Gatherings
All manner of seminars, courses, conferences, and press briefings with high-profile participants similarly constitute a significant proportion of CAF activities. These formats allow for the discussion of timely matters in alternative platforms, with the collaboration of institutions and other partners, generating awareness through more extensive media coverage and engaging public opinion and participation.
June 9–12, 2026. Residencia de Estudiantes / CSIC Center for Human and Social Sciences
Common Action Forum, in collaboration with the Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near East (ILC-CSIC), organises an academic event titled ‘Christians, Jews, and Muslims: Trajectories and Interactions in the Mediterranean’. The opening session will take place on Tuesday, June 09 at 18.00h at Madrid’s historic Residencia de Estudiantes, and will be open to the general public. The following three days of the event, which are to be more academic and historical-philological in nature, will take place in the CSIC Centre for Human and Social Sciences (June 10-12).
This International Conference aims to provide a comprehensive approach to issues such as overall coexistence and religious and cultural interactions in the Mediterranean, from an academic perspective while keeping an eye on public outreach and citizen science. To this end, it will bring together experts from various fields to foster interdisciplinary debate, presenting new perspectives on the political, cultural, and religious history of the Mediterranean, with particular emphasis on the analysis of textual sources and their circulation in multi-faith and multilingual contexts.
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Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | 18-22 May 2026
Collapse is no longer an abstraction. It has taken root in every facet of contemporary life: from the intimacy of our daily lives and how we eat, move, feel and build social bonds, to the entrenched mechanisms of oppression and control that govern the global order. Against a backdrop of rampant civic disillusionment and in the face of a deliberately fragmented society, it is intolerable that our narratives continue to shift the blame and individualise it among ordinary people.
Collaborators
Palestine & Israel after October 07th: Motivations and Consequences
October 15th, 2023
A week after October 07th, CAF brought together key experts to discuss the motivations and consequences behind these events, including Wadah Khanfar, Daniel Levy, Arlene Clemesha, Omar Rahman and Rafael Heiber.
This free-access webinar explored the conflict’s context, including Palestine-Israel relations, recent episodes of escalation, local mobilizations and the international response to what could open a new chapter in regional & global geopolitics.
With the Media Partnership of ICL Noticias.
From the Bolivian experience to the Brazilian elections
Madrid, Spain | September 12th, 2022
María Zambrano Hall, Círculo de Bellas Artes
1st SESSION – 17:00 hs
Brazil at the crossroads: democratic crisis and electoral scenarios
Panelists: Jean Wyllys (Brazil) – Izadora Brito (Brazil) – Denise Dora (Brazil)
Moderator: Paulo Abrão (Brazil)
2nd SESSION – 18:30 hs
They came back, and they are millions, The process of change in Bolivia and its regional implications
[A discussion based on the book Volvieron y son millones, El proceso de cambio en Bolivia (2005-2020), Akal]
Panelists: Álvaro García Linera (Bolivia) – María Lois (Spain) – Guillaume Long (Ecuador)
Moderator: Rafael Heiber (Brazil)
Institutional welcome: Jesús Espino, Editor of Akal
Organization: National Secretariat of Human Rights, Ministry of Justice
Coordination: Common Action Forum (CAF) and Lawfare Institute (LI)
December 3th, 2021 – Teatro del Conti (Ex ESMA) – Buenos Aires, Argentina
SPECIAL PANEL
Lawfare and Mass Surveillance:
Diagnosis, Prevention, and Punishment in Latin America
Participants:
Alejandra Loucau – International Politics Journalist. (Moderator)
Cristiano Zanin – Lula da Silva’s lawyer and co-founder of the Lawfare Institute.
Eduardo Barcesat – Constitutional lawyer and professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
Gabriel Chamorro – Jurist, professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), and director of CEPES.
Valeska Teixeira – Lula da Silva’s lawyer and co-founder of the Lawfare Institute.
Multidisciplinary dialogue between science and religion: getting together in pandemic times
Organization: UIMP – CSIC – CAF
01 September – 03 September, 2021
Interaction between science and religion is a very relevant social topic, although it has almost exclusively been approached from an academic perspective, often remaining controversial in nature. This seminar proposed a constructive and unbiased dialogue on the relationship between science and religion, incorporating a societal dimension in addition to the academic.
ONLINE COURSE / Virtual Classroom UIMP
CAF is offering 10 free enrollments.
LAWFARE – Intensive course
Organization: LAWFARE INSTITUTE
Supported by: CARTA CAPITAL – CAF
30 August, 2019 – São Paulo, Brazil
Intensive course for 250 experts to explore the definition of Lawfare, its origins and main cases around the world.
Speakers: Cristiano Zanin, Valezka Teixeira, Rafael Valim and others.
LAWFARE – Committee workshop
Organization: LAWFARE INSTITUTE – CAF
22 May, 2019 – Madrid, Spain
Cooperation between the Lawfare Institute and Common Action Forum in establishing an international committee to analyze and combat Lawfare. Participants: Guillaume Long, Herta Däubler-Gmelin, Rafael Heiber, Renata Ávila and Valeska Zanin.
IAPSS – World Congress 2019
Organization: IAPSS – UCM – CAF
20 – 25 May, 2019 – Madrid, Spain
The IAPSS World Congress 2019 addressed the topic «Overcoming Injustice» with the participation of hundreds of international students who presented papers, participated in workshops and attended thematic sessions, such as the one presented by Herta Däubler-Gmelin.
LAWFARE – Committee workshop
Organization: LAWFARE INSTITUTE – CAF
16 April, 2019 – São Paulo, Brazil
Cooperation between the Lawfare Institute and Common Action Forum in establishing an international committee to analyze and combat Lawfare. Participants: Celso Amorim, Cristiano Zanin, Daniela Exposito, Eduardo Barcesat, Gabriel Chamorro, Mariana Lacerda, Rafael Ferreira, Rafael Heiber, Renata Avila, Valeska Teixeira and William Bourdon.
OSLO AT 25 – An illusive peace
Organization: USP – MEMO – CAF
22 – 23 October, 2018 – São Paulo, Brazil
Academics, politicians, journalists and activists convened for two days in a conference at São Paulo University, Brazil, co-sponsored by CAF, to discuss the Oslo peace process after 25 years, explain why the process has continued for so long with no tangible success and outline possible future scenarios.
The gathering fomented thought, debate and discussion with proposals for further collaboration in order to address this ongoing and ever-pressing conflict and human rights concern.
SEMINAR CAF – A progressive call to sustain democracy and the multipolar order
Participants: Felipe González, Rebeca Grysnpan, Celso Amorim, Baltasar Garzón…
17 September, 2018 – Madrid, Spain
In light of events and processes throughout the world that endanger social cohesion and global progress, the Common Action Forum (CAF), alongside partner the Perseu Abramo Foundation, with organizational collaboration from Casa de América, worked together to create a two part international seminar series addressing threats to democracy and the rise of populism and isolationism.
CONVERSATION WITH WADAH KHANFAR – The Gulf Crisis, Qatar, Blockade and the Voice of the Al-Jazeera Network
Participants: Javier Solana, Celso Amorim, Pedro Rojo…
04 July, 2017 – Madrid, Spain
Former Director General of Al-Jazeera Television Network and current President of CAF, Mr. Khanfar addressed «The Gulf Crisis, Qatar Blockade and the Voice of the Al-Jazeera Network» over a a breakfast gathering of twenty experts and media.
The discussion was conducted by Mr. Pedro Rojo, President of Fundación Al Fanar, a collaborating entity that leads the Observatory of Islamophobia in the Media, and moderated by Rafael Heiber, Director and Co-Founder of Common Action Forum.
SEMINAR CAF – Ibero-American countries and their role in light of the Trump administration
Co-organized by Casa de América
03 July, 2017 – Madrid, Spain
The conference was open to the public, featuring Celso Amorim, Brazil’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico DF’s Former Head of Government, and Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Spain’s Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, moderated by José María Forte, Director of Radio 5, and opened by Wadah Khanfar, Chairman of CAF.
CONGRESS – Brazilian perspectives on Palestine in a changing Middle East
06 December, 2016 – São Paulo, Brazil
The seminar was organized by the Center for Arab Studies and the Institute of International Relations (USP), Middle East Monitor (London) and Common Action Forum (Madrid), and gathered leading experts and commentators in order to explore the shifting paradigm in the Middle East and the struggle for Palestinian self-determination.
