Caren Niemann studied psychology. After working in refugee camps in Jordan, she turned her attention to peace and conflict studies. In the methodology of the Theater of the Oppressed, she found the intersection between individual, psychological, and social/political transformation. Her passion for social theater took her from Spain to Colombia and Argentina, from where she […]
Harald Hellstern lives in Stuttgart and is a member of the international Catholic peace movement pax christi. In 2013, he was elected to the Arms Export Commission of the German section of pax christi and served as its spokesperson for eight years. Until 2023, Harald Hellstern worked as technical manager in a workshop for people
Supplying arms to Israel? NOT in my name! For a genuine halt to arms exports! Next rally “Arms deliveries to Israel – Not in my name!For a genuine arms export ban!” Saturday, November 29, 2025, from 4 to 5 p.m.Gärtnerplatz, Munich Es sprechen: Music: Baladi Band Organized by:DFG-VK Munich, Amnesty International Munich, medico international, Jewish-Palestinian
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The organization team Since the 20th International Munich Peace Conference in 2022, the project management of the International Munich Peace Conference has been in the hands of Dipl. Theol. Maria R. Feckl. The organizational team of the supporting group organizes the Munich Peace Conference primarily on a voluntary basis as a civil society initiative. The
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Klaus Hahnzog Dr. Dr. Klaus Hahnzog, former mayor (of Munich)Former member of the state parliament and non-professional member of the Bavarian Constitutional Court, Munich Dr. Klaus Hahnzog passed away on July 21, 2025, in Munich, surrounded by his family. The necessity of engaging in peace work was instilled in me from childhood, so to speak:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Dürr Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Dürr, professor of physics / recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (the “alternative” Nobel Prize), Munich, died on May 18, 2014. Since the beginning of the International Munich Peace Conference as an alternative to the Munich Security Conference, you have accompanied this event of the peace movement as
Peace Issues Advisor for the German branch of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation Clemens Ronnefeldt was born in Worms in 1960. From 1981 to 1986, he studied at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and at St. Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt am Main. From 1982 to 1983, he completed a part-time
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Ms. Francesca Albanese was appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 by the Human Rights Council at its 49th session in March 2022 and took up her duties on May 1, 2022. Ms. Albanese is an associate scholar at Georgetown University’s Institute for International Migration Studies
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Prof. Dr. jur. Dr. theol. h.c. Heribert Prantl Heribert Prantl, Prof. Dr. jur., is a journalist, publicist, author, and political commentator for newspapers, radio, and television. He is an honorary professor of law at Bielefeld University and holds an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Erlangen. He studied law, history,
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“Being there was his life. Now his big heart has stopped beating.” Yesterday, on September 23, 2025, we said goodbye to Dr. Klaus Hahnzog at the Perlacher Forst cemetery in Munich. Dr. Klaus Hahnzog was a lawyer and politician – a fighter for peace and justice. From 2011 – 2025 he was Honorary Curate of
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