July 1, 2024 | Geneva & Virtual
Maison de la Paix, petal 4
Geneva Center for Security Policy
Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 D, 1202 Geneva
14:00–17:00 (CET) | 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (ET)
Virtual registration | In-person registration
14:00 to 17:00 (CET) | 8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (EST)
Venue: Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Conference Room 1, Maison de la Paix, petal 4/Virtual
In-person Reception | July 1, 2024 | 17:00 to 19:00 (CET)
Venue: La Terrasse de la paix, Maison de la Paix
What if global violence was halved by 2030?
Violence is not restricted to certain regions, and it is not only an issue of men killing men. The majority of violence happens outside of conflict, and every country has to address the violence that happens within their own borders.
In addition to the human and development costs, violence carries a tremendous economic cost. In 2022, interpersonal violence cost the world USD 2.6 trillion. Beyond a moral imperative to reduce global violence, stakeholders everywhere have an economic incentive to do so.
The report to be launched captures more than three years of the initiative’s work, drawing on research and best practices from across the globe. The report will feature innovative, proven, and low-cost strategies to prevent and reduce violence, underscoring that halving global violence is in fact an achievable goal.
Please join the Halving Global Violence Task Force, the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the Small Arms Survey to the launch of the Task Force Flagship Report. The event will start with high-level remarks from the Task Force Co-Chairs, and move to a guided Davos-style panel discussion with members of the Geneva Peace Community and beyond, who helped to shape the report’s groundbreaking findings and recommendations.
Featured Speakers
- H.E. Ambassador Martin Kimani, Executive Director, NYU Center on International Cooperation
- H.E. Irène Esambo Diata, Minister in Charge of People with Disabilities and Other Vulnerable People, Democratic Republic of Congo
- H.E. Amb. Dominik Stillhart, Deputy Director, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
- Dr. Mark Downes, Director, Small Arms Survey
- Dr. Angela Me, Chief of the Research and Trend, Analysis Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Dr. Keith Krause, Director, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Dr. Alexander Butchart – Coordinator, Prevention of Violence Team, World Health Organization
- Ms. Céline Monnier, Acting Director, Prevention Peacebuilding and Protracted Crises, NYU Center on International Cooperation
- Mr. Antônio Sampaio, Thematic Lead on Cities & Illicit Economies, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
- Mr. Daniel Friedman, Program Director, Halving Global Violence, NYU Center on International Cooperation
