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Recognition for peacebuilding and reconciliation in the Balkans
03-10-2019 A new generation of young people committed to peace and human rights has received the prestigious Václav Havel Prize. The prize is named after one of the founders of Charta '77 which advocated a peaceful overthrow of the communists in Czechoslovakia. The Youth Initiative for Human Rights receives the award for its outstanding work on peacebuilding and reconciliation in former Yugoslavia.
Dealing with the Past, Europe -
12 more states join the Nuclear Ban Treaty
30-09-2019 12 more states haven taken a step towards banning nuclear weapons.
Humanitarian Disarmament -
EnBW puts PR above Human Rights
26-09-2019 PAX has ended its engagement with German energy company EnBW. PAX came to this decision, together with the German NGOs MISEREOR and Urgewald, after EnBW published a report on its Colombian coal supply.
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Colombia -
Peace Week
25-09-2019 It’s Peace Week here in the Netherlands. PAX is organizing hundreds of activities throughout the country: from film evenings to lecture tours and from festivals to debates. There’s something for everyone. The theme of this year’s Peace Week is ‘Peace unites across borders’.
The Netherlands -
Colombia, breathe new life into Peace Process
03-09-2019 PAX urges leaders in Colombia to redouble their efforts to implement the Peace Accords. The recent top FARC commander’s announcement of “a new stage of fighting” should not torpedo the entire process.
Colombia -
People have the power to stop nuclear weapons
29-08-2019 In the early 1990s, tens of thousands of people surrounded the SemiPalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan.
Humanitarian Disarmament -
Major Tech Companies may be putting world at risk from Killer Robots
19-08-2019 Google and IBM aren't building lethal Autonomous Weapons; Amazon and Microsoft won't say
Humanitarian Disarmament -
Dialogue police in Ukraine getting help from PAX partner
23-07-2019 PAX's main partner in Ukraine is going to help train a special dialogue police recently established there.
Local Governance and Peacebuilding, Europe -
Court recognizes Dutch mistakes in Srebenica
22-07-2019 The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that Dutch soldiers serving as UN peacekeepers in Srebrenica should not have sent away the more than 300 men who were at their compound in July 1995. They ruled this an unlawful act.
Dealing with the Past, Europe -
Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty turns two
05-07-2019 Two years year ago the UN adopted a treaty banning all nuclear weapons. On 7 July, 2017, 122 countries decided enough was enough, nuclear weapons need to be banned outright.
Humanitarian Disarmament