Conferences

Conference: The role of small-scale farming in combating the climate crisis

The current climate crisis is part and parcel of an economic system based on the exploitation of natural resources and on intensive, industrial, input-intensive farming methods. It is a system that sacrifices environmental balance and ecosystems on the altar of profit at any price for the dominant minorities, namely the transnational economic and financial elites. […]

Conference Repression and human rights violations in Peru

Conference – World Bank: A Critical History by Eric Toussaint and with Jean Ziegler

Presentation of the book “World Bank: A Critical History” By its author Eric Toussaint Thursday 29 September at 7pm in room MR060 at Uni Mail (Boulevard du Pont d’Arve 40, Geneva) – University of Geneva With Jean Ziegler, who will comment This book, translated into ten languages, provides the keys to answering a series of […]

Defending the commons in Guatemala and Honduras: the price paid by communities in resistance

We invite you to a conference: Guatemala and Honduras: the price paid by communities in resistance Wednesday 22 June 2022, from 6.30 to 8 pm Maison internationale des Associations (Salle Chico Mendez), Rue des Savoises 15, 1205 Geneva Speakers : Lucia Xiloj, Lawyer for the collective human rights of indigenous peoples and transitional justice – […]

Conference: Intensification of violence Arauca (Colombia)

Intensification of violence in the department of Arauca (Colombia): what is the situation of the social movement and of human rights defenders? A public conference with Sonia López from the Joel Sierra Human Rights Foundation to be held Monday 14 March at 7pm, Le Silure, 3 Sentier des Saules, Geneva Since the end of […]

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