by Mary Ellen O'Connell | Feb 27, 2024 | Civil-Military Relations, Human Rights, International Law, Israeli/Palestine Conflict, War
In one of the most dramatic moments in international legal history, advocates for South Africa argued before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel’s resort to and conduct of war in Gaza violates the Genocide Convention.
by Ernesto Verdeja | Feb 27, 2024 | Genocide, Human Rights, International Law, Israeli/Palestine Conflict, Mass Atrocities, War
It is difficult to predict at this stage the impact of South Africa’s application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) charging Israel with genocide over its response to Hamas’s October 7 attack and massacre.
by Cecilia M. Bailliet | Feb 27, 2024 | Civil Society Peacebuilding, Human Rights, International Law, Israeli/Palestine Conflict, War
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1 indicates the obligation of universal solidarity as a foundation for human rights: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”
by Rachel Bronson | Dec 6, 2023 | Climate Change, Nuclear Disarmament
“We stand at the brink of a second nuclear age. Not since the first atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has the world faced such perilous choices,” warned the Board of Directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in the January/February 2007 issue of its magazine of the same name.
by Drew Marcantonio, Kristina Hook | Dec 6, 2023 | Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Ukraine War, War
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is one of most monitored conflicts in the history of warfare. From remote sensing satellite imagery to signals intelligence to social media monitoring, copious data are being collected and analyzed in real time.
by Gerard Powers | Dec 6, 2023 | Catholicism, Climate Change, Democracy, Nuclear Disarmament, Religion
Climate change and nuclear disarmament are two legacy issues for Pope Francis. Like the prophets of old, on each issue he has been characteristically outspoken in his blunt, provocative moral judgements.
by Anna Romandash | May 22, 2023 | Civil Resistance, Digital Peacebuilding, Ukraine War
Russia is waging an information war against Ukraine. Similar to their successes on the battlefield against Russia, Ukrainians are undermining Russia’s attacks in the digital realm. This article showcases how Ukrainians are fighting back–and winning–as they demonstrate...
by David Cortright | May 22, 2023 | Peace Movement, Peacebuilding, Ukraine War, War
These are difficult times for peace supporters. Faced with Russia’s brutal aggression in Ukraine and rising militarization in the United States and around the world, we are troubled and uncertain about what to do. Millions of us marched against the Iraq war 20 years...
by Felip Daza | May 19, 2023 | Civil Resistance, Civil-Military Relations, Ukraine War
Ukraine is a country with more than 100 years of experience in nonviolent action. Since the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian civil society has spontaneously and courageously organized to counter the military occupation through hundreds of...
by Drew Marcantonio | May 19, 2023 | Environmental Justice, Human Rights, Ukraine War
On July 28, 2022 the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted—by a count of 161 in favor, with 8 abstentions—that living in a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right. Building on the similar declaration by the UN Human Rights Council (UN HRC)...
