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Try Dutch ISIS fighters in the Netherlands
19-11-2019 ISIS fighters must be put on trial. But where, and how?
Middle East -
New poll: big majority backs ban on Killer Robots
13-11-2019 A large majority of people in 10 European countries want their country to work towards an international ban on killer robots. This is one of the results of a new YouGov poll commissioned by PAX.
Humanitarian Disarmament -
The era of killer robots is upon us
11-11-2019 Turkey’s state-owned arms manufacturer produces the Kargu, a kamikaze drone that can select targets based on facial recognition. Some reports suggest Kargu will soon be deployed on the Turkish-Syrian theater. The 'Mini Harpy' from Israel can also independently detect, attack and destroy enemy targets.
Humanitarian Disarmament -
What we can still learn from the fall of the Berlin Wall
08-11-2019 Did we learn anything from the fall of the Berlin Wall? Thirty years later, we seem to have forgotten what can happen when ordinary people unite for human rights and democracy. They must be supported, especially those people standing up for their rights in Lebanon, Iraq and Sudan.
Dealing with the Past, Europe -
Colombia: People Power
07-11-2019 A woman who went from being a mother and a nurse to the president of a regional victims' organization (Asamblea Campesina del Cesar, Peasant Assembly of Cesar).
Colombia -
Act now to protect people and the environment
06-11-2019 The international community needs to take bold actions before, during and after armed conflicts to protect people and the environment.
Humanitarian Disarmament -
UN truck donated to Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center
05-11-2019 The Dutch government has donated a military truck, a so-called “four-tonner”, to the Memorial Center Srebrenica-Potocari.
Dealing with the Past, Europe -
NIBC first bank worldwide to adopt policy against killer robots
23-10-2019 Dutch Bank NIBC is the first bank globally to decide to preventively exclude companies that produce lethal autonomous weapons systems. PAX is happy with this step and with the reasoning behind it. Robin Willing from NIBC said: “These weapons are inherently designed to threaten and inflict harm. We don’t want to invest in them.”
Humanitarian Disarmament -
No against investments in nukes grows stronger
21-10-2019 New research by PAX and ICAN shows more and more financial institutions are saying no to nuclear weapons. The Don’t Bank on the Bomb report, Beyond the Bomb, profiles 77 banks, pension funds, insurance companies and other financial institutions with policies to not invest in nuclear weapons producers. This is an increase of 14 since the 2018 report.
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Prodeco-Glencore reflects on possible complicity in human rights abuses
18-10-2019 Mining company Prodeco-Glencore seems to take steps in seriously assessing its human rights impact in mining region of Cesar. In its recently published Sustainability Report the Swiss mining company acknowledges the possibility of ‘complicity with human rights abuses by the armed forces’ and being ‘linked to breaches of international humanitarian law.’
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Colombia