Parlamentarikere krever våpenhandelsavtale

Parlamentarikere i 24 land har allerede signert erklæringen som ble lansert tirsdag denne uka for å samle støtte til en sterk global våpenhandelsavtale i juli. Stortingsrepresentanter oppfordres nå til å gjøre det samme. Parlamentarikere verden over fornyer nå sin støtte til en sterk Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Erklæringen vil være åpen for signaturer fram til […]

Fredshuset er på plass!

I dag flyttet Norges Fredsråd, Norges Fredslag, ICAN og Peace Brigades International til det første norske fredshuset! Vi venter på resten av fredshusaktørene. Formell åpningsfest planlegges for slutten av februar.

A new book on Peace and Conflict Studies

Routledge will publish Webel and Johansen;  Peace and Conflict Studies: A Reader on December 14th. See: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415591294/ It is a comprehensive and intensive introduction to the key works in this growing field. Presenting a range of theories, methodologies, and approaches to understanding peace and to transforming conflict, this edited volume contains both classic and cutting-edge […]

A new book on Peace and Conflict Studies

Routledge will publish Webel and Johansen;  Peace and Conflict Studies: A Reader on December 14th. See: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415591294/ It is a comprehensive and intensive introduction to the key works in this growing field. Presenting a range of theories, methodologies, and approaches to understanding peace and to transforming conflict, this edited volume contains both classic and cutting-edge […]

Fakkeltog for fredsprisvinnere

Lørdag 10. desember tildeles Nobels Fredspris Tawakkol Karman, Leymah Gbowee og Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. I den forbindelse står FOKUS og Norges Fredsråd i år som arrangører av det tradisjonsrike fakkeltoget. Oppmøte: Youngstorget lørdag 10. desember klokken 17.30. Fakkeltoget vil gå via Torggata og Stortorget før vi ender opp utenfor Grand Hotel på Karl Johans gate. […]

Human Rights Day 10th December

Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the […]

Human Rights Day 10th December

Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the […]