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Peace in the time of corona

05-04-2020 The corona crisis has the world in its grip. This of course includes the areas where PAX is working.
Hope is the best cure for fear

31-03-2020 The corona crisis affects everything and everyone, including PAX’s peace work. Anna Timmerman, our General Director, on the consequences of the pandemic: “PAX members continue to fight for those living in conflict countries.”
Water access to north east Syria cut off by Turkey-backed armed groups

31-03-2020 Dealing with the outbreak of coronavirus is hard enough in countries at peace. For hundreds of thousands of people living in north east Syria, fighting the pandemic is complicated by the fact that their water has been cut off.
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Middle East
Colombia: Armed groups using corona crisis as cover to kill

27-03-2020 After eight human rights defenders were assassinated, and others have received death threats, Colombian activists fear that the health crisis caused by the coronavirus is being exploited by illegal armed groups.
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Colombia
Signs of progress: environment and conflict in the UN Security Council

24-03-2020 The environmental impact of wars, armed conflicts and military activities poses significant challenges to lives and livelihoods of affected communities and the natural resources they depend on.
Humanitarian Disarmament
EU, immediately stop any violence against civilians at the Greek border

04-03-2020 PAX is seriously concerned about recent developments at the Greek borders and the EU's response.
Europe, Middle East
No fly-zone over Idlib necessary first step to end escalation of violence

04-03-2020 Friday march 6th European foreign ministers will meet for an emergency meeting on Idlib. Around a million people in Northwest Syria are on the run for the military offensive by the Assad regime supported by Russia. They are trapped because the Turkish border is closed.
Middle East
Universities should help prevent development of killer robots

27-02-2020 Universities around the world are at risk of contributing, intentionally or by accident, to the development of lethal autonomous weapons, also known as killer robots. In a new research project, PAX is starting a conversation with students, scientists and universities about how to deal with this risk.
Humanitarian Disarmament
PAX condemns US reversal on landmines

03-02-2020 PAX condemns US President Donald Trump’s new policy allowing the US military to use landmines more frequently.
Protection of Civilians, The Netherlands
Is the Iran nuclear deal dead?

31-01-2020 No, the Iran nuclear deal is not dead. The US did pull out, but that was not the end of the agreement.
Humanitarian Disarmament