All Mondial articles
Every article from the Citizens for Global Solutions and World Federalist Movement – Canada journal, alongside selected writing from allied organisations, searchable and cross-referenced by topic, issue and source.
Articles
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Keep Hope Alive: Essays for a War-Free World
June 2024
Hon. Douglas Roche’s essay collection Keep Hope Alive connects nuclear disarmament, climate change, and socioeconomic inequality as interlocking crises requiring coordinated global governance, drawing on his career as Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament and Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Committee. Roche credits grassroots civil society movements alongside UN-centered international cooperation as the twin levers for building a war-free world.
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The Idealist: Wendell Willkie’s Wartime Quest to Build One World
June 2024
Wendell Willkie, a once-influential figure, launched a popular campaign for “global interdependence” during World War II. His vision argued that American independence required a new form of cooperation with the world, advocating for an end to empire and self-determination.
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The Progressing Proposal for an International Anti-Corruption Court
June 2024
Grand corruption, the abuse of public office for private gain, poses a major barrier to global progress. An International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) is needed to fill the enforcement gap, holding kleptocrats accountable and recovering ill-gotten gains.
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Challenges to Illegal Vetoes: WFM-Canada’s Call for Justice Through International Law
June 2024
A veto cast to shield genocide, war crimes or aggression may already break international law. A campaign asks Canada to have the General Assembly seek a World Court opinion that could strip such vetoes of force.
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The Forgotten Crime: Forging a Convention for Crimes Against Humanity in 2024
June 2024
The international legal order lacks a dedicated system for crimes against humanity, creating a major gap in accountability. Years of work by civil society and legal experts are culminating in 2024 to establish a comprehensive system capable of confronting the gravest crimes.
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Reflections on the 125th Anniversary of the First Hague Peace Conference
June 2024
Courts that grew from the 1899 conference work better than critics claim: small states win at the World Court and most rulings are obeyed. International law must now grow beyond states to meet threats such as climate change.
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Ensuring UN Resilience Through a Special Envoy for Future Generations
June 2024
A UN envoy speaking for people not yet born could build long-term thinking into global decisions, as commissioners already do in Wales and Hungary. Without real authority, resources and national counterparts, the post would be a token gesture.
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The Pact for the Future: Steps Toward a Modernized United Nations
June 2024
UN reform comes rarely, and the draft Pact’s 52 actions are a modest start shaped by rival blocs of states. Engaged citizens’ groups, clear benchmarks and steady monitoring could turn its promises into a stronger, more capable UN.
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2024 Summit of the Future: What It Is, Why It Matters & How You Can Contribute
June 2024
World leaders meeting in September 2024 could give the UN a regular economic summit with the G20, an emergency platform, a digital compact and a declaration for future generations. Those gains will last only if governments and civil society coalitions keep working on them, perhaps through Charter review.
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Update on current ICJ cases | Law Not War
World Federalist Movement – Canada · May 2024
The ICJ addresses multiple cases involving international law, including climate obligations and alleged breaches in Palestine. Public hearings and legal proceedings highlight ongoing global governance challenges.
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Law of the Sea Tribunal delivers decision on Climate Change case
World Federalist Movement – Canada · May 2024
Complying with the Paris Agreement alone is not enough, say small island states and climate lawyers welcoming the ITLOS opinion, which also paves the way for climate cases at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the ICJ.
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YWF at the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi
Young World Federalists · May 2024
Civil society delegates in Nairobi in May favoured gradual UN reform: a stronger ICJ and Security Council, an emergency platform, a climate emergency declaration and an envoy for future generations. Delegates also backed a UN Parliamentary Assembly through grassroots advocacy.
