Commons Photo Credit: Source Together for peace, environment and climate protection. Abolish Nuclear Weapons! Rosy Weiss: Report from an event accompanying the first UN Conference of the partner states of
General : UNCAC entered into force in December 2005. Presently it counts 186 State Parties. It recognizes the importance of both preventive and punitive measures and addresses the cross-border nature of
Femicide is globally recognized as one of the gravest violations of human rights and gender-based killings as the most serious form of gender-based violence. Report from a symposium held in Vienna on International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women
Numbers aren’t enough. Women must also have meaningful access and influence.
“Peace is possible only by peaceful means.
Let’s go for it”
We have the legal framework:
UN SCR 1325 (2000)
CEDAW
General Recommendation 30
IAW supports the efforts of the United Nations in working on a universal declaration on the human right to peace.
IAW proposes a specific discussion group during the Geneva NGO Forum, November 2014
In this forthcoming year—the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI—today’s IAW still upholds the principles of “conciliation and arbitration for arranging international differences.”