PAX advocates stronger norms on international security and disarmament at the UN - PAX
At the 2025 UN General Assembly First Committee we called on States to uphold and reinforce international norms protecting civilians and the environment.| PAX
At the 2025 UN General Assembly First Committee we called on States to uphold and reinforce international norms protecting civilians and the environment.| PAX
The Women, Peace and Security agenda as an anti-colonial and liberation framework .| PAX
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The agreement between Israel and Hamas finally offers relief for the people of Gaza and the hostages. We encourage every step that protects civilians. But this is not yet peace. As long as occupation and apartheid continue, pressure is needed to achieve a just and lasting peace. The post Ceasefire in Gaza, continuous pressure needed for lasting peace appeared first on PAX.| PAX
The annual UN Security Council Open Debate on WPS will take place today on 6 October, despite usually taking place at the end of October. The sudden agenda shift by Russia, the current problematic chair, together with US draconian visa restrictions, shrinking civic space and anti-gender backlash means that too much of the world's civil society is excluded. The feminists who shaped, realized and keep realizing the WPS agenda cannot be present in New York. The post Rec...| PAX
On Sunday 5 October, more than a quarter of a million people took to the streets of Amsterdam to draw the Red Line, a nationwide call on the Dutch government to stop its complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The post More than 250,000 people draw Red Line in Amsterdam appeared first on PAX.| PAX
In today’s ruling, the Supreme Court has ordered the Minister to assess the export licence for F-35 components against international humanitarian law. Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza, it is crystal clear that the export of F-35 parts to Israel must remain prohibited. The post Supreme Court orders Dutch government to properly review F-35 parts export under humanitarian law appeared first on PAX.| PAX
Since late 2020, Haut-Uélé province, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has experienced a surge in illegal, semi-industrial gold mining. Chinese nationals and their Congolese partners have led this gold rush, with the protection of Congolese army and police officers, a new PAX investigation found. The post Illegal Gold Rush Devastated Rivers, Harmed Communities in DRC’s Haut-Uélé Province appeared first on PAX.| PAX
Evidence of genocide continues to grow, including this most recent conclusion by the UN Human Rights Council. The Dutch government must take impactful measures now.| PAX
Make peace work. We're protecting civilians from the violence of war, trying to end armed conflict, and building inclusive peace.| PAX
A group of aid agencies that worked in Sudan during the civil war, reporting together as the European Coalition on Oil in Sudan (ECOS), have called for an investigation into the role played by a consortium of oil companies in the conflict and their possible complicity in the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity.| PAX
