PAX supports the urgent call the South Sudan Action Network on Small Arms made to the African Union for the imposition of a comprehensive arms embargo on South Sudan. The widespread availability of small arms and light weapons causes a lot of harm and suffering to the people of South Sudan, including children.
“While the US and its allies have had a monopoly on drone technology until recently, the uptake of military and civilian drones by a much wider range of state and non-state actors shows that this playing field is quickly levelling. Current international agreements on arms control and use lack efficacy in responding to the legal, ethical, […]
Israeli peace activists from the Peace NGO Forum issued a statement after the last Gaza war. They underline the need for a peace process but suggest a new approach. The old approach departs from the idea that the ‘partners’ together have to find a solution while the US facilitates the process. This approach has proven a failure numerous times.
The peace process for South Sudan in Ethiopia has reached a deadlock again, after tough discussions about the mandate of a transitional government and the division of the highest posts. In a joint call the local civil society organisations urge various participants in the peace process to listen to the voice of South Sudanese civilians. Moreover, serious conditions must also be formulated for the transitional government to be formed.
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and the State Department on behalf of itself and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) seeking the firing coordinates of weapons used in Iraq that contained depleted uranium (DU). Two PAX-reports played a part in this request.
The Dutch government has been challenged by political parties to take a stronger position on the use of depleted uranium (DU) weapons during recent parliamentary debates.
Today 17 Non Gouvernmental Organisations worldwide, including PAX, asked the United Nations during the 69th Session of their General Assembly for more strategic pressure over the warring parties in South Sudan.
The sudden and unforeseen expansion of ISIS in Iraq and Syria over the summer has led to a dramatic shift on the ground in the Middle East, in Western public opinion, and subsequently in the involvement of the international community. Even though ISIS had been a threat to civilians in northern Syria and Iraq over […]
The sudden and unforeseen expansion of ISIS in Iraq and Syria over the summer has led to a dramatic shift on the ground in the Middle East, in Western public opinion, and subsequently in the involvement of the international community.
With it’s first, positive positive CSR audit of Drummond’s coalmines in the Colombian Cesar region, Bettercoal whitewashes every possible involvement of this American company in large-scale human rights violations. PAX finds this astonishing.
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