Community Based Security and Citizens Rights

Syrian refugees in Lebanon hugely impacted by ongoing economic and COVID-19 crises

04-02-2021The situation in Lebanon has been steadily deteriorating, and is projected to get much worse. Syrian refugees are among those worst off. The Refugee Protection Watch Coalition (RPW), of which PAX is part of, has interviewed hundreds of Syrian refugees and members of host communities in Lebanon. The resulting briefing outlines in a briefing outlining the enormous impact of the ongoing economic and COVID-19 crises in Lebanon, and presents key recommendations.
Gender, Peace & Security, Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Middle East
Find solutions for causes of protests in Sulaymaniyah

21-12-2020For two weeks now, citizens in the Sulaymaniyah governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan have been protesting the barren living conditions that they are facing. For months on end they have not (or only partly) been receiving their salaries from the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG).
Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Middle East
Iraqi activist letter to UN gets over 7,000 signatures

23-06-2020A letter to the United Nations calling for equal rights for women in Iraq and for protection during demonstrations has gotten more than 7,000 signatures here in the Netherlands.
Gender, Peace & Security, Protection of Civilians, Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Middle East, The Netherlands
Support Iraqi women as they fight for their rights

21-05-2020PAX joins four Iraqi women to campaign for the right to demonstrate, non-violently and without fear of reprisal, once corona measures are lifted.
Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Middle East
Jan Gruiters to step down as General Director of PAX

05-03-2019Jan Gruiters will step down as General Director of PAX as of 1 October this year. "I have decided to step back and make way for a successor,” says Gruiters in announcing his resignation. “It is good for new people to stand at the helm and be able to make their mark on our peacebuilding work."
Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, The Netherlands
Fragmented Jerusalem

01-05-2018On 14 May, the United States will move its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. A highly controversial step, since it departs from the international consensus that any change in the status of the city will only be internationally recognized after Israeli’s and Palestinians have mutually agreed on its future status.
Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Middle East
PAX advice on non-government controlled areas in Ukraine

11-04-2018At the beginning of this year, the Ukrainian government adopted a legislative act, which in the public discourse came to be known as the Donbas reintegration bill. This new law addresses the non-government controlled areas (NGCAs) in Donbas region of Ukraine, which is a territory, where Russia-backed rebels are in military confrontation with the government of Ukraine.
Humanitarian Disarmament, Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Europe
Reintegrating former combatants in Colombia

09-04-2018After years of war, former combatants in Colombia are returning to the communities they left when they went to fight. The weapons have been laid down and the wounds are slowly beginning to heal. But the reintegration of former combatants remains precarious. PAX supports the indigenous authorities in their call for community reintegration. “It is not just the individual that needs to be taken into account, but also the social context, the family and the community,” says Joris van de Sandt, programme leader at PAX.
Gender, Peace & Security, Dealing with the Past, Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Colombia
Bishop Paride Taban wins Four Freedoms Award

06-02-2018South Sudanese Bishop Paride Taban will receive the Freedom of Worship Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards presented every other year in Middelburg, the Netherlands.
Dealing with the Past, Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Africa
Report on cross-border peacebuilding in South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya demonstrates the importance of investing in youth

01-11-2017The report ‘Sustaining Relative Peace’ is a reflection on over ten years of peace work with armed youth and their communities and leaders in South Sudan and the borderlands with Uganda and Kenya. These communities mostly consist of shepherds.
Community Based Security and Citizens Rights, Africa