Conference "Violence and Sustainable Conflict Solutions in Latin America"

Colombian ambassador discusses violence in Latin Americawith the church and politicians at the academy
Topic is violence in Latin America

The Ambassador of Colombia, Hans-Peter Knudsen Quevedo, is coming to the Latin America conference at the Evangelical Academy Hofgeismar, as are Danuta Sacher (Head of the Latin America Department at Bread for the World) and human rights politician Tom Koenigs (Alliance 90/The Greens). The conference "Violence and Sustainable Conflict Resolution in Latin America" from Friday, 11 to Sunday, 13 January, aims to discuss development policy solutions for overcoming violence in Latin America with representatives from academia, politics and church and civil society organizations. The examples of Mexico and Colombia in particular will be used to show what role state violence, the reactions of resistance movements and culture play and how they jeopardize sustainable development according to UN standards (SDG).

Lecture: Church and politics in conversation about the peace process in Colombia at a crossroads

Ambassador Knudsen Quevedo, Danuta Sacher and Tom Koenigs will discuss the peace process in Colombia on Saturday from 7.30 pm in the Synodal Hall of the Protestant Conference Center. The panel discussion will be moderated by Prof. Dr. Stefan Peters, Director of the Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz (CAPAZ) at the University of Giessen, which is also involved in the event, as is the University of Kassel with Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, Director of the Latin America Center CELA. Free participation in the panel discussion is still possible; please register with the Evangelische Akademie Hofgeismar on 05671/881-122 and ev.akademie.hofgeismar[at]ekkw[dot]de. Registration for the entire conference is only possible after consultation.

Conference program at: https://www.akademie-hofgeismar.de/programm/detailansicht.php?category=0&exnr=19159