Events
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November 10, 2011
This event, co-sponsored by USIP, Refugees International, and the Refugee Council USA, analyzed the roots and consequences of the crisis, the frameworks that are emerging for its resolution, and the responsibilities of governments, civil society, and international donors as elaborated within the frame of the 2004 Mexico Plan of Action and Declaration. |
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July 19, 2011
On June 1st, the Colombian Congress passed the ‘Victims and Land Restitution Law’, which constitutes the first piece of legislation enacted to redress the suffering caused to millions of victims and internally displaced persons by the country’s internal conflict. The implementation of the law is likely to face enormous challenges, particularly regarding the safety and protection of victims and human rights defenders. USIP and partners convened a public event to discuss these issues. |
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February 16, 2011
How are the roles of "soldier" and "victim" defined by post-conflict programs? Most disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs are limited in the ways in which issues specific to female combatants are addressed. At this public event panelists examined the particular challenges faced by female ex-combatants in post-conflict environments, and ways in which reintegration agencies and post-conflict programs can integrate gender into their work. Countries: Colombia, Nepal, Sierra Leone
| Issue Areas: Gender and Peacebuilding, Mediation and Facilitation, Rule of Law, Security Sector Reform/Governance
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January 26, 2011
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
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September 14, 2010
This event features four USIP grantees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Colombia and Sudan who are intimately familiar with the on-the-ground realities in their countries. The grantees discuss implementing peacebuilding projects in difficult and dangerous environments. Washington planners will be able to hear first hand what on-the-ground practitioners are doing to stay safe while getting important work done.
Countries: Afghanistan, Colombia, Iraq, Sudan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Political Reform
| Programs: Grants & Fellowships
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May 7, 2010
Land is at the root of many violent conflicts and wars around the world. In addition to fighting over land and related natural resources, rural landholding systems often sustain patterns of inequality and widespread rural poverty that generate conflict. This event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the InterAmerica Foundation will examine the challenges of land tenure and the efforts at land reform in Colombia and Bolivia--two Latin American countries where the gap between the rich and poor is among the greatest in the world. Countries: Bolivia, Colombia
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis and Prevention, Post-Conflict and Peacekeeping Activities
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February 18, 2010
The Other Side of Gender series addresses wartime sexual violence by taking into account male gender issues. |
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January 28, 2010
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).
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November 23, 2009
With more than four million internally displaced Colombians- an average of more than a quarter of a million people annually in recent years- and almost half a million more forced to flee across national borders in search of safety, Colombia now ranks just behind Sudan in the numbers of people displaced by the conflict. Women, youth, Afro-Colombians, and indigenous communities have been disproportionately affected by the conflict and by the displacement it causes. |
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November 12, 2009
Representatives of the Partners for Democratic Change's new Center in Colombia, the United States Institute of Peace, and the Due Process of Law Foundation will host a roundtable discussion about these mechanisms for democratizing justice at the community level. Discussion with invited experts will explore other experiences of community dispute resolution, as well as the challenges community justice mechanisms face and how they have been addressed. |