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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 -
Syrians ask Pope Francis to appeal to Putin
02-07-2019 A group of Syrians in Idlib are asking Pope Francis to talk about their dire situation when he receives Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vatican on 4 July.
Middle East -
Idlib: 5 things you need to know
13-06-2019 The war in Syria is not over. As the attacks on the province of Idlib intensify, we at PAX want to break the silence and tell the world what is happening there. Read these five points to brush up on Idlib, then click on the links below to make yourself heard.
Protection of Civilians, Middle East -
Extreme violence against peaceful demonstrators Sudan must stop
05-06-2019 Dozens of people died and hundreds were injured. Such is the result of the attack that security forces opened on peaceful demonstrators in the Sudanese capital Khartoum.
Protection of Civilians, Africa