On Thursday, September 21, at 6 p.m., coinciding with the commemoration of the International Day of Peace, the ICIP Peace in Progress Award 2023 ceremony will be held at the Parliament of Catalonia. This year, the award is for two associations from Bosnia and Herzegovina: Women Victims of War and Forgotten Children of War. The […]
After more than three years acting as Technical Secretariat of the Truth Commission of Colombia in Europe, ICIP has published a document that compiles the details of this unique experience. The document, which has the support of the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation, aims to serve as a model for other countries in conflict that […]
ICIP has scheduled several public events in June to launch the book ETA: el desenlace. La paz esquiva en el País Vasco (published originally in English in 2014 and translated by ICIP in “Paz y seguridad” series). These events will feature the participation of the author, Teresa Whitfield, who will talk to people familiar with […]
The ICIP’s Governing Board has decided to confer the ICIP Peace in Progress Award 2023 to the candidacy that includes two associations from Bosnia and Herzegovina: Women Victims of War and Forgotten Children of War “for their work denouncing rape as a weapon of war, fighting against impunity, and empowering and drawing attention to victims […]
The culture of punishment and punitivism normalize violence and limit the options to build a peaceful society. Many punitive measures, such as prisons, video surveillance or police forces, are immovable and, in some cases, are increasing. What supports that paradigm? Are there more humane, just and effective alternatives to address violence? How are the trinomial […]
Polarization, in so far as the existence of opposing positions regarding debate topics, is not harmful to society. Beyond the confrontation of ideas typical of a democratic system, there is a phenomenon on the rise in many established democracies that is pernicious in many ways. It is toxic polarization, a dynamic in which different positions […]
The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is an annual meeting that brings together nearly five hundred key players in foreign policy, international security and defence issues. It is attended by dozens of heads of state and government worldwide, ministers of defence and foreign affairs, diplomats, military representatives, business leaders, experts and non-governmental organizations. It was launched […]
The assessment of coexistence in Catalonia as a whole, and at a municipality/neighborhood level, continues to score over 6 out of 10. But the perception that there are quite a few or many problems in the immediate environment, especially related to antisocial behavior, has increased considerably. These are the findings of the ICIP 2022 “Coexistence and cohesion […]
The devastating impact on society of the earthquake in Turkey, northeastern Syria and Kurdistan and the difficulties in a quick and effective response by the international community highlights “the need to rethink international and multilateral governance mechanisms to respond to current global challenges” as recognized by the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres. “We have failed […]
