Thought up by the French cartoonist Plantu, Cartooning for Peace is an initiative born on 16 October 2006 at UN headquarters in New York. A two-day conference organised by Kofi Annan, the then Secretary General of the United Nations, brought together the twelve best-known political cartoonists in the world for "unlearning intolerance".
An exhibition was staged at the same time as the meeting.
A movement was born!
Learning materials for use with primary and secondary schoolchildren accompany some of our exhibitions.
Directed by Stephanie Valloatto and co-written and produced by Radu Mihaileanu, "Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy" selected at the Cannes Film Festival, pays tribute to 12 crazy, amazing, funny and tragic cartoonists from all around the world who defend democracy at the risk of their lives and have fun with a pencil as only weapon. They are French, Tunisian, Russian, Mexican, American, Chinese, Algerian, Burkinabese, Ivorian, Venezuelan, Israelian and Palestinian.
Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chappatte received the Thomas Nast award by The Overseas Press Club of America in New-York.
The Cartoonists - Foots Soldiers of Democracy book is published on the occasion of the film, co-written and produced by Radu Mihaileanu and directed by Stéphanie Valloatto. The book traces the story of each cartoonist, give meaning to their combat, tells the funny or tragic episodes which punctuated their career and present about 300 drawings.
“The Cartoonist” is a new gallery specialized on editorial cartoons in Brussels, that opened in April in Brussels.
“The Cartoonist” represents twelve Belgian Editorial Cartoonists, including Nicolas Vadot, CĂ©cile Bertrand and Pierre Kroll.
 Save the date!
Signing session with Cecile Bertrand on Saturday July, 25th at 1:00 pm!
 More information on TheCartoonist.be
Join the Cartooning for Peace team !
We are looking for two interns to work with us from September, 2014 :
- A project manager (educational projects and cartoonists support ) : download the job description (in French)
- An event project manager :Â download the job description (in French)
First World WARM Festival in Sarajevo from June, 28th to July, 12th
On the occasion of the centenary of the First World War and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, Â WARM Foundation launches the First WARM World Festival in Sarajevo.
Cartooning for Peace as a partner of the event, will displayed about one hundred cartoons in Sarajevo. “Every state of war” : the exhibition tells about hundred years of armed conflicts, civil wars and cyber-surveillance. Curated and produced by the Cartooning for Peace Swiss Foundation, the exhibition is also presented  in Geneva until July 12.
WARM is an international foundation working on the world’s contemporary conflicts. WARM is dedicated to war reporting and war art, as well as history and memories of war, and promoting emerging talents and education.
Turkish cartoonist Mehmet DĂĽzenli has been jailed on Thursday, June, 12th for a cartoon depicting Adnan Oktar, a controversial Muslim preacher well known for his creationist, anti-masonic, anti-Zionist and holocaust denial views. Mehmet DĂĽzenli has been sentenced of a three-month prison term on insult charge.
“Jailing Düzenli over a cartoon is totally unacceptable,” said Johann Bihr, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Eastern Europe and Central Asia desk. “Such a disproportionate sentence is a reminder that Turkey’s penal code often violates the country’s own constitution as well as international conventions on freedom of information.”
The European Union of National Instituts (EUNIC) and Cartooning for Peace unite together for their common values : to facilitate the meeting of cartoonists with a broad public and to promote freedom of expression in our democracies.
From this summer and for a period of 2 years, the EUNIC will organize the roaming of the Cartooning for Peace exhibition translated into French, English and Spanish through the EUNIC cultural institutes. The film Olivier Malvoisin’s documentary “No laughing matter” (produced by ARTE) will also be presented at the insitutes and panel discussions CFP cartoonists are programed.
Hani Abbas, Syrian cartoonist who received on May, 3 the international Editorial Cartoon Prize from the Cartooning for Peace Swiss Foundation, is panelist at the “Protecting Journalists” conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva,  on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. “Protecting Journalists” is a side event of the Council of Human Rights organized by Reporters Without Borders .
Download France’s official speech at the “Protecting Journalists” Panel (in French)
Saint-Malo present the itinerant exhibition about press cartoons !
The international film and book festival, Etonnants Voyageurs in Saint-Malo present for the 25th edition the exhibition about press cartoons from 7th to 9th of June.
The film Cartoonists – Foot Soldiers of Democracy will be project saturday, June 7th at Le Vauban cinema.
In partnership with “Cartooning for Peace”, once a week ARTE is publishing a press cartoon on events unfolding in the Arab world.
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One of the spearheads of Cartooning for Peace is its involvement in the Near East. On several occasions Cartooning for Peace has hung up its hat and exposed cartoonists to opinions, confessions and diverging commitments; they have, however, known how to share a common goal without animosity.
