Désirée Reder / Sabine Kurtenbach / Alina Ripplinger

Violent Legacies, Social Movements, Uncertain Futures

Lecture | 14/02/2024 - 16/02/2024


  • Group photo from the workshop in Costa Rica organised by Désirée Reder.

    Central America finds itself again at a crossroads. Fragile processes of democratisation and peacebuilding are threatened by traditional and corrupt elites weaponising the judiciary, undermining the rule of law, and limiting human rights. Civil society plays a major role in resisting such developments.

    In a three-day workshop co-organized by Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach and Désirée Reder, at the University of Costa Rica in San José, researchers from GIGA, CIEP, and other academic institutions from Central America, as well as representatives of Civil Society, discussed the current developments, challenges, and potential pathways out of the crisis.


    Event

    Violent Legacies, Social Movements, Uncertain Futures

    Location

    Universidad de Costa Rica, San José




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