Colombian–Venezuelan border: An overlooked environmental crisis and its links with armed violence

The links between violent conflict and environmental damage in Colombia have remained invisible during five decades of war. After the signing of the Peace Agreement in 2016, the Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz - JEP (Special Jurisdiction for Peace) has stated that nature was a silent victim of Colombia's internal armed conflict.

After five years, it continues to be so. The Catatumbo region on Colombia's border with Venezuela is an example of this.

The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Colombia and the International Crisis Group invite you to the panel: Colombian–Venezuelan border: An overlooked environmental crisis and its links with armed violence as part of the 2022 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development.

The panel will be held next Tuesday, May 24^th, 2022, from 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Colombia) | 11.45 a.m. to 13.00 p.m. (Venezuela) |  17.45 to 19.00 p.m. (Sweden).

Moderators

Kristina Birke Daniels - Representative and Director Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) - Nordic Countries

Ivan Briscoe - Program Director, Latin America and Caribbean, International Crisis Group

Speakers

Gloria Amparo Rodríguez, Magistrate of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (Transitional justice tribunal created by the 2016 Peace Agreement)

María Ciro -  Life Defender of the Comité de Integración Social del Catatumbo - CISCA (Social Integration Committee of Catatumbo)

Alexander Dora Dora - Human Rights Defender of the Asociación de Autoridades Tradicionales del Pueblo Barí Ñatubaiyibari (Traditional Authorities of the Barí Ñatubaiyibari People Association)

Monseñor Héctor Fabio Henao -  Delegate of the Conferencia Episcopal Colombiana (Colombian Episcopal Conference) for Church-State relations

How can you participate?

Register for the 2022 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development here

You will receive an e-mail with a link for accessing the forum. You can access the panel by clicking this link

To attend the panel, you must be previously registered.

See you then!

If you have questions, please contact us by email at MariaAlejandra.Rico(at)fes.de