Gen Z leaders gather in Oslo for democratic change
The Nobel Peace Conference is the Nobel Peace Center’s annual peace conference, culminating a year of events with topics related to the latest peace prize.
Each year in September, the conference gathers Nobel Peace Prize laureates, international experts and activists in Oslo to discuss some of the world’s most challenging questions.
This year, with the Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado as a backdrop, we ask:
- What are the biggest transnational threats to democracy today?
- What lessons can be learned from democracy movements around the world?
- How may the international community help democracy movements?
The vision of the Nobel Peace Conference is to create a meeting place where dedicated individuals, activists and grassroots movements can meet international organizations, decision makers and Nobel Prize laureates. Here, they can learn from and influence each other, and be inspired to continue their work for peace, democracy, and human rights.
Each year, the conference shepherds action-oriented outcomes into the world. This year, the conference aims to help support and shape democratic movements in a time where autocracy is on the rise.
In the week leading up to the conference, the Nobel Peace Center, Center for Nonviolent Conflict Research and Humanity United will convene a select cohort of Generation Z democracy activists from across the globe. 15 young leaders from the US, Nepal, Kenya, Serbia and Brazil will come to Oslo to share experiences and common challenges. They will also sit down with Nobel Peace laureates to develop real and scalable solutions to the transnational threats undermining democracy. The outcome of the convention will be presented at the conference.
Do you want to learn more about how we created impact at our previous conferences?
- In the course of the 2022 Nobel Peace Conference: Freedom of Expression, Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov launched a 10-point plan to address our information crisis with a roadmap to safeguard rights on the internet. Ressa uses the plan in her advocacy, and it has been introduced into government hearings in Norway to push for bans on surveillance-based advertising.
Nobel Laureates launched action plan to support journalism and fight disinformation
- At our 2023 Nobel Peace Conference Human Rights Heroes, CCL, Memorial, Viasna and other civil society organizations launched the Sunflower Declaration to protect human rights defenders at risk. Partner organizations use it in their conversations with ministries to, for example, advocate for rapid visa issuance.
Sunflower declaration - In the 2024 Nobel Peace Conference Woman, Life, Freedom experts, activists, and decision makers discussed the rollback of women’s rights and its ramifications for peace. It oversaw the launch of the #FreeNarges coalition, working for the release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi. In the intervening time, Narges has been out of prison twice.
International coalition launches to demand immediate release of Narges Mohammadi - The 2025 Nobel Peace Conference Message to Humanity coincided with the marking of the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and gathered Norwegian and international civil society in carrying forward the legacy of the atomic bomb survivors. We marked this anniversary with the release and global distribution of educational resources spreading the hibakushas message amongst new generations.
The Nobel Peace Prize 2024
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