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Date(s) - March 10, 2025
4:00 pm
Join Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (CLASA) for a free Zoom webinar on Lex Innocentium — the Irish law defending innocents during war — on Monday, March 10 at 4 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Please register below to receive the Zoom link for the event.
In this webinar, Eamon Rafter, an activist and educator for peace and justice, will discuss the movement of Lex Innocentium 21st Century. He’ll explain how this contemporary group was formed to revive a law that was promulgated by a gathering of bishops in Ireland during the Synod of Birr in 697 A.D. to protect innocents (clergy, women and youth) during times of war, as well as support the Irish position of neutrality at the beginning of the 20th century. Rafter will explain how this movement was built on Ireland’s values and moral standards of the past to address current atrocities, using art and creativity to spread the message.
Rafter works with World Beyond War, Swords to Ploughshares and Lex Innocentium 21st Century, focusing on arms trade, militarism, war abolition and nonviolent alternatives. He has also worked extensively on reconciliation projects in Ireland with schools, universities and communities affected by conflict. Rafter is an active participant and presenter in the International Institute of Peace Education (IIPE), most recently in Mexico and Nepal.
This event is sponsored by CLASA and co-sponsored by the Detroit Mercy Political Science Department.
For any questions or more information, please email CLASA Director Gail Presbey at presbegm@udmercy.edu.
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