Lecture "Making Space for Peace - International accompaniment of human rights defenders in Guatemala" during the Opening Ceremony of the 10th Lahn Model United Nations Conference 2011 in Marburg

 

In the context of the decennial United Nations simulation "Lahn Model United Nations", Lena Niehaus, a member of the peace brigades international, will speak about her work in Guatemala: "Making Space for Peace - International accompaniment of human rights defenders in Guatemala".

 

Time: 9^th June 2011, 5.30 pm

Location: Fürstensaal, Castle Marburg, Schlossgasse

Organizer: United Nations Society Marburg e.V. in cooperation with the Center for Conflict Studies (CCS) of the Philipps-Universität Marburg

 

Information:

Fourteen years after the end of the civil war, activists for human rights and non violent conflict transformation are still persecuted and threatened in Guatemala. The international organization Peace Brigades International (PBI) offers international accompaniment for these human rights activists to protect them and to enlarge the space for these people and respective organizations to carry out their work. The alumnus from the Philipps-University Marburg, Lena Niehaus, lived one year in Guatemala and accompanied threatened activists together with an international PBI-team to support their struggle for human rights and justice.

In her lecture Lena Niehaus will introduce some of the human rights defenders and their work and she will talk about the risks human rights defenders in Guatemala are exposed to. She will also offer an introduction to PBI in general and introduce the idea of international accompaniment.

 

For further information: http://www.peacebrigades.org/