June 2022
The birth of the United World Federalists in 1947 marked a pivotal moment in global peace efforts. The organization, now Citizens for Global Solutions, has since worked on major campaigns, including the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
June 2020
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2020
December 2019
December 2019
This update details the ongoing work of the International Criminal Court, covering various ongoing investigations and trials. It provides status reports on key suspects, legal developments, and the expansion of the Rome Statute’s membership.
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.
June 2019
Major powers that use the Security Council for their own ends are feeding wars from Yemen to Libya. Civil society, working in national capitals and enlisting business and young people, must defend the ICC and push to reform global institutions.
June 2019
International justice moves unevenly: the ICC acquitted Jean-Pierre Bemba and Laurent Gbagbo, convicted Bosco Ntaganda, still waits on suspects at large in Darfur, Libya and Uganda, and lost the Philippines from the Rome Statute.
World Federalist Movement – Canada · January 2019
Progress on Canada’s second women, peace and security action plan is reported more thoughtfully than before, but objectives are rated without any stated method or targets. A promised ambassador for the file is welcome, though her duties remain unclear.
December 2018
Argentina’s president has taken the case for a regional criminal court against organized crime to the UN General Assembly, and lawmakers from eight countries signed a declaration backing it. Making it state policy that outlasts any one government is the next test.
