EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Pax Christi International Event on the human rights situation in the Philippines

Pax Christi International Office Rue du Progrès, 323, Brussels

Pax Christi International is organising an event with its member organisation from the Philippines on the human rights situation in the country. We regularly hear news about extrajudicial killings as part of the president's 'war on drugs', but what is the actual situation? What other human rights problems exist in the country? How can activists […]

CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Member State Meeting ‘EU Conflict Prevention after the EU Global Strategy: A Look at Mediation and Security Sector Reform’

Helsinki

Background The EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy presented in June 2016 provides an opportunity for the EU to close the implementation gap in its support to conflict prevention. While the document confirms that tackling root causes of conflict and promoting peace are priorities of EU external action, in practice conflict prevention remains […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Towards the abolition of death penalty in the US? A testimony of Rais Bhuiyan

Chapelle de la Résurrection Rue Van Maerlant 22-24, Brussels

On the occasion of the international day ‘Cities for Life – Cities against the Death Penalty’ on November 30 Rais Bhuiyan will be coming to Belgium. He was a victim of anti-Muslim violence, but as a faithful Muslim he advocates for forgiveness and restorative justice. Rais Bhuiyan, born in Bangladesh and an Air Force pilot, […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Screening and panel discussion ‘In Pursuit of Peace’

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Avenue Jeanne 44, Salle Dupréel, Bâtiment S , Brussels

Nonviolent Peace Force is organising a screening of the film 'In Pursuit of Peace'. 'In Pursuit of Peace' is a feature documentary by Garry Beitel telling the stories of four people on the front lines of international peace initiatives. It explores behind the battle lines and experiences the challenges of peacemaking work, exploring how these […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – M&E Thursday Talk – Building Peace in the Plateau State

'Building Peace in the Plateau State' is part of a webinar series on M&E and Ethics in the Digital Age which DME for Peace are hosting. DME for Peace is a global community of practitioners, evaluators, donors, and academics who share best and emerging practices on how to design, monitor, and evaluate peacebuilding programs. Through […]

EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT – The gender impact of EU missions in the Western Balkans: Insights from everyday practice

EPLO office Hive5 Saint-Michel, Cours Saint-Michel 30B, Brussels

In this EPLO Brown Bag Lunch discussion, Dr Ken McDonagh and Dr Maria-Adriana Deiana will present the findings of their project ‘Add Women and Hope? Assessing the gender impact of EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions’ which focuses on the EU’s mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR Althea) and the EU’s rule of […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Launch of Report: Governance mechanisms in opposition-held areas in Syria

Polit-Forum Käfigturm Marktgasse 67, Bern

Throughout the progression of the Syrian conflict, opposition groups have been mostly analysed from a geopolitical lens without an accurate study of the governance mechanisms they have set up. Indeed, standard approaches analysing rebel/opposition movements in civil wars often become entrapped in a reductionist approach, seeing them as greedy bandits rather than actors with a […]

EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT – République centrafricaine: quelles motivations pour les membres des groupes armés non-étatiques?

EPLO office Hive5 Saint-Michel, Cours Saint-Michel 30B, Brussels

Depuis que la crise actuelle a éclaté en République Centrafricaine (RCA) en 2013, les efforts du gouvernement national, des Nations Unies et des bailleurs de fonds extérieurs, ainsi que des communautés locales et des acteurs de la société civile, ont contribué à un retour au calme relatif dans le pays. Malgré ces améliorations sur le […]

EU-CIVCAP EVENT – Workshop ‘EU capabilities for conflict prevention and technological shortcomings in early warning and conflict analysis’

Greater Birmingham and the West Midlands Brussels Office Avenue d’Auderghem/Oudergemlaan 22-28, Brussels

This workshop is organised under the framework of the 'EU-CIVCAP' project by EPLO and the EU Satellite Centre. The workshop will serve as a platform to introduce the main findings of recent research on EU capabilities for conflict prevention and technological shortcomings in conflict early warning and conflict analysis conducted respectively by EPLO and the […]