Memory in international youth encounters
The memory of the genocide of Sinti and Roma has very different starting points in German and Czech society. German-Czech youth encounters enable young people to gather new experiences outside the national framework of remembrance and to deal openly with the topic due to the distance in time and over generations. International youth encounters are […]
Experience history together
Under the motto “Remembering together for a common future”, the bilateral youth exchange between Germany and the Czech Republic has focused in recent years on dealing with their shared history. At one time, international youth exchanges tended to focus on national customs and folk elements. The original thinking behind these official exchange and encounter programmes […]
From toe to head
Football is a popular sport all over the world, but the beautiful game has an ugly side as well: anti-Semitic, racist, sexist and homophobic chants and abuse in and outside the stadiums. The Tüpfelhausen – das Familienportal e.V. community organisation in Leipzig has developed its own unique response to the surge of the far right […]
Is it all down to trauma?
Taking up some of the resistance against the term of collective trauma, Cordula Reimann & Ursula König discuss why collective and transgenerational trauma are relevant and should be a key concept for development and peacebuilding/conflict transformation practitioners and practices. Since we published the article “Closing a gap in conflict transformation: Understanding collective and transgenerational trauma”, […]
The Burden of the Past
The Southern African Youth Forum works in various ways to strengthen the role of youth in Transitional Justice processes and to build barriers against the renewed use of violence in political struggles. Youth in the SADC region carries the burden of the past, with the region having the background of attaining independence through the liberation […]
Eine Aufgabe für Politik und Gesellschaft
Am 25.11.2019, dem Internationalen Tag gegen Gewalt an Frauen, luden FriEnt und medica mondiale e.V. zu einem Hintergrundgespräch zu Vergangenheitsarbeit nach sexualisierter Kriegsgewalt ein. Frauenrechtsverteidigerinnen aus Bosnien und Herzegowina sowie Kosovo diskutierten mit politischen Entscheidungsträger*innen und Expert*innen über ihre Erfahrungen in der Arbeit mit Überlebenden sexueller Kriegsgewalt. Dr. Julia Lehmann (BMZ Referat Menschrechte, Gleichberechtigung, Inklusion) […]
Ukraine struggles to adopt Transitional Justice mechanisms
Experts from the Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights, supported by the Ombudsman Office, drafted a bill on Transitional Justice to initiate further legislation and a peacebuilding process. While compensation and criminal prosecution are important objectives, truth and dealing with the past are still on hold due to a lack of European support. We talk […]
Red lights and diapraxis
“I saw that it was possible to create conditions in which we can show our feelings without killing each other.” Talking to each other and engaging in joint action in the midst of a violent conflict – this project has been bringing together women from Ukraine, Russia and other European countries since 2015. The armed […]
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation collaborates with government officials on a global scale to provide them with concrete tools for action, for example, in Kenya and in the United States. Working on a global scale With offices in New York, USA; Oświęcim, Poland; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Kampala, Uganda, the Auschwitz Institute works […]
Die Zukunft der Vergangenheitsarbeit
Die Aufarbeitung einer gewaltsamen Vergangenheit und den damit verbundenen Menschenrechtsverletzungen ist ein zentraler Aspekt nachhaltiger Friedensentwicklung. Vom 12.-14.12.2018 trafen sich Mitarbeitende aus Projekten der technischen Zusammenarbeit und des zivilen Friedensdienstes sowie aus Fachabteilungen der GIZ, um praktische Anregungen für die Formulierung einer ressortgemeinsamen Strategie zu „Vergangenheitsarbeit und Versöhnung (Transitional Justice)“ einzubringen. Der Weg zu nachhaltiger […]