Presentation by PBI-Canada to the #NoWar2020 virtual conference “Weapons to windmills” panel that asks: “How can we effectively make the transition away from the war system towards a peaceful, green, and just future?” Hello everyone and thank you very much for the opportunity to speak about how we move from Read more…
On May 28, the Peace Brigades International-Guatemala Project posted on its Facebook page that Abelino Salvador Mejía Cancino, a member of the Council of Communities of Retalhuleu (CCR), suffered an attempted raid on his home by armed men wearing ski masks on the night of Monday May 25. Then on Read more…
Last year Colombian human rights defenders from CCALCP and CREDHOS raised concerns with Export Development Canada officials in Ottawa about the fracking pilot projects expected to begin in Colombia next year. On May 27, Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. released a new report: Still Digging: G20 Read more…
Peace Brigades International-Canada is participating in the DIVEST, DISARM, DEMILITARIZE: Conversion for a peaceful, green, & just future virtual conference on Zoom this Thursday May 28 to Saturday May 30. We encourage you to check out the schedule for the 3-day conference here. We would also like to draw your Read more…
On May 29 and June 12, civil society organizations will have an opportunity to participate virtually in informal consultation sessions on a legally binding instrument that would regulate the activities of transnational corporations. Timeline The United Nations Human Rights Council resolution (26/9) that launched this process was adopted in July Read more…
UPDATE: The Export Controls Policy Division at Global Affairs Canada replied to our email on May 27. They sent us the web-link for the ‘2019 Exports of Military Goods’ report that was tabled in Parliament that same day. Among the key findings listed in the report: “For the 2019 calendar Read more…
Peace Brigades International is organizing a virtual meeting in early-June with Alexandra González Zapata from the Committee in Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP), Fabian Laverde from the Social Corporation for Community Advisory and Training Services (COSPACC) and civil society allies based in Canada and Quebec. On May 7, PBI also Read more…
On Tuesday June 2 (at 9 am in Vancouver, 12 pm in Toronto, and 1 pm in Halifax), Front Line Defenders, COPINH, The Goldman Environmental Prize, and 350.org will be holding a book launch webinar titled: Who Killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads, and an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Read more…
On May 21, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres repeated his call first made on March 23 for “an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world.” In his new appeal Guterres noted that 3,217 civilians were reported to have been killed or injured in Yemen in 2019, with children Read more…
Sunday May 24 is the International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament. The day was established in 1982 by antimilitarist women in Europe who came together to protest against nuclear weapons and the arms race. This was when the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp was in place to protest against Read more…