia, Refugees and the United States
Room: Muslim Peace Fellowship Description of Panel: Islamophobia, or fear-mongering based on anti-Muslim hate, is a prevailing characteristic of American culture. Its impact is devastating as significant portions of the public are moved to embrace a fascist world rather than … Continue reading →
B15 NATO and Militarization – Mobilizing for the next NATO Summit in Brussels 2017
Room: H 2032 International Network No to War – No to NATO The next NATO summit was announced to take place in 2017 in Brussels where a new headquarters is being built. Since 2009 there have been diverse actions of … Continue reading →
B15 Workshop Outcome NATO and Militarization – Mobilizing for the next NATO Summit in Brussels 2017
Statement of the NATO and Militarization workshop at IPB Congress The next NATO summit will take place in Brussels in 2017 and will also be used to inaugurate the new NATO HQ building. NATO is now, more than ever, a … Continue reading →
B16 OurEarth Summit 2020
Room: MA 648 Our Earth OurEarth Summit 2020 is a call for action to link Earth Repair Issues with Effective Solution Providers using Military Resources to accept and manage the role of working for the health of the whole planet. … Continue reading →
B17 Promoting a Culture of Peace
Room: MA 143 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Ghana, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Norway, Norwegian Peace Council WILPF Ghana will describe project about Educating for Peace of students on active listening, dialogue, mediation, … Continue reading →
B18 Skills Building for Conflict Resolution
Room: MA 651 West Africa Center for Peace Foundation (WACPF) West Africa Centre for Peace Foundation (WACPF) is a non-governmental organization that serves the youth in schools and communities through education on human rights, leadership trainings, and peace building in … Continue reading →
B19 The Politics of a Peace Department
Room: MA 742 Norwegian Peace Association and WILPF Norway Peace in a process. What must be done to have peace and nonviolence as part of local, regional and international culture of conflict resolution? In this workshop some of the methods … Continue reading →
B20 Taxes for Peace not War – Winning the Human Right not to Pay for War
Room: MA 848 Conscience and Peace Tax International (CPTI) The panel consists of war tax resisters and peace tax campaigners, who have a conscientious objection to pay for war. Coming from worldwide national organizations, they belong to CPTI which has … Continue reading →
B21 Non-violent Conflict Resolution in a Group Setting
Room: MA 744 International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) UN, EU and governments send civilians to conflict zones to alleviate and mitigate disputes. Instead of violence better to listen to the feelings and needs of the opponents in order to restore … Continue reading →
B22 The Refugee Crisis is not Gender Neutral: What can we do?
Room: MA 144 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Norway, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Denmark This workshop on Sunday will be a follow up of the Saturday workshop titled (“In-)visible, (in-)secure, (in-)dependent.-the future through … Continue reading →
B23 Turkey’s Internal War and External Aggression (Strategy)
Room: MA 751 IG Metall, HDP/HDK Berlin (Halkların Demokratik Kongresi (HDK) – Peoples’ Democratic Congress / Halklarin Demokratik Partisi (HDP) – Peoples’ Democratic Party) Turkey is waging a brutal war against its own citizens. It is not only targeting Kurds, … Continue reading →
B24 Women – Food Security – Conflict and Peace
Room: MA 141 WUNRN-Women’s UN Report Network Food is a basic human right, guaranteed by international law. States must reaffirm the obligations they have assumed in International Humanitarian Law, as parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols, … Continue reading →