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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Youth Call for Climate Justice
December 2019
Youth activists gathered at the CUNCR 2019 Climate Justice & Democracy Summit, resulting in the Epirus Declaration for Climate Democracy. This declaration calls for intergenerational justice, global democratic solutions, and the recognition of the rights of the environment.
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Religious Support for Democratic World Federation
December 2019
The article explores how various religious traditions, from Baha’is to Catholic bishops, advocate for a democratic world federation. These groups propose a global system of enforceable laws and a world constitution to solve global problems, including war, genocide, and environmental degradation.
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The Other Threat to Our Species
December 2019
The article warns that the risk of nuclear conflagration is an existential crisis that must be addressed alongside global warming concerns. It argues that the world must move beyond the nuclear threat through treaty-based frameworks and cease the dangerous arms race driven by major powers.
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Proposal: A Comprehensive Approach to a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone
December 2019
Japan, both Koreas and the three nuclear powers around them could build a nuclear weapon-free zone as one part of a wider peace settlement with North Korea. World federalists should put the plan on the agenda of their 2020 Congress.
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COPLA Update
December 2019
A proposed Latin American and Caribbean court against organized crime keeps gaining allies: Paraguay’s deputies, Ecuadorian parliamentarians, Argentina’s president at the UN, regional prosecutors and a Brazilian senator, on the argument that crime has outgrown national courts.
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ICRtoP Update
December 2019
A coalition working to prevent genocide and mass atrocities spent recent months pressing for veto restraint and action on hate speech, putting young women at the centre of prevention, and training civil society in Lebanon to spot early warning signs.
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Representation at a Global Level: The Model United Nations Parliamentary Assembly
December 2019
This article details a Model United Nations Parliamentary Assembly event in Argentina, designed to simulate global governance and raise awareness among students. The simulation focused on key global issues, including environmental preservation, energy transition, and human rights, emphasizing the need for global citizenship.
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70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
December 2019
The article reviews the history and evolution of international humanitarian law, focusing on the Geneva Conventions and related traditions. It highlights how these laws, alongside human rights provisions, aim to establish a rule of law that supersedes conflict.
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Accountability and justice for the Rohingya
December 2019
Three courts now hold cases over the crimes against the Rohingya: The Gambia’s genocide suit at the International Court of Justice, an ICC investigation of deportation to Bangladesh, and an Argentine universal jurisdiction case naming Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Canada’s Federal Election: Engaging with candidates
World Federalist Movement – Canada · October 2019
Women’s rights, foreign aid, ecological justice and Indigenous rights each have a briefing from allied groups, while replies from the major parties to the movement’s own list will be posted as they arrive.
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TakeAction for August 2019: Building peacekeeping
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2019
Canada’s UN peacekeeping contributions are critically low. The next government must decide how to support UN operations effectively.
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Canada and UN Peacekeeping Update
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2019
WFMC highlights Canada’s declining peacekeeping role. The annual fact sheet underscores underfunding and short deployments in UN missions.
