Events

	February 23, 2012 Mediation in Latin America The United States Institute of Peace brought together a diverse group of speakers to discuss the roles of the international community, particularly the United Nations and regional institutions in the peace processes in Latin America. Countries: El Salvador, South America \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation
	December 1, 2011 Rewiring the Diagram: Regional Conflict Management and Global Security Regional and global security experts addressed questions on the links between the fields of security and conflict management and the balance between regional/local security initiatives and global ones. The discussion centered on the themes of USIP’s book, "Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World", edited by Chester A. Crocker, Fen Olsen Hampson, and Pamela Aall. Countries: Africa, Europe, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, South America, Syria \| Issue Areas: Education, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance \| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
	February 24, 2011 Blogs & Bullets: Social Media and the Struggle for Political Change This event, held in Palo Alto, discussed the latest approaches to understanding the role of new media in peace and conflict. The conference brought together a diverse array of innovators from across the public, private and academic communities to share research in progress, with a particular focus on harnessing the insights of Silicon Valley companies whose products have been key enablers of political activism from Tehran to Tunisia, Cairo to Colombia. Countries: Haiti, Iran, South America, United States \| Issue Areas: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
	January 26, 2011 His Excellency Angelino Garzón, Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia Vice President Garzón is the first senior Colombian official to visit Washington since the inauguration of President Juan Manuel Santos in August 2010. Garzón will discuss new directions taken under the Santos government, in such areas as social and agrarian reform, peace, human rights, and foreign policy. Webcast: This event will be webcast live beginning at 4:30pm EST on January 26, 2011 through the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Countries: Colombia, South America \| Issue Areas: Human Rights, Mediation and Facilitation, Political Reform, Rule of Law
	January 28, 2010 Human Rights in Colombia: New Tools for the Toolkit? USIP cordially invites you to join us for a discussion with Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderón. Vice President Santos will talk about the status of human rights in Colombia today and Colombia’s experience engaging in a new United Nations process, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Countries: Colombia, South America \| Issue Areas: Human Rights
	July 19, 2007 Victims Unsilenced: The Inter-American Human Rights System and Transitional Justice in Latin America Countries: South America \| Issue Areas: Rule of Law

	February 23, 2012 Mediation in Latin America The United States Institute of Peace brought together a diverse group of speakers to discuss the roles of the international community, particularly the United Nations and regional institutions in the peace processes in Latin America. Countries: El Salvador, South America \| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Mediation and Facilitation
	December 1, 2011 Rewiring the Diagram: Regional Conflict Management and Global Security Regional and global security experts addressed questions on the links between the fields of security and conflict management and the balance between regional/local security initiatives and global ones. The discussion centered on the themes of USIP’s book, "Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World", edited by Chester A. Crocker, Fen Olsen Hampson, and Pamela Aall. Countries: Africa, Europe, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, South America, Syria \| Issue Areas: Education, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities, Security Sector Reform/Governance \| Programs: Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding
	February 24, 2011 Blogs & Bullets: Social Media and the Struggle for Political Change This event, held in Palo Alto, discussed the latest approaches to understanding the role of new media in peace and conflict. The conference brought together a diverse array of innovators from across the public, private and academic communities to share research in progress, with a particular focus on harnessing the insights of Silicon Valley companies whose products have been key enablers of political activism from Tehran to Tunisia, Cairo to Colombia. Countries: Haiti, Iran, South America, United States \| Issue Areas: Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding, Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding
	January 26, 2011 His Excellency Angelino Garzón, Vice-President of the Republic of Colombia Vice President Garzón is the first senior Colombian official to visit Washington since the inauguration of President Juan Manuel Santos in August 2010. Garzón will discuss new directions taken under the Santos government, in such areas as social and agrarian reform, peace, human rights, and foreign policy. Webcast: This event will be webcast live beginning at 4:30pm EST on January 26, 2011 through the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Countries: Colombia, South America \| Issue Areas: Human Rights, Mediation and Facilitation, Political Reform, Rule of Law
	January 28, 2010 Human Rights in Colombia: New Tools for the Toolkit? USIP cordially invites you to join us for a discussion with Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos Calderón. Vice President Santos will talk about the status of human rights in Colombia today and Colombia’s experience engaging in a new United Nations process, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Countries: Colombia, South America \| Issue Areas: Human Rights
	July 19, 2007 Victims Unsilenced: The Inter-American Human Rights System and Transitional Justice in Latin America Countries: South America \| Issue Areas: Rule of Law