Lea aquí sobre el primer seminario web sobre la Objeción de Conciencia al Servicio Militar que se llevará a cabo en inglés y español el 3 de febrero de 2021 y regístrese aquí.
IFOR-International Fellowship of Reconciliation, together with QUNO-Quaker United Nations Office and WRI-War Resisters’ International, is pleased to invite you to:
CAMPAIGNING FOR CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
A short webinar series to learn from each other about different campaign tools, find out what has worked for others, share what you have learned from your actions and discuss what else is needed.
The webinar series will include case studies from campaigns for CO around the world and address different topics such as: strategic litigation, UN human rights system, public awareness and international solidarity.
The aim of this webinar series is to provide an opportunity to share skills and lessons learned; build stronger connection and solidarity and learn how to best collaborate globally and locally.
IFOR, QUNO and WRI have a long history in campaigning for the Right to Conscientious Objection. Many of their members have been and are COs themselves.
They partner together and perform specific work on this field. For instance, IFOR addresses CO at the UN reporting on country situations at the Human Rights Council and Human Rights Committee and assist Cos in advocacy initiatives; QUNO collaborates in the UN advocacy and works on the international standards; WRI provides CO alerts and focuses on individual cases.
On February 3rd at 1pm UTC (2pm CET) there will be the 1st WEBINAR on
"STRATEGIC LITIGATION"
This webinar will focus on how strategic litigation through national and regional courts can help campaigns for the right to conscientious objection to military service. Colleagues from the CO movement will share information and ideas drawing on their experience of using strategic litigation and will present the case study of the Republic of Korea and Colombia.
Speakers will be:
Rachel Brett, WRI
Yongsuk Lee, World Without War -Republic of Korea case-
Jungmin Choi, World Without War, WRI -Republic of Korea case-
Maricely Parada Abril, Colombian Collective Action of Conscientious Objectors (ACOOC) -Colombia case-
Saul Alonso Santamaria Quiroga, Colombian Collective Action of Conscientious Objectors (ACOOC) -Colombia case-
Discussion will follow the presentations and participants will be able to pose questions.
At the end of the webinar (about 1 hour and 30 minutes) there will be a 30-minute community forum, an open floor space for participants to exchange successes, challenges and calls for solidarity.
The webinar will be in English and Spanish and there will be simultaneous interpretation (participants, once connected will be able to join in the channel for the preferred language).
You can register for the 1st webinar here
You may anticipate questions to the speakers in the registration form.
After you registered, you will receive by email the link to connect to the Zoom platform on Feb 3rd.
There is a Facebook event for the 1st webinar which you can “like” and “share” among your contacts on social media. Click here to go to the Facebook event