Turns out I’m not the only person fascinated by weapon names. The War is Boring blog recently pointed out how the US military often uses Native American names for its weaponry – Tomahawks, Apaches and the like. Glad to be not alone. By Wilbert van der Zeijden
Image credit: Christiaan Triebert Syria’s ongoing civil war has already resulted in over hundred-and-fifty thousand casualties and has brought enormous destruction in cities and towns all over the country. Apart from the direct impact of the armed conflict on the lives and livelihoods of Syrian citizens, health and environmental impacts are emerging as problems that […]
Over the past week something special has been brewing in Geneva. Special because diplomatic discussions hardly ever take place on weapons of the future. Also both arms control campaigners and diplomats noticed that the discussions were unusually lively, especially for an often cynically disregarded platform for disarmament issues. By Frank Slijper
The Dutch peace organisation PAX is also represented in Juba, the young capital of South Sudan. Daud Gideon is one of our Juba Staff over there. He visited the second round of the peace talks on South Sudan, which took place in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia between 19 and 31 March.
On the 26th of February PAX will present the report ‘Deadly Decisions – 8 objections to killer robots’ at the annual NGO conference of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots in London. The report highlights eight objections to killer robots and explains why a comprehensive and pre-emptive ban on these weapons is necessary.
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is an international coalition comprised of nine NGO’s calling for a comprehensive, pre-emptive ban on the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons (so called killer robots). The campaign was officially launched in April 2013 in London. In the meantime, the coalition is comprised of 50 NGOs in 23 […]
As of today, Wednesday 29 January 2014, peace movement IKV Pax Christi will continue under the name of PAX. The new name clearly indicates what the movement stands for and works for: peace.
PHOTO: Master Sgt. Stanley Thompson/USAF The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, opened for signature this year, establishes a potentially transformative new global norm. For the first time, it puts in place international prohibitions on the sale and transfer of conventional weapons to armed groups that abuse human rights and humanitarian law, engage in organized crime […]
Movements for change can become stronger and more effective when their different constituent parts work together, support each other and identify as members of a wider community. Since the first humanitarian disarmament campaigns meeting organised by Human Rights Watch in New York in October 2012, the growing number of campaigns within the disarmament movement have […]
Last Thursday morning Libyan Prime Minister Zeidan was seized by armed militias in Tripoli and freed a few hours later by revolutionary units from the eastern Tripoli suburb of Suq Juma. It is rumoured Thursdays abduction of Al Zeidan is linked to the US special forces raid on Saturday to apprehend al-Qaida suspect Abu Anas […]