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UdG actions for peace

Here, you will find all the actions, workshops, lectures, and talks on Human Rights, Peace, Community Life, and Social Cohesion held at the University of Girona. The aim is to offer an overview of the events and activities that foster respect, equality, peace and social justice both inside and outside the university.

Meeting ‘For Palestine, for Human Rights’

A day dedicated to Palestine and human rights was held with a talk, a presentation of organisations, an open debate and an artistic installation inviting reflection on the link between consumption and conflict.

Date:
11 December 2025
Place: 
Sala d’Actes, Faculty of Education and Psychology
More information:
Activity programme .

The olive tree unites us in the commitment to education for peace: Planting the olive tree at the UdG

This initiative seeks to give visibility to current armed conflict and raise awareness about the importance of education for peace.

Date:
17 October 2025
Place:
In front of the CIAE, Montilivi Campus
More information:
Programme for the ceremony

1st Annual Meeting of the Network of Teaching Innovation on Human Rights, Peace and Sustainability

A discussion was held with Yésica Méndez, a defender of human rights in Colombia, where she shared her experience in defending the region and country people, as well as in strategies of collective protection and sustainability, in a space for dialogue about the social and environmental struggles of Magdalena Medio.

Speakers:
Yésica Méndez, defender of human rights in Colombia
Date:
25 June 2025
Place:
Sala de Graus at the Faculty of Education and Psychology
More information:
Activity in the UdG Calendar

Deliberative session of the Pla Director País de Pau

Date:
17 June 2025
Place:
Sala d’Actes, Faculty of Education and Psychology
More information
Activity in the UdG Calendar

Human Rights and University.Questions and answers to the genocide in Gaza

The event was held from 10 am to 2 pm, with the institutional participation of Marco Aparicio, director of the UNESCO International Chair, and Sílvia Llach, vice-rector of Territory and Social Commitment, as well as the contributions of Ilan Pappé (University of Exeter), Vicent Eechaudt (University of Ghent) and a round table with Sonia Boulos (Nebrija University), Jordi Bonet (UB) and Marta Venceslao (UB), as well as the participation of students from the universities of Granada, Barcelona and Girona.

Date:

12 May 2025

Place:

Sala d’Actes of the Faculty of Education and Psychology

More information:
News item for the event

Roundtable: Building peace in Colombia, challenges and opportunities

Speakers:
  • Güérima Mahecha, former combatant and signatory of the peace agreement, and Ana Maria Murillo López, anthropologist and expert in human rights and peace in Colombia.
  • Moderated by: Edgar Iglesias and Alfredo Jornet, professors and researchers at the FEP and members of the XID on Human Rights, Peace and Sustainability.
  • Guided tour of the exhibition “Objective: Peace” by the photographers Alexa Rochi and Federico Ríos of the International Action for Peace team.
Date:
21 March 2025
Place:
Sala de Graus at the Faculty of Education and Psychology
More information:
Activity in the UdG Calendar

Conflict in the Middle East “Palestine, a manipulated story, a story with lots of lies”

Speakers:
Salah Jamal, doctor, historian, member of the Palestine Community and Laurent Cohen, co-president of Together, Catalan Association of Jews and Palestinians.
Date:
19 December 2024
Place:
Conference Hall of the Faculty of Education and Psychology
More information:
Activity in the UdG Calendar

Lecture with Raji Sourani, founder of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Speakers:
  • Lecture with Raji Sourani, founder of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
  • Presentation by Dr. Marco Aparicio, director of the UNESCO Chair of Sustainable Human Development at the UdG and coordinator of the Socio-Legal Intervention Clinic.
Date
10 December 2024, International Human Rights Day
Place: 
Sala de graus, Faculty of Law
Live stream
Available on YouTube
More information:
Programme for the ceremony

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