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  • Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro chose to begin their book, The Internationalists, with the following description of the historic event on August 27, 1928: “On that day, crowds gathered outside the Quai d’Orsay to watch the world leaders arrive at the Clock Room in the immense Foreign...
    By Joanne Dufour | January 7, 2020 | From Disarmament
  • The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over crimes against the Rohingya people in Myanmar, according to a November 14 decision by its PreTrial Chamber. It said that although the Court could not take up these crimes while the Rohingya remained in Myanmar because the country does not belong...
    By John Washburn | December 19, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • If conflict is inevitable in human relations, so might be efforts to reconcile and reach a state of peace. ...
    By Joanne Dufour | December 10, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • With human rights under threat around the world, this Human Rights Day we all must be engaged to make sure that every person's human rights are respected and protected. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 71 years old today, lists the human rights that we must come together to fight for.
    By Allison Hess, Bruce Knotts | December 10, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Human Rights, International Human Rights & Justice
  • We know we are facing an existential crisis with the advance of climate change; and what about the other existential threat? Nuclear weapons. Unless we arrest climate change, it will fundamentally change our civilization in a matter of decades, maybe threaten life on this planet. Nuclear weapons...
    By Jerald Ross | November 26, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • COP25 canceled in Chile amidst large scale protests. Ever increasing economic inequality sparked outcries of grievances that have been piling up for decades. The protests show no signs of stopping anytime soon.
    By TingXuan Su | November 15, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • In the centennial year 2000, while the world was getting used to writing or typing the year beginning with a “2” instead of a “1,” nations were introduced to the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals encouraging the 189 member states to adopt a set of 8 goals for a timeline of 15...
    By Joanne Dufour | November 13, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • The First UU Asia Pacific Regional Conference has just finished. It ran from October 23-27, 2019 in Dumaguete City, Negros Island, Philippines, hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines (UUCP) and attended by about 75 participants, with the theme “Ancient Diverse Wonders.”...
    By Ma Theresa "Tet" Gustilo Gallardo | November 7, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Women's rights groups at the United Nations are gearing up for the landmark year of 2020. 2020 marks a special year for the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). In May, the Generation Equality Forum will start in Mexico City, Mexico from May 7-8 and end with a...
    By Lindsey Mayer | November 5, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice
  • There are many aspects to helping our planet disarm meaningfully. 108 countries are now part of treaties that have established nuclear free zones around the world. They are making a concerted effort to create a nuclear free planet and that alone needs to be applauded and the trend encouraged.
    By Joanne Dufour | October 30, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace