Reconciliation in Contexts of Social Exclusion

In the framework of the Chair On Peace Education the University Centre Saint Ignatius Antwerp organized, in collaboration with 11.11.11, Pax Christi & Sant’Egidio, a session on local practices of reconciliation in broken communities on Wednesday, April 3rd 2019.

In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, this session presented a case in practice on mediation between perpetrators and victims in Rwanda, to inspire a reflection on reconciliation efforts in other contexts of social exclusion in our own society.

The programme consisted of contributions by three theologians:

introduction by Jacques Haers sj (University Parish Leuven)
lecture (in French) by Laurien Ntezimana (Association Modeste et Innocent)
lecture (in English) by Elías López-Pérez sj (Jesuit Refugee Service)

And a panel debate with Bea Cantillon (University of Antwerp), Naima Charkaoui (Children’s Rights Commissioner), Annemarie Gielen (Pax Christi Vlaanderen) and Hilde Kieboom (Sant’Egidio).