As PAX we support the urgent call for the immediate release of Dr. Amin Mekki Medani, Faroug Abueissa and all political detainees in Sudan.
In November 2014 PAX presented its study on gold mining in Concession 40 in Orientale Province in DR Congo.
Exactly one year ago an armed group “Jaish al-Islam” (The Army of Islam) abducted four human rights activists in Douma, a suburb of Damascus. The four human rights defenders have not been heard of since then.
In a demonstration of overwhelming support from the international community, representatives from more than 150 states are gathering in Vienna for the third international conference to examine the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. PAX is calling on participating states to start negotiations on a total ban on nuclear weapons.
On 30 October, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura presented the idea of ‘freeze’ zones where fighting would be stopped, to start with Aleppo. While some powerful voices rejected the plan, others saw in it a new hope to change the dynamics of conflict.
“The bomb fell over there. If you like I can show you the crater. It exploded and shattered the window. She [my wife] was standing next to the window. The fragments shattered the window and cut her carotid artery. I wanted to run in the opposite direction, but I heard people screaming, ‘Uncle Vanya! Aunt […]
In a new banking and financial investments analysis report published today, top financial institutions JP Morgan Chase (US), Temasek Holdings (Singapore) and China Everbright Group (China) lead the 2014 Hall of Shame of investors in cluster munitions producers.
The public appeal made today by five European power companies to coal mining company Drummond to engage into a process of remedy for victims of severe human rights violations is an important breakthrough, says the Dutch peace organization PAX.
In the effort to counter ISIS in Iraq and Syria, think tanks, experts and governments have called for a political strategy with inclusivity as a core facet. PAX also stated in its first Iraq & Syria Alert that ‘a response to ISIS must be inclusive in character, with a long-term objective of legitimate and responsive governments in Iraq and Syria.’ But what should this inclusivity entail exactly?
Iedereen lijkt nu wel te erkennen dat met bombardementen alleen de opmars van ISIS (ook wel Islamic State of Daesh) in Syrië en Irak niet tegen te houden zal zijn. Deskundigen, regeringen en politici spreken van een politieke strategie voor de aanpak, waarbij de uitsluiting van hele bevolkingsgroepen, zoals gebruikelijk was in beide landen, wel […]
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