Infrastructures de paix: Ouest ivoirien, se réinventer pour la paix
Pendant la crise politico-militaire en Côte d’Ivoire, le District des Montagnes, à l’ouest du pays, était particulièrement affecté, faisant face à une absence flagrante d’autorité – tant étatique que coutumière. En réponse, des Comités de Paix menés par les communautés ont été mis en place principalement à l’initiative des ONGs afin de servir comme [...]
IPAT – 5th Anniversary
This month, we celebrate IPAT’s 5th Anniversary! Interpeace’s Advisory Team – IPAT, was created to provide advising, training, and accompaniment to enchance the capacity of organizations, teams and individuals to engage effectively in their peacebuilding roles. In this video, President of Interpeace, Scott Weber, interviews Martina Zapf, Senior IPAT Manager, to learn about the [...]
Guatemala: For Memory, Against Impunity
Published: March 18, 2019
Interview via Skype with Guatemala’s first female Attorney General, Claudia Paz y Paz, begins in minute 2:36. Panel event “Guatemala: For Memory, Against Impunity,” presented at the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) on March 17, 2019. The event was co-hosted by Interpeace, the World Organization Against Torture, Casa Allianza, the [...]
South Sudan: World’s Youngest Nation at the Crossroads to Peace
Published: March 14, 2019
Event held at the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), co-hosted by Interpeace: “South Sudan: World’s Youngest Nation at the Crossroads to Peace”. The panelists were: Forest Whitaker – Actor, Director and Founder of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative (WPDI) and Magdalena Nandege – Peacebuilding activist in South Sudan, Member [...]
The Enemy: a virtual helmet that reveals the human faces of fighters
Published: November 15, 2018
Interpeace and the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), were pleased to present in the context of the Geneva Peace Week, the virtual reality project The Enemy by Karim Ben Khelifa. The Enemy is a collective immersive experience that offers an innovative and human perspective on the realities of war and transports viewers face-to-face with [...]
Think globally, lead locally – the right partnerships for conflict prevention
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and Interpeace co-hosted a high-level side event at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 2018 – Think globally, lead locally: the right partnerships for conflict prevention. This high-level side event provided new and innovative perspectives of UN Member States, civil [...]
