Foundations of peace
What answers can civil society provide when states are increasingly seeking militaristic responses to insecurity, or what questions should civil society be asking in the first place? “You cannot prevent war and prepare for it at the same time.” ~ Albert Einstein In an age of polycrises, when international cooperation and social cohesion seem to be crumbling, how can we stay the course of peace? Join us as we put these questions to our exciting speakers and workshop leaders, including: Prof. Dr. Heribert Prantl, Journalist & Publicist Prof. Dr. Hanne-Margret Birckenbach, Political Scientist and Professor of European Studies Sandra Klaft, Peace for Future, Project Leader and DFG-VK Frankfurt Chapter, Peace Education Officer Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Dr. Kerstin Leitner, Member of the Executive Committee, German United Nations Association (DGVN), former UN official and university lecturer Further information can be found HERE
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As many of you know, the Peace Conference lost a large part of its original funding sources as the City of Munich, the Catholic Fund and Greenpeace suddenly withdrew their support earlier this year. Many of you have generously stepped in to fill this gap and continue the conference in February 2024. We now need your support for 2025. Let’s make this a true civil society event, by you, for you! You can donate online via our website or by bank transfer HERE
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Foundations of peace – The peace commandment of the Basic Law and the UN Charter
The foundations of peace stand and fall with their social support. As long as they are actively demanded and lived by people, they can actually make peace possible. At the Peace Conference 2025, we will ask: What about our fundamental right to peace and the peace commandment of the Basic Law today? How can we realize our fundamental right to peace in today’s world? We are living in a time of upheaval. While militarism is on the rise, resistance is forming. This resistance is based on fundamental rights that have been won by opponents of war over decades and centuries. At the International Munich Peace Conference 2025, we want to test the sustainability of these convictions and fundamental rights, the “foundations of peace”, and further consolidate them. The “Foundations of Peace” refer to convictions and fundamental rights that have become reality through social activism and resistance: “Human dignity is inviolable. To respect and protect it is the duty of all state authority.” (GG Art. 1) Human dignity means that every person is valuable because they are human. It cannot be taken away from any person by a state. These achievements also include the UN Charter, which was signed in San Francisco in 1945. All 193 member states have now signed up to it. “We, the peoples of the United Nations – firmly resolved,
- to save future generations from the scourge of war, which has brought untold suffering to humanity twice in our lifetime,
- To reaffirm our faith in the fundamental rights of man, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of all nations, great and small, … ” (UN Charter, Preamble)
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