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Roundtable & Book Launch
Monday
19
December
MissingaPieceforpeace

"A Missing Peace for Peace", Bringing together the Right to Peace and Freedom of Conscientious Objection to Military Service

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Salle S8, Interpétale, Maison de la paix, Geneva

Join the hybrid roundtable and book launch on  "A Missing Peace for Peace", Bringing together the Right to Peace and Freedom of Conscientious Objection to Military Service. The event is taking place on the of the anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Peace to discuss the right to peace and freedom of conscientious objection to military service.

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Welcome and introduction by Dr. Annyssa Bellal, Executive Coordinator, Geneva Peacebuilding Platform and Senior Researcher, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) at the Geneva Graduate Institute

Opening Statements by H.E. Gordan Markotić, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations Office in Geneva, and H.E. David Fernández Puyana, Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the University for Peace to the United Nations Office in Geneva.

Roundtable Discussion

  • Ms. Rachel Brett, former representative at Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva
  • Dr. Maria Mercedes Rossi, Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII
  • Mr. Derek Brett, Conscience and Peace Tax International
  • Dr. Ibrahim Salama, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Right

The Questions and Answers will be moderated by Dr. Michael Wiener, former Senior Fellow in Residence at the Geneva Graduate Institute.