International Forum in the Old Town Hall of the City of Munich on 12.2. 2016
From left: Robert Probst from Shlomo Geistreich, Nirit Sommerfeld, Markus Weingardt, Loretta Napoleoni, Clemens Ronnefeldt, Beatrix Zurek and Andi Arnold from Shlomo Geistreich.
Contributions to the 2016 International Peace Conference:
Documentation of the contributions, edited, partly shortened, and designed (not all contributions of the expert meeting are documented)
Contribution by Loretta Napoleoni, manuscript English, the actual presentation was different from this.
Moderated by Clemens Ronnefeldt on 12.2. at the International Forum
Statement by Dr. Klaus Hahnzog at the expert hearing on 13.2. 2016
Summary reports from the International Forum and the Expert Meeting
Status 15.3. 2016
Report from the Security Conference, about the demonstration and the protest chain, about the Peace Conference and the “Side-Event” on the topic “Syria – how do we end the war”, by Thomas Mohr from the association “Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz verändern e.V.”.
Broadcast of the DFG-VK Munich at Radio Lora with excerpts from the International Forum on 12.2. 2016
http://www.dfg-vk-bayern.de/muenchen/friedensforum/160307-Lora-Frieko-21016.mp3
Compilation of links to reports and video recordings of individual events and contributions:
Peace Conference Compilation of articles by Gudrun Haas:
SZ about Klaus Hahnzog:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/kaempfer-fuer-den-frieden-auf-der-anderen-seite-1.2863129
“Rödl is simply not a diplomat”:
WDR 2 Radio has also brought something:
http://www.wdr2.de/nachrichten/wdrzweinamo175340.html
this is the BR article with the incomplete information at the end of the article
http://www.br.de/nachrichten/sicherheitskonferenz-demonstration-friedenskonferenz-100.html
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Pictures from the conference and the protest chain (Facebook Bayern)by Martina Jäger:
https://www.facebook.com/Deutsche-Friedensgesellschaft-Dfg-Vk-Bayern-149160555227803/?fref=ts
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Video v. Martina Jäger of the contribution to the expert hearing by Thomas Rödl, the last half minute is missing, in which the nuclear bombs in Büchel were addressed and the demand for withdrawal from nuclear sharing was formulated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufcrkRhe4Kk&feature=youtu.be
here the transcript of the contribution
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Stephan Kroener of Peace Brigades International:
Reports and pictures from the protest chain in the Munich pedestrian zone on 13.2. 2016:
Program Status 16.1. 2016
Thursday 11.2. 2016: 19.00, DGB- House
Dr. Emilio Astuto:
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa – the BRICS countries.
Cooperation or confrontation
. Presentation and discussion.
Introduction and moderation: Thomas Rödl, German Peace Society- United War Resisters
Friday 12.2, International Forum, Old Town Hall
Loretta Napoleoni: Challenge Caliphate State. Approaches to Civil Solutions.
Markus Weingardt: Religion and Peace. Examples of peace work from religious motivation. Abstract of the article.
Nirit Sommerfeld: Reconciliation Projects in Palestine. A critical review and consideration. She is committed to ending the occupation in Palestine. In addition, it designs the cultural contribution with the
ORCHESTRA SHLOMO WITTY
Moderation: Clemens Ronnefeldt, Peace Officer of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Greeting from the City of Munich: Beatrix Zurek, City Councilor
Saturday 13.2. 10.0 a.m., DGB House
Discussion forum with the speakers of the International Forum; from 9.30 a.m. coffee, pretzels etc.
Moderation: Clemens Ronnefeldt, Peace Officer of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation
we ask for a cost contribution of 8,- €, reduced 4,- €, solidarity contribution 10,- €
Saturday 13.2. 6.30 p.m., DGB Haus (please note the early start!)
Expert meeting: Protection of human rights through prevention
Presentation and discussion of the manifesto
Greeting: DGB Region Munich
Sunday 14.2. Peace Prayer of the Religions, 11.30 a.m., St. Anna Parish Hall, St. Anna St. 19, (U 4, U5 Lehel)
Prospectus with all information and positions of the sponsoring group, as of 23.12. 2015
The speakers at the 2016 Peace Conference:
(incomplete)
Loretta Napoleoni
(b. 1955 in Rome) is an Italian journalist and political analyst. She is an expert on terrorism and its financing and has become known for calculating the size of the global terrorist economy.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Napoleoni
Loretta Napoleoni was born and raised in Rome. In the mid-1970s, she was an active member in the women’s rights movement. She came to the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University through the Fulbright Program and was a Rotary student at London School of Economics (LSE). She has an M.Phil. in Terrorism from LSE and a Masters in International Relations from SAIS.
As an economist, Napoleoni worked for various banks and international organizations in Europe and the United States of America.
In the early 1980s, she worked for the National Bank of Hungary on a project on the convertibility of the Hungarian forint into European currencies; her work became a template for the convertibility of the ruble a decade later.
Napoleoni regularly lectures on terrorist financing and advises governments on counterterrorism issues. As chair of the Group Against Terrorist Financing, she brought together heads of state from around the world at the “Club de Madrid” to develop new strategies to combat the financing of terrorist networks.
Loretta Napoleoni lives with her husband and children in London, England and Whitefish, Montana.
She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fundación Ideas para el Progreso, think tank of the Spanish Socialist Party, and she is a partner of Oxfam Italia. From 2007 to 2010, she was the director of the first Italian investigative journalism course and presented her book at Cambridge University, Judge Business School (CJBS).
The Return of the Caliphate: http://www.daserste.de/information/wissen-kultur/ttt/sendung/hr/sendung_vom_01032015-102.html
6-minute interview in English: http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=47186
For press inquiries or to arrange an interview with Loretta, please contact Federico Bastiani fedebas77@gmail.com
Markus A. Weingardt,
born 1969, Dr. rer. soc. (PhD in social sciences); political and administrative scientist, head of the Peace Division at the Global Ethic Foundation (Tübingen). Peace and conflict researcher specializing in religion and pacifism. Numerous publications, including from 2006-2008 as co-editor of the annual Peace Report of the five leading peace research institutes in Germany. Active in church and scientific committees of peace practice and peace research. Author and reviewer for various journals: Editor of the series Religion – Conflict – Peace (Nomos-Verlag). Consulting work as a coach and mediator.
Major works:
“Religion Macht Frieden” (Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 2010; out of print)
“What Builds Peace. Religious peace work: actors, examples, methods.” (Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2014)
“Why are you hitting me? Nonviolent Conflict Management in the Bible: Impulses and Encouragement” (ed., Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2015)
Article from 2008 “Religion as a Resource for Peace “: http://www.wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/seite.php?artikelID=1484
Article from 2008: http://www.compass-infodienst.de/Markus-Weingardt-Religion-Macht-Frieden-Beispiel-Ruanda.5490.0.html (excerpt from “Religion Macht Frieden”)
SWR2 radio broadcast “Crusade of the Pacifists” from 22.10.2014:
http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/swr2-forum/wie-erfolgreich-sind-religioese-friedensinitiativen-kreuzzug-der-pazifisten/-/id=660214/did=14393872/nid=660214/1gkvm6/index.html
Nirit Sommerfeld
was born in Eilat (Israel) on the Red Sea. She grew up there, in East Africa and in Germany. Acting training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Nirit works as a freelance actress and singer. She is a blogger, writes scripts and other texts, works as a speaker, director, coach, organizer and presenter in front of and behind the camera and ran her own artist agency for years. In 1998 she founded the band KLEZMORIM, with which she tours today in an expanded line-up and under the name ORCHESTRA SHLOMO GEISTREICH. For two years she was the artistic director of the Kleines Theater Haar. With the Syrian dancer Mouna Sabbagh she produced the stage project SALAM SHALOM, with which she performed in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Together with writer Linda Benedikt, she wrote the musical political revue REALITY CHECK about the Israeli reality of occupation. Since 2010, she has designed and accompanied political trips to Israel and Palestine to give people a differentiated view of the current situation in the region.
Nirit Sommerfeld has two daughters and lives with her husband and dog near Munich.
“Reconciliation projects abound in Israel/Palestine. There are very committed people on both sides. This region has the highest density of NGOs in the world. If the populations of both sides were left to each other, there would be far fewer problems. However, the wall and politics deliberately prevent people from coming together. My concern is first to end the occupation; I support two projects to that end.”
We welcome Nirit Sommerfeld at the International Munich Peace Conference 2016 on the one hand as one of the main speakers on the topic of “Reconciliation Projects in Israel/Palestine” and, on the other hand, she designs the cultural contribution of the event.
Nirit Sommerfeld performs at the Peace Conference as a trio with her ORCHESTRA SHLOMO GEISTREICH. Accompanied by Robert Probst on piano and Andi Arnold on clarinet, the Israeli-born singer sings klezmer-inspired songs about the two most important themes in life: the longing for love and the longing for peace.
More about the band at www.niritsommerfeld.com/orchester-shlomo-geistreich
Andreas Zumach
Salle de Presse 1
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Mail: zumach@taz.de
Tel. 0049/172-6172375
- Born 1954 in Cologne
- Since 1988 freelance journalist at the UN headquarters in Geneva, correspondent for “die tageszeitung” (taz) in Berlin as well as for other newspapers, radio and TV stations in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the U.S.
- in the 80s organizer of the peace demonstration in Bonn on 10.10.81 and spokesman of the nationwide coordination committee of the peace movement
- Author of several books on the UN and international conflicts (most recently February 2016 second updated edition of: “Global Chaos. Powerless UN – Has the World Organization Become Superfluous?” Rotpunkt Publishing House Zurich)
Dr. Klaus Hahnzog
hahnzog@gemeinschaftskanzlei.de
* August 7, 1936 in Stuttgart, married, two children
Klaus Hahnzog is a lawyer and politician (SPD).
He was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament and is a non-professional member of the Bavarian Constitutional Court.
Mayor (ret.)
In the honorary curate of the International Munich Peace Conference.
Curriculum vitae: Abitur 1956. 1956/60 law studies at the universities of Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich. 2nd jurist. State examination 1964. 1965/66 judicial assistant in the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice. 1966/68 Public Prosecutor. 1968/71 Research assistant at the Federal Constitutional Court under Judge Rupp v. Brünneck. 1971/73 District Judge. 1973/82 Appointed City Councilor (District Administrative Officer of the City of Munich). 1982/84 Lawyer. 1984/90 3rd mayor of the state capital Munich with focus on social affairs, environment, culture, foreigners, sports. Member of the Administrative and Legal Committee of the Bavarian Association of Cities. Since May 1990 again lawyer. 1978/90 Judge at the Bavarian Constitutional Court. Numerous publications on constitutional and administrative law. Member of the SPD since 1968. Federal Chairman of the Association of Social Democratic Lawyers (ASJ). Memberships: Board of Trustees “Förderverein für Internationale Jugendbegegnung und Gedenkstättenarbeit in Dachau e.V.”, Board of Trustees “Initiativgruppe – Interkulturelle Begegnung und Bildung e. V.”, Board of Trustees “Freunde des Sahaurischen Volkes”, Board of Trustees “Mehr Demokratie e.V.”, Board of Trustees “Humanistische Union”, Board of Directors “Forum Demokratische Linke 21 e.V. Honorary member “Weiße Rose Stiftung”, ÖTV, AWO, Verein “Freunde Giesings e. V.”, Sportverein Berufsfeuerwehr, TSV Turnerbund, DAV Sekt. Oberland.
(Status: Date of departure from the Landtag)
Reiner Brown
IALANA Headquarters
Schützenstrasse 6a
10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 20654857
Reiner Braun studied German and history as well as journalism. He has been active in the peace movement since 1981 and is involved in national and international networks and organizations. Among other things, he is on the board of the International Peace Bureau and the Natural Scientists – Initiative (NatWiss). Since 2006, Reiner Braun has been Executive Director of VDW (Association of German Scientists) and the German section of IALANA (International Lawyers against Nuclear Arms) as well as Program Director of INES.
Dr. Emilio Astuto
Born 27 September 1963
Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil
Nationalities: Italian / Brazilian / Indian
At Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS) since early January 2016,
Participation in the Executive Education Program for Public Leaders.
Since 1999: European lawyer / admitted to the Munich and Lisbon Bar Associations and the Law Society of England and Wales
Lawyer of the Brazilian Confederation of Trade Unions CSP-Conlutas and CUT
Since 2004: Lecturer in international relations and political science as well as lawyer for international trade union law, international and human rights law
Since 2010: Seminar Director for International Cooperation at the Georg-von-Vollmar Academy and Visiting Professor for International Law at the Escola Superior de Advocacia (Law School of the Bar Association of Rio de Janeiro)
Since 2011: Lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science of the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich Visiting Lecturer at the São Paulo School of Government
Since 2014: Seminar Leader for International Politics at the Bavarian Seminar for Politics
and Visiting Professor of International Law at the Escola Superior de Advocacia (Law School of the Rio de Janeiro Bar Association)
2013/2014: Honorary Coordinator of the Brazilian Federal Bar Association – Commission for International Relations for the Germany Year in Brazil.
Close cooperation with various Brazilian associations for the fight against political corruption and the NRV (German New Judges Association from Berlin)
Main topics and areas of interest:
BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) – economic world in upheaval
Drone warfare between politics, ethics and human rights
Latin America in transition
Economic policy relations of the “G2” – China and the USA
New power centers Asia and the Pacific
Transnational Corporate Politics versus Democratic State Politics?
Of the dignity and rights of man
Heidi Meinzolt
Short self-portrayal
from Heidi Meinzolt
As a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom/IFFF (www.wilpf.de), Engl. Women’s International league for peace and freedom/WILPF(www.wilpf.int.ch), a women’s peace organization since 1915, I am responsible for the representation of the German section in the international organization and deal with European politics and coordinate the Middle East work.
I am a member of the steering group of the Women’s Security Council in Germany (www.un1325.de), which focuses on the implementation of UN res 1325 – and thus the participation of women in conflict resolution and in democratic processes – and engages in national and international political lobbying with alternatives to conventional “security policy” and special attention to the gender component. Crucial to this commitment are three “Ps”: prevention, participation, and protection.
Professionally, I was a high school teacher and responsible for the supervision of several international exchange projects (in Europe and Africa) at the school.
Oliver Knabe
Managing Director | Managing Director
Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst e.V. | Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD)
Am Kölner Brett 8 | 50825 Cologne | Germany Tel +49 (221) 912732-11 | Fax +49
(221) 912732-99 http://www.forumZFD.de
Oliver Knabe has been managing director of the Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst (forumZFD) e.V. since January 2015.
After studying political science, international law and economics at the University of Bonn, he initially worked in product management at the Handelsblatt publishing group. From 2002 to 2006, Oliver Knabe was responsible for the Southeast Europe program at the Forum Civil Peace Service from Belgrade/Serbia. He then worked as a regional expert at the Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation. From
2007-2014 he worked in the team of Borovac-Knabe und Partner for companies and public institutions with a focus on Southeastern Europe and at the same time as an honorary board member of forumZFD.
Oliver Knabe is a member of the Southeast Europe Society and the Platform for Civil Conflict Transformation.
International Forum in the Old Town Hall of the City of Munich on 12.2. 2016
From left: Robert Probst from Shlomo Geistreich, Nirit Sommerfeld, Markus Weingardt, Loretta Napoleoni, Clemens Ronnefeldt, Beatrix Zurek and Andi Arnold from Shlomo Geistreich.
Contributions to the 2016 International Peace Conference:
Documentation of the contributions, edited, partly shortened, and designed (not all contributions of the expert meeting are documented)
Contribution by Loretta Napoleoni, manuscript English, the actual presentation was different from this. Translation of the English manuscript here…
Moderated by Clemens Ronnefeldt on 12.2. at the International Forum
Statement by Dr. Klaus Hahnzog at the expert hearing on 13.2. 2016
Summary reports from the International Forum and the Expert Meeting
Status 15.3. 2016
Report from the Security Conference, about the demonstration and the protest chain, about the Peace Conference and the “Side-Event” on the topic “Syria – how do we end the war”, by Thomas Mohr from the association “Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz verändern e.V.”.
Broadcast of the DFG-VK Munich at Radio Lora with excerpts from the International Forum on 12.2. 2016
http://www.dfg-vk-bayern.de/muenchen/friedensforum/160307-Lora-Frieko-21016.mp3
Compilation of links to reports and video recordings of individual events and contributions:
Peace Conference Compilation of articles by Gudrun Haas:
SZ about Klaus Hahnzog:
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/kaempfer-fuer-den-frieden-auf-der-anderen-seite-1.2863129
“Rödl is simply not a diplomat”:
WDR 2 Radio has also brought something:
http://www.wdr2.de/nachrichten/wdrzweinamo175340.html
this is the BR article with the incomplete information at the end of the article
http://www.br.de/nachrichten/sicherheitskonferenz-demonstration-friedenskonferenz-100.html
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Pictures from the conference and the protest chain (Facebook Bayern)by Martina Jäger:
https://www.facebook.com/Deutsche-Friedensgesellschaft-Dfg-Vk-Bayern-149160555227803/?fref=ts
– – – – – – – – – – –
Video v. Martina Jäger of the contribution to the expert hearing by Thomas Rödl, the last half minute is missing, in which the nuclear bombs in Büchel were addressed and the demand for withdrawal from nuclear sharing was formulated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufcrkRhe4Kk&feature=youtu.be
here the transcript of the contribution
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Stephan Kroener of Peace Brigades International:
Reports and pictures from the protest chain in the Munich pedestrian zone on 13.2. 2016:
Program Status 16.1. 2016
Thursday 11.2. 2016: 19.00, DGB- House
Dr. Emilio Astuto:
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa – the BRICS countries.
Cooperation or confrontation
. Presentation and discussion.
Introduction and moderation: Thomas Rödl, German Peace Society- United War Resisters
Friday 12.2, International Forum, Old Town Hall
Loretta Napoleoni: Challenge Caliphate State. Approaches to Civil Solutions.
Markus Weingardt: Religion and Peace. Examples of peace work from religious motivation. Abstract of the article.
Nirit Sommerfeld: Reconciliation Projects in Palestine. A critical review and consideration. She is committed to ending the occupation in Palestine. In addition, it designs the cultural contribution with the
ORCHESTRA SHLOMO WITTY
Moderation: Clemens Ronnefeldt, Peace Officer of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation
Greeting from the City of Munich: Beatrix Zurek, City Councilor
Saturday 13.2. 10.0 a.m., DGB House
Discussion forum with the speakers of the International Forum; from 9.30 a.m. coffee, pretzels etc.
Moderation: Clemens Ronnefeldt, Peace Officer of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation
we ask for a cost contribution of 8,- €, reduced 4,- €, solidarity contribution 10,- €
Saturday 13.2. 6.30 p.m., DGB Haus (please note the early start!)
Expert meeting: Protection of human rights through prevention
Presentation and discussion of the manifesto
Greeting: DGB Region Munich
Sunday 14.2. Peace Prayer of the Religions, 11.30 a.m., St. Anna Parish Hall, St. Anna St. 19, (U 4, U5 Lehel)
Prospectus with all information and positions of the sponsoring group, as of 23.12. 2015
The speakers at the 2016 Peace Conference:
(incomplete)
Loretta Napoleoni
(b. 1955 in Rome) is an Italian journalist and political analyst. She is an expert on terrorism and its financing and has become known for calculating the size of the global terrorist economy.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Napoleoni
Loretta Napoleoni was born and raised in Rome. In the mid-1970s, she was an active member in the women’s rights movement. She came to Johns Hopkins University ‘s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) through the Fulbright Program and was a Rotary student at London School of Economics (LSE). She has an M.Phil. in Terrorism from LSE and a Masters in International Relations from SAIS.
As an economist, Napoleoni worked for various banks and international organizations in Europe and the United States of America.
In the early 1980s, she worked for the National Bank of Hungary on a project on the convertibility of the Hungarian forint into European currencies; her work became a template for the convertibility of the ruble a decade later.
Napoleoni regularly lectures on terrorist financing and advises governments on counterterrorism issues. As chair of the Group Against Terrorist Financing, she brought together heads of state from around the world at the “Club de Madrid” to develop new strategies to combat the financing of terrorist networks.
Loretta Napoleoni lives with her husband and children in London, England and Whitefish, Montana.
She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fundación Ideas para el Progreso, think tank of the Spanish Socialist Party, and she is a partner of Oxfam Italia. From 2007 to 2010, she was the director of the first Italian investigative journalism course and presented her book at Cambridge University, Judge Business School (CJBS).
The Return of the Caliphate: http://www.daserste.de/information/wissen-kultur/ttt/sendung/hr/sendung_vom_01032015-102.html
6-minute interview in English: http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=47186
For press inquiries or to arrange an interview with Loretta, please contact Federico Bastiani fedebas77@gmail.com
Markus A. Weingardt,
born 1969, Dr. rer. soc. (PhD in social sciences); political and administrative scientist, head of the Peace Division at the Global Ethic Foundation (Tübingen). Peace and conflict researcher specializing in religion and pacifism. Numerous publications, including from 2006-2008 as co-editor of the annual Peace Report of the five leading peace research institutes in Germany. Active in church and scientific committees of peace practice and peace research. Author and reviewer for various journals: Editor of the series Religion – Conflict – Peace (Nomos-Verlag). Consulting work as a coach and mediator.
Major works:
“Religion Macht Frieden” (Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 2010; out of print)
“What Builds Peace. Religious peace work: actors, examples, methods.” (Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2014)
“Why are you hitting me? Nonviolent Conflict Management in the Bible: Impulses and Encouragement” (ed., Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2015)
Article from 2008 “Religion as a Resource for Peace “: http://www.wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/seite.php?artikelID=1484
Article from 2008: http://www.compass-infodienst.de/Markus-Weingardt-Religion-Macht-Frieden-Beispiel-Ruanda.5490.0.html (excerpt from “Religion Macht Frieden”)
SWR2 radio broadcast “Crusade of the Pacifists” from 22.10.2014:
http://www.swr.de/swr2/programm/sendungen/swr2-forum/wie-erfolgreich-sind-religioese-friedensinitiativen-kreuzzug-der-pazifisten/-/id=660214/did=14393872/nid=660214/1gkvm6/index.html
Nirit Sommerfeld
was born in Eilat (Israel) on the Red Sea. She grew up there, in East Africa and in Germany. Acting training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Nirit works as a freelance actress and singer. She is a blogger, writes scripts and other texts, works as a speaker, director, coach, organizer and presenter in front of and behind the camera and ran her own artist agency for years. In 1998 she founded the band KLEZMORIM, with which she tours today in an expanded line-up and under the name ORCHESTRA SHLOMO GEISTREICH. For two years she was the artistic director of the Kleines Theater Haar. With the Syrian dancer Mouna Sabbagh she produced the stage project SALAM SHALOM, with which she performed in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Together with writer Linda Benedikt, she wrote the musical political revue REALITY CHECK about the Israeli reality of occupation. Since 2010, she has designed and accompanied political trips to Israel and Palestine to give people a differentiated view of the current situation in the region.
Nirit Sommerfeld has two daughters and lives with her husband and dog near Munich.
“Reconciliation projects abound in Israel/Palestine. There are very committed people on both sides. This region has the highest density of NGOs in the world. If the populations of both sides were left to each other, there would be far fewer problems. However, the wall and politics deliberately prevent people from coming together. My concern is first to end the occupation; I support two projects to that end.”
We welcome Nirit Sommerfeld at the International Munich Peace Conference 2016 on the one hand as one of the main speakers on the topic of “Reconciliation Projects in Israel/Palestine” and, on the other hand, she designs the cultural contribution of the event.
Nirit Sommerfeld performs at the Peace Conference as a trio with her ORCHESTRA SHLOMO GEISTREICH. Accompanied by Robert Probst on piano and Andi Arnold on clarinet, the Israeli-born singer sings klezmer-inspired songs about the two most important themes in life: the longing for love and the longing for peace.
More about the band at www.niritsommerfeld.com/orchester-shlomo-geistreich
Andreas Zumach
Salle de Presse 1
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Mail: zumach@taz.de
Tel. 0049/172-6172375
- Born 1954 in Cologne
- Since 1988 freelance journalist at the UN headquarters in Geneva, correspondent for “die tageszeitung” (taz) in Berlin as well as for other newspapers, radio and TV stations in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the U.S.
- in the 80s organizer of the peace demonstration in Bonn on 10.10.81 and spokesman of the nationwide coordination committee of the peace movement
- Author of several books on the UN and international conflicts (most recently February 2016 second updated edition of: “Global Chaos. Powerless UN – Has the World Organization Become Superfluous?” Rotpunkt Publishing House Zurich)
Dr. Klaus Hahnzog
hahnzog@gemeinschaftskanzlei.de
* August 7, 1936 in Stuttgart, married, two children
Klaus Hahnzog is a lawyer and politician (SPD).
He was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament and is a non-professional member of the Bavarian Constitutional Court.
Mayor (ret.)
In the honorary curate of the International Munich Peace Conference.
Curriculum vitae: Abitur 1956. 1956/60 law studies at the universities of Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich. 2nd jurist. State examination 1964. 1965/66 judicial assistant in the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice. 1966/68 Public Prosecutor. 1968/71 Research assistant at the Federal Constitutional Court under Judge Rupp v. Brünneck. 1971/73 District Judge. 1973/82 Appointed City Councilor (District Administrative Officer of the City of Munich). 1982/84 Lawyer. 1984/90 3rd mayor of the state capital Munich with focus on social affairs, environment, culture, foreigners, sports. Member of the Administrative and Legal Committee of the Bavarian Association of Cities. Since May 1990 again lawyer. 1978/90 Judge at the Bavarian Constitutional Court. Numerous publications on constitutional and administrative law. Member of the SPD since 1968. Federal Chairman of the Association of Social Democratic Lawyers (ASJ). Memberships: Board of Trustees “Förderverein für Internationale Jugendbegegnung und Gedenkstättenarbeit in Dachau e.V.”, Board of Trustees “Initiativgruppe – Interkulturelle Begegnung und Bildung e. V.”, Board of Trustees “Freunde des Sahaurischen Volkes”, Board of Trustees “Mehr Demokratie e.V.”, Board of Trustees “Humanistische Union”, Board of Directors “Forum Demokratische Linke 21 e.V. Honorary member “Weiße Rose Stiftung”, ÖTV, AWO, Verein “Freunde Giesings e. V.”, Sportverein Berufsfeuerwehr, TSV Turnerbund, DAV Sekt. Oberland.
(Status: date of departure from the Landtag)
Reiner Brown
IALANA Headquarters
Schützenstrasse 6a
10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 20654857
Reiner Braun studied German and history as well as journalism. He has been active in the peace movement since 1981 and is involved in national and international networks and organizations. Among other things, he is on the board of the International Peace Bureau and the Natural Scientists – Initiative (NatWiss). Since 2006, Reiner Braun has been Executive Director of VDW (Association of German Scientists) and the German section of IALANA (International Lawyers against Nuclear Arms) as well as Program Director of INES.
Dr. Emilio Astuto
Born 27 September 1963
Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil
Nationalities: Italian / Brazilian / Indian
At Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS) since early January 2016,
Participation in the Executive Education Program for Public Leaders.
Since 1999: European lawyer / admitted to the Munich and Lisbon Bar Associations and the Law Society of England and Wales
Lawyer of the Brazilian Confederation of Trade Unions CSP-Conlutas and CUT
Since 2004: Lecturer in international relations and political science as well as lawyer for international trade union law, international and human rights law
Since 2010: Seminar Director for International Cooperation at the Georg-von-Vollmar Academy and Visiting Professor for International Law at the Escola Superior de Advocacia (Law School of the Bar Association of Rio de Janeiro)
Since 2011: Lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science of the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich Visiting Lecturer at the São Paulo School of Government
Since 2014: Seminar Leader for International Politics at the Bavarian Seminar for Politics
and Visiting Professor of International Law at the Escola Superior de Advocacia (Law School of the Rio de Janeiro Bar Association)
2013/2014: Honorary Coordinator of the Brazilian Federal Bar Association – Commission for International Relations for the Germany Year in Brazil.
Close cooperation with various Brazilian associations for the fight against political corruption and the NRV (German New Judges Association from Berlin)
Main topics and areas of interest:
BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) – economic world in upheaval
Drone warfare between politics, ethics and human rights
Latin America in transition
Economic policy relations of the “G2” – China and the USA
New power centers Asia and the Pacific
Transnational Corporate Politics versus Democratic State Politics?
Of the dignity and rights of man
Heidi Meinzolt
Short self-portrayal
from Heidi Meinzolt
As a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom/IFFF (www.wilpf.de), Engl. Women’s International league for peace and freedom/WILPF(www.wilpf.int.ch), a women’s peace organization since 1915, I am responsible for the representation of the German section in the international organization and deal with European politics and coordinate the Middle East work.
I am a member of the steering group of the Women’s Security Council in Germany (www.un1325.de), which focuses on the implementation of UN res 1325 – and thus the participation of women in conflict resolution and in democratic processes – and engages in national and international political lobbying with alternatives to conventional “security policy” and special attention to the gender component. Crucial to this commitment are three “Ps”: prevention, participation, and protection.
Professionally, I was a high school teacher and responsible for the supervision of several international exchange projects (in Europe and Africa) at the school.
Oliver Knabe
Managing Director | Managing Director
Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst e.V. | Forum Civil Peace Service (forumZFD)
Am Kölner Brett 8 | 50825 Cologne | Germany Tel +49 (221) 912732-11 | Fax +49
(221) 912732-99 http://www.forumZFD.de
Oliver Knabe has been managing director of the Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst (forumZFD) e.V. since January 2015.
After studying political science, international law and economics at the University of Bonn, he initially worked in product management at the Handelsblatt publishing group. From 2002 to 2006, Oliver Knabe was responsible for the Southeast Europe program at the Forum Civil Peace Service from Belgrade/Serbia. He then worked as a regional expert at the Berlin Center for Integrative Mediation. From
2007-2014 he worked in the team of Borovac-Knabe und Partner for companies and public institutions with a focus on Southeastern Europe and at the same time as an honorary board member of forumZFD.
Oliver Knabe is a member of the Southeast Europe Society and the Platform for Civil Conflict Transformation.
