Summit Report
(Re)building Trust and Democracy:
Violence, Security and Peace in Latin America

The report on the 1st conference of the Violence, Security and Peace (VSP) Network, titled "(Re)building Trust and Democracy: Violence, Security and Peace in Latin America" recaps a multisectorial and interdisciplinary gathering that took place on May 18th and 19th, 2023 in Bogotá, Colombia. The summit aimed at examining and identifying potential solutions to the current challenges facing Latin America in terms of violence prevention, security provision, and peacebuilding. It served as a platform where over 120 actors from the private, public, academic, and civil society sectors in the region shared their experiences, collaborated, and devised new strategies for the (re)construction of trust and democracy within their societies as the overarching goal.