EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT – The Kosovo Specialist Court and Transitional Justice in Kosovo

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

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Specialist Prosecutor’s Office, widely referred to as the “Kosovo Specialist Court”, is a hybrid international court established within Kosovo’s judicial system and located in The Hague. Its purpose is to try cases of war crimes which occurred between 1998 and 2000, involving the mainly ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Panel discussion ‘Extractives in Latin America: what are the responses at the grassroots, EU & international levels?’

COMECE office Square de Meeûs, 19/1, Brussels

Pax Christi International, CIDSE, the International family of Catholic social justice organisations and the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the EU (COMECE) are co-organising a panel discussion entitled 'Extractives in Latin America: what are the responses at the grassroots, EU & international levels?'. Many Latin American communities are heavily affected by the activities of […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Panel discussion ‘Partnerships in Conflict’

London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street, London

Oxfam International, International Alert and the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa are co-organising a panel discussion to hear findings from Oxfam’s and International Alert’s new report 'Partnerships in Conflict' and fresh insights on the realities and dilemmas faced by civil society organisations (CSOs) in situations of violent conflicts and the role the international community can […]

EPLO BROWN BAG LUNCH EVENT – The 5th AU-EU Summit: an opportunity to reset African Union-European Union relations?

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

Relations between the African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) reached a nadir in 2016 following serious disagreements over European payments to AU peacekeepers in Somalia. The fifth AU-EU summit, which will take place on 29-30 November in Abidjan, presents a chance to reinvigorate the partnership if both sides can deal openly with disagreements, and […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – IECEU and WOSCAP Final Conference

Brussels

The IECEU (Improving the Effectiveness of Capabilities in EU Conflict Prevention) and WOSCAP (Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding) projects are organising their final conference together on Wednesday 8 November 2017 with the purpose of bringing together all relevant stakeholders and end-users in the field of European Union’s conflict prevention and peacebuilding. The conference […]

CIVIL SOCIETY DIALOGUE NETWORK EVENT – Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace: Annual Action Programme 2018 and Multiannual Indicative Programme 2018-2020

Brussels Brussels

The purpose of the meeting, which is being organised in the framework of the Civil Society Dialogue Network (CSDN), with the support of the European External Action Service (EEAS), and the European Commission (Service for Foreign Policy Instruments and Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development) (EC), is to gather input from representatives of civil society […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Exchange of Views: Children affected by the Syria Crisis

European Parliament rue Wiertz 60, Brussels

On the occasion of Universal Children's Day, the European Parliament (EP) Delegation to Mashreq Countries (DMAS), jointly with the EP Delegation to Palestine (DPAL) and civil society organisations, including World Vision International, is organising an Exchange of Views (EoV) on the situation of children affected by the Syria Crisis on Monday 20 November at the […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Roundtable ‘Gender-Based Mass Atrocity Prevention’

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary Ráday u. 28, Budapest

The Budapest Centre for Mass Atrocities Prevention, in co-operation with the European Centre for the Responsibility To Protect and the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, is organising a roundtable on 'Gender-Based Mass Atrocity Prevention' as a pre-event of the 10th Budapest Human Rights Forum. Until recently the human rights of women, […]

EPLO MEMBER ORGANISATION EVENT – Sanctuary Everywhere

Chant d'Oiseau Centre Avenue des Franciscains 3A, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) and Quaker Peace and Social Witness (QPSW) are holding a joint conference on 2 December in Brussels. Sanctuary Everywhere will explore what can be done to build a Europe which is safe and welcoming for everyone, including refugees and LGBTQI+ people. If you would like to participate in […]

OTHER EVENT – Preventing deadlocked or violent elections: lessons from Kenya

Quaker House Square Ambiorix 50, Brussels

Efforts by the international community to prevent election violence have evolved over the last few years. There is broad recognition today that prevention mechanisms need to address root causes of violence through a more coherent approach. Quaker organisations such as the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) have contributed to reducing post-election violence in Kenya by […]