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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 -
Nobel Prize is justified recognition for peace work in the Horn of Africa
11-10-2019 PAX warmly congratulates Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia on winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2019. Ahmed managed to end the years of struggle between Ethiopia and neighboring country Eritrea. He has been rapidly implementing democratic reforms since his appointment in April 2018.
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PAX: Turkey, stop offensive!
10-10-2019 The Turkish offensive in north-east Syria has started. Villages and cities alongside the border have been bombed and are under fire of artillery. Turkish troops are entering Syria to fight, with the help of mainly Arab loyal militias, mainly Kurdish forces. Reportedly one aim is to create a “safe zone”, to be emptied for the “resettlement” of 2 million Syrian refugees that are now residing in Turkey.
Middle East -
'Show solidarity, prevent mass atrocities in North East Syria'
08-10-2019 International solidarity is needed to prevent mass atrocities against Arab and Kurdish citizens in the North East of Syria, PAX’ partners in Syria claim.
Protection of Civilians, Middle East -
Stop violence against Iraqi protesters, listen to them
08-10-2019 The violent response by the Iraqi government to peaceful protests should stop immediately. Last week Iraqi citizens – mostly young people – took to the streets in the capital Baghdad, non-violently demonstrating against the current living conditions in their country.
Middle East