Atrocity Prevention
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Retreat to barbarism but the world has moved on
World Federalist Movement · June 2022
The war in Ukraine exposes the failure of international norms. Impunity for war crimes undermines global justice.
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Make Peace Possible With a United Nations Emergency Peace Service
June 2022
A standing UN service of about 13,500 civilians, police and soldiers, ready to deploy within days, could stop crises before they spread. At roughly $1.5 billion a year shared among all members, it would pay for itself by sparing later, larger operations.
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White and Blue
Young World Federalists · March 2022
Russia’s white-blue-white anti-war flag echoes the UN’s colours and points to international law as the route to a free, peaceful country. Nationalism, not patriotism, lets powerful states ignore global law; world federalists want a democracy able to enforce it.
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Mondial Fall 2021: UNDRIP: Will it be beneficial to Indigenous Peoples in Canada
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2021
Canada’s adoption of UNDRIP raises concerns about Indigenous rights and governance. The legislation’s implications for resource development and self-determination spark debate.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A True Servant of the People
World Federalist Movement · December 2021
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner and South African icon, championed justice and reconciliation. His leadership shaped global human rights and world federalism ideals.
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Human Rights and Climate Change
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2021
Despite strong opposition from Russia, China and others, a growing number of states back a UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change; the Council’s 2021 resolution only encourages further discussion of the post.
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TakeAction for March 2021: Building peace & security
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Because China’s Security Council seat blocks UN action on Myanmar’s coup, Canada should widen its limited sanctions on the military, and readers are urged to write to the foreign minister.
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WFMC News for January 2020: International Court of Justice ruling on the Rohingya crisis
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2020
Unanimous, binding and unenforceable: the ICJ’s order on the Rohingya leaves Myanmar to police itself, with a report due in four months, while Myanmar’s foreign ministry denies any genocide.
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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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Canada can do more to support the Rohingya
World Federalist Movement – Canada · June 2019
Beyond an envoy and close to $100 million in aid, Canada can bring Myanmar before the International Court of Justice, as a cross-party group of parliamentarians has asked its foreign minister to do.
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ICRtoP Update
June 2019
The International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect advances atrocity prevention by linking the R2P norm to gender equality, hosting side events at the Commission on the Status of Women and the UN Security Council debate on protection of civilians. New UN Special Adviser on R2P Karen Smith, appointed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in December 2018, takes responsibility for developing the norm across the UN system.
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Canada’s Human Rights Commitments
World Federalist Movement – Canada · April 2019
Senator Marilou McPhedran joined a December 2018 webinar on Canada’s human rights commitments and the project that documents them, now available to watch online, and readers can sign up for email updates when it changes.
