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8th Werner Lottje Lecture: Indigenous Human Rights Defenders in Colombia

April 20, 2021

The German Institute for Human Rights and Bread for the World announce:

the 8th Werner Lottje Lecture: “Protected by the Collective – Indigenous Human Rights Defenders in Colombia“
April 20, 2021
5:00 – 7:00 pm CET

More on Werner Lottje see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2013/11/16/and-a-lot-more-about-werner-lottje-the-great-german-human-rights-defender/

Livestreaming: English, German, Spanish (simultaneous interpreting)

For years, Colombia has led the dismal ranking of countries with the highest number of murders of human rights defenders worldwide. Members of indigenous communities who defend themselves against the intrusion of armed groups, organized crime, and the overexploitation of natural resources on their ancestral territories are especially affected. With the 8th Werner Lottje Lecture, we therefore honor the Guardia Indígena de Cauca – Kiwe Thegnas, winners of the 2020 Colombian Human Rights Award and the 2020 Front Line Defenders Award (Americas), who impressively demonstrate how effective the collective peaceful defense of their territories can be. What particular threats do indigenous communities face in Colombia and around the world? [see: https://www.trueheroesfilms.org/thedigest/laureates/26619974-ee3f-42ff-9e94-3e34ebc5ba9b

What effects did the COVID-19 pandemic have? What strategies have these communities developed to defend themselves? What kind of support is required from the international community to protect indigenous communities? We discuss these and other questions with:

•             Guardia Indígena de Cauca – Kiwe Thegnas, Indigenous human rights collective, Colombia
•             Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
•             Dr. Peter Ptassek, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Colombia

Please register here: Anmeldung/Registration/Registro

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Details

Date: April 20 Time: 17:00 – 19:00 CEST Website: https://www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/veranstaltungen/detail/8-werner-lottje-lecture-schutz-im-kollektiv-indigene-menschenrechtsverteidigerinnen-in-kolumbien

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Annual Werner Lottje lecture in Germany on 21 February 2019

February 15, 2019

Hungary: civil society and human rights defenders under pressure, is the topic of the upcoming Werner Lottje Lecture in Berlin on 21 February. Werner Lotte was one of the most outstanding human rights leaders in Germany who is rightly honoured with an annual event.

[see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2013/11/16/and-a-lot-more-about-werner-lottje-the-great-german-human-rights-defender/]

Organised by Bread for the World and the German Institute for Human Rights (two of the organisations that Werner played a crucial role in developing) the event covers Hungary’s slide away from human rights respect which has been documented often [also in this blog, see e.g. https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/05/18/excellent-background-piece-to-hungarys-stop-soros-mania/]. With the European elections coming up it is a timely meeting. See also: https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/hungary-should-address-many-interconnected-human-rights-protection-challenges

Programme

18:00 Greetings: Dr. Julia Duchrow; Human Rights, Bread for the World

18:10 Lecture: Marta Pardavi; Co-Chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee

18:30 Panel Discussion, moderated by Dr. Wolfgang Heinz; German Institute for Human Rights.

Marta Pardavi;
Manuel Sarrazin; member of parliament, German Greens
Dóra Kanizsai-Nagy; Kalunba, refugee organisation from Hungary

20:00 Reception

Place: Caroline-Michaelis-Straße 1 10115 Berlin Room: O.K.06. There will be English German interpretation

Registration: https://info.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/termin/ungarn-zivilgesellschaft

For last year’s event see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/02/08/5th-werner-lottje-lecture-in-berlin-focuses-on-cambodia/

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2nd Werner Lottje Lecture on 10 November in Berlin with Alejandra Ancheita and Michel Forst

October 18, 2014

On 10 November 2014 will take place the 2^nd Werner Lottje Lecture. This annual event – organised by Bread for the World and the German Institute for Human Rights – honors one of Germany’s most influential and visionary human rights defenders, who died in 2004 [see: https://thoolen.wordpress.com/tag/werner-lottje/]. As Werner Lottje was one of the founders of the Martin Ennals Award, the organisers have in mind to invite every year one of the Final Nominees of the MEA as main speaker. The theme this year is again directly linked to Human Rights Defenders (“Current challenges in the Protection of HRDs”) . The main elements in the programme are: Read the rest of this entry »

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And a lot more about Werner Lottje: the great German human rights defender

November 16, 2013

In the presence of the UN Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, the MEA Laureates of 2013: the Joint Mobile Group, the family of Werner Lottje (his wife Margit and the children) and some 90 other participants we had on 13 November 2013 the first WERNER LOTTJE LECTURE in Berlin. It was an impressive affair and the organisers, Bread for the World and the German Institute for Human Rights, can look back on a successful launch of this annual event. There were many good tributes to Werner’s life and contribution. Igor Kalyapin of the JMG explained the terrible conditions under which his team has to operate in Russia and Margaret Sekaggya concluded with a wide-ranging overview of obstacles that HRDs all over the world face. A short, impressive film brought the person of Werner to life.

Here I am providing you the full text my own speech on this occasion, not only because I have it handy but because it concerns mostly the international part of his work:

“Thinking outside the box – Werner Lottje as an international networker”

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Werner Lottje, German human rights pioneer, finally honored on 13 November in Berlin

November 11, 2013

If the coming days I am a bit less prolific with news on human rights defenders (maybe a welcome respite!) there is a good human rights reason: I will be in Berlin where on 13 November 2013 the first annual Werner Lottje Lecture will be inaugurated. It is an initiative by Bread for the World and the German Institute for Human Rights. As a good friend of Werner I am delighted to be allowed to speak about his enormous contribution to the human rights world as it is today: Read the rest of this entry »

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Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards