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Event Details

Land for life, land for peace: The Cry of the Global South on Agrarian Reform
tIERRA PARA LA VIDA, Tierra para la paz: Un clamor del sur global por una reforma agraria integral

Where: Santo Toribio Parish Hall, Cartagena, Colombia
When: 2 pm local time. GMT+5 | CET+6) 
Languages: Spanish, English

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From the central conviction that “territorial peace is built from the land,” speakers will present their vision on governance and rural rights in the framework of ICARRD+20.

Main Speakers:

🇻🇦 Msgr. Paolo Rudelli: Apostolic Nuncio (Vatican).
🇨🇴 Msgr. Juan Carlos Barreto: President of Social Pastoral Cáritas.
🌍 Rev. Fr. Uchechukwu Obodoechina – 2nd Deputy Secretary General in charge of the Commission for Justice, Peace and Development, Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)

They will address the urgency of protecting territories and the conclusions of the document “Land for Life, Land for Peace.”


Co-organised by CELAM, National Secretariat of Pastoral Social – Caritas Colombiana, Archdiocese of Cartagena and CIDSE


Additional information:

  • Click HERE to find out more about CIDSE activities at the ICARRD+20 conference in Colombia.
  • A cry from the Global South for integral agrarian reform, Message from the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (Celam) on the Occasion of ICARRD+20. (EN – ES)
  • Statement by Faith communities at ICARRD+20, Cartagena, Colombia. (EN – ES)

Contacts:

  • Onsite: Annia Klein, Communication Officer (klein(at)cidse.org)
  • Brussels: Giorgio Gotra, Operations and Communications Manager (gotra(at)cidse.org)

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