Peace & Justice
Voices in Peace & Justice
All articles in Peace & Justice
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Yemen: Effective Humanitarian Aid Depends on a Peace Accord (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Yemen faces a severe food crisis as humanitarian aid struggles without peace. A political settlement is essential to end Saudi aggression and enable aid.
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The Women, Peace and Security Agenda – Canada prepares to renew its National Action Plan (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Monique Cuillerier describes how Canadian civil society compared other countries’ women, peace and security plans, found disappointing consultation, funding and diaspora involvement, and shaped a two-day Ottawa consultation around those lessons.
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The Transnational Criminal Law in the Americas conference and further updates on the COPLA campaign (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Florencia Gor describes a draft statute for a lean regional court whose judges and prosecutors are nominated and paid for by their states, with experts urging that forfeited assets help cover running costs.
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Preventing and addressing armed conflict: The role of women in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Women’s inclusion in peacebuilding and peacekeeping is critical for sustainable peace. Peace agreements with civil society and women are 50% more likely to succeed.
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July 17 is International Justice Day
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
Canadians are asked to share the #WarAfterWar video from the Coalition for the International Criminal Court and to email their MP and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in support of international justice.
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ICC Update (June 2017)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2017
The International Criminal Court continues its work in multiple conflict zones. Key cases in Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, and Sudan remain active with ongoing trials and warrants.
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Canada’s international policies
World Federalist Movement – Canada · June 2017
Canada announces feminist international assistance policy with $150 million for women’s rights. UN officials express disappointment over Canada’s lack of military and leadership contributions to UN operations.
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TakeAction: Maintaining the International Criminal Court as a Canadian priority
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2017
Canada’s support for the International Criminal Court faces uncertainty. The article urges continued high-level political backing for the Court.
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No New Nukes
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2016
Simon Rosenblum doubts that abolition can stop nuclear modernization and urges a campaign for no first use, backed by public opinion, as the way to shrink arsenals and end launch on warning.
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Mondial Updates (December 2016)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2016
Narrow margins ended the Marshall Islands’ suits against India, Pakistan and the UK before any ruling on disarmament itself. A second report tracks government backing for the COPLA campaign.
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ICC Update (December 2016)
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2016
The International Criminal Court continues its work in multiple conflict zones. Key cases in Uganda, DRC, and Sudan highlight ongoing legal proceedings and reparations efforts.
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Canada’s return to UN Peace Operations
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2016
Walter Dorn and Sylvain Pâquet say Canada supplies only 28 of the 92,000 military personnel in UN service, and propose a Canadian International Peace Operations Centre to train soldiers, police and civilians together.
