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Neutrality Colloquium:
A Call to Action for Active Neutrality & World Peace

June 26-27, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland

The Neutrality Colloquium will take place in Geneva, Switzerland on June 26-27, 2025. This forum seeks to promote active neutrality as a key strategy for global stability and sustainable development in response to increasing geopolitical tensions, militarization, and humanitarian crises.

A concrete Action Agenda will be developed to promote neutrality in the short, medium, and long term, with recommendations for governments and organizations. The event will bring together academics, activists, and government officials to collaboratively build strategies for peace.

This Neutrality Colloquium serves as a crucial step towards advancing peace, justice, and sustainability, setting the stage for the Second International Neutrality Congress in 2026.

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Objectives:
  • Advocating for active neutrality within the international system
  • Analyzing the impacts of militarization on peace, economy, and the environment
  • Examining the media’s role in shaping war narratives and public opinion
  • Promote dialogue between state and non-state actors for the construction of non-intervention policies and sustainable peace
  • Designing political and diplomatic proposals for strengthening neutrality and non-alignment
Impacts:
  • Political: Increase the visibility of active neutrality, influence global political agendas, and promote dialogue for non-intervention policies
  • Social: Raise awareness about militarization, strengthen peace movements, and highlight the Global South’s struggles for sovereignty
  • Academic: Generate critical knowledge, foster interdisciplinary research, and influence evidence-based policies
  • Environmental: Advocate for eco-friendly alternatives to mitigate the environmental damage caused by conflicts
Outputs:

The colloquium will produce several outputs, including:

  1. A Public Declaration promoting neutrality for peace and Position Paper with concrete proposals to organizations such as the UN and the European Union
  2. Academic Publications and the creation of an International Neutrality Actors’ Network to coordinate future peace actions
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Organizers:

  • Colombia Peace Agreement
  • Geneva Center for Neutrality
  • Global Veterans Peace Network (GVPN)
  • Inter-University Network for Peace (REDIPAZ)
  • International Peace Bureau
  • Transnational Institute
  • World BEYOND War
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Help support the work for neutrality and the events being held in Geneva in 2025! All funds raised will be managed by the Event Organizing Committee to cover the costs of organizing this initiative.

Schedule

Thursday, June 26: 9:30 to 19:00 at Route de Marsillon 40 1256 Troinex

Neutrality Colloquium: A Call to Action for Active Neutrality & World Peace

 Ferme de Marsillon, Route de Marsillon 40, 1256 Troinex (Geneva), Switzerland
 Thursday, June 26 – Friday, June 27, 2025

Day 1 – Thursday, June 26, 2025

09:30 – 19:00 | Focus Group Formation and Thematic Discussions

  • 09:30 – Registration & Formation of Focus Groups
  • 10:00 – Welcoming Remarks by the Organizers
  • 12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
  • 13:30 – 17:30 – Focus Group Discussions:
  1. Current Neutrality Practices
  2. Digital Neutrality in the Age of Cyberwarfare and AI Militarization
  3. Neutrality and Media
  4. Neutrality and Common Security in a Militarized World
  5. Building a New Non-Aligned Movement
  • 17:30 – 19:00 – Dinner & Networking Reception

Friday, June 27: 9:30 to 19:00 at Route de Marsillon 40 1256 Troinex

Day 2 – Friday, June 27, 2025

09:30 – 21:00 | Strategy Development, Declaration, and Networking

  • 09:30 – Arrival at the Venue
  • 10:00 – 13:00 – Group Work: Preparation of Presentations, Analyses & Recommendations
  • 13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch Break
  • 14:00 – 16:30 – Panel Discussion with Focus Group Rapporteurs. Presentation of Key Insights.

o   Adoption of the Declaration on Modern Neutrality

o   Launch of the Action Plan for the International Congress on Neutrality (2026)

o   Establishment of the International Network of Neutrality Actors

  • 16:30 – 17:30 – Press Briefing (in cooperation with the Swiss Press Club)
  • 17:30 – 18:00 – Closing Ceremony
  • 18:00 – 21:00 – Cocktail Reception for Participants and Invited Guests
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Venue

Route de Marsillon 40 1256 Troinex

The Neutrality Colloquium will be hosted at La Ferme de Marsillon, nestled between Troinex and Veyrier. The farm combines art and agriculture and is a beautiful event space. Visit the farm’s website to learn more.

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