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The View covers breaking news and media on the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World.

From November 30th to December 4th, 2009, hundreds of international organizations will meet in Cartagena, Colombia to assess the impact of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty, a watershed agreement between states and nations to ban all anti-personnel mines.

The blog is an initiative of Survivor Corps, a leading advocate for the rights of conflict survivors. Created by landmine survivors, Survivor Corps believes those who have survived war are most invested in building peace.

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    Survivor Corps and CIREC to host roundtable discussion

    • Event: Towards Survivorship: From victims to citizens
    • Date: Monday, November 30,
    • Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    • Location: Comisión 4

    Victim assistance can be provided in a way that promotes victimhood. It can highlight reparations alone as a condition for recovery. It can lack the end-goal of creating a true opportunity for full and effective participation in all walks of society.  Or, it can be provided in a way that addresses long-term recovery, facilitates victims’ full reintegration into society and furthers empowerment and self-reliance, with the goal of enabling survivors to themselves define and carry out their life visions.

    In this roundtable discussion, survivors of conflict, experts in the field of victim assistance, and policy makers from around the world will share their experiences in order to identify key issues and propose lines of action for creating effective assistance plans.

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    November 10, 2009, 12:55pm   Comments

    Survivor Corps–Colombia partner, CIREC, marches for a landmine-free Colombia.

    Survivor Corps–Colombia partner, CIREC, marches for a landmine-free Colombia.



    October 05, 2009, 3:54pm  Comments