THE PERU SUPPORT GROUP

Upcoming Events

• Public Event - Bagua

  The Outcomes of Bagua: The Peruvian Amazon One Year on from the Violence

  Monday 28 June 2010

  5:00 - 6.30pm

  Palace of Westminster, London

  Chair: Lord Avebury - President of the Peru Support Group
  Speakers will include the Peru Support Group, Amnesty International and CARE Peru.

  On 5 June 2009, Peru witnessed probably the worse loss of life since the end of the country’s internal armed conflict in 2000, following protests by indigenous groups against a series of legislative decrees, collectively known as the 'Law of the Jungle' (Ley de la Selva). These were approved by President Alan García in 2008 to make Peruvian law conform to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.

  Please e-mail the Peru Support Group to register your attendance

  Download flyer for more information

• PSG Annual Conference 2009

  Saturday 14 November 2009

  10am to 5pm

  St. Antony's College, Oxford University

  SPEAKERS:
  Father Marco Arana, recently named by Time magazine as one of its "Heroes of the Environment 2009”, is a Peruvian priest known for his work with farmers in the northern highlands department of Cajamarca. He is part of the civil society movement Tierra y Libertad (Land and Freedom) and media reports in Peru suggest he may stand as a presidential candidate for the 2011 elections

  WORKSHOPS:
  Graham Gordon, formerly head of human rights organisation Peace and Hope’s (Paz y Esperanza) Advocacy and Communications Team in Peru, will focus on the Putis massacre, an emblematic case from Peru’s internal armed conflict that relates to the recommendations of Peru’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission and highlights the issue of access to justice
  James Haselip, a lecturer in Sustainable Development at the University of Reading will consider the risk of conflict and the 'politics of grievance' surrounding industry development (extractives), with illustrations linked to oil and gas
  developments in the Manu region (southern Peru)
  Glevys Rondon, coordinator of the Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme (LAMMP), will talk about women affected by mining activities in Latin America, with a focus on approaches used by LAMMP to highlight the main issues involving women. The presentation will be illustrated with Peruvian cases.
  María Ysabel Cedano from Peruvian NGO DEMUS (Institute for the Defence of Women’s Rights) will present a short film on sexual violence against women during dictatorships and armed conflict in the region. She will also evaluate the
  status of reparations and justice for women affected by violence during Peru’s internal armed conflict (1980-2000), achievements, challenges and impacts on Peruvian society.

  There will be ample opportunity to question all our speakers

  Entrance: £5 unwaged/students; £8 PSG members; and £9 others
  University of Oxford Students Free

  VENUE:
  St Antony's College
  University of Oxford
  62 Woodstock Road
  Oxford OX2 6JF
  For directions go to:
  www.sant.ox.ac.uk/about/directions.html

  TO RESERVE A PLACE:
  info@perusupportgroup.org.uk
  Tel: 020 7354 9825

  Offset your entrance against PSG membership at the conference (standing orders only)

  If you would like to come, but can’t afford the entrance, please contact the PSG