The University of Lucerne organizes a public panel discussion on the growing debate on companies’ responsibilities towards human rights.

This Lunch Briefing will explore the relationship between this disappointment with democracy and persistent Brazilian high socioeconomic inequalities. How has inequality shaped the dynamics of the 8th Brazilian presidential election?

Muriel Blaive will reflect on the missing epistemological reflection on totalitarianism after 1989 in Czech memory politics, as well as on on how to deal with the communist past.

Students of the school of arts in Valais (ECAV) present their work, complemented by photos of Alberto Campi and texts by Amina Abdulkadir – All on the topic migration.

Public lecture by Urs Gerber, former Divisional General and leader of the Swiss delegation of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) talks about his personal experiences and the current geopolitical situation.

In large parts of the world, drinking water is difficult to come by. One reason are privatization schemes, which leave the thirsty population bereft of the essential commodity.

Where do migrants in Bern have a voice? Which social changes did they influence? In which social and political questions should they be implicated in the future?

Can we speak of “Islamic human rights”? What derives from Islamic debates on religion and human rights? Do declaration of human rights need a religious justification to address mankind?

The Federal Office for Gender Equality organizes a national conference for implementing the Istanbul convention in Switzerland

The series deals with the future of our food. What impact does globalization and industrialization of agriculture have on our food, and the providers of it, our farmers? How is the food process from the soil to the plate in the future?

Participants of this swisspeace course will get to know and apply theoretical concepts in order to resolve conflicts in fragile contexts peacefully and most effectively.

swisspeace merges the two concepts of national dialogue and peace mediation, offering a course aiming at transferring traditional mediation processes to a wider party of society.