Thursday, 2 September 2010

Court Orders Peru To Consult Indigenous Peoples On Mining, Oil Projects

Filed under: Central and South America, Corporate Responsibility, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 15:51 UTC

Peru’s highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, said the executive branch isn’t fully complying with international conventions that oblige it to consult with indigenous peoples before approving projects, especially in the mining and hydrocarbons sector.

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Victoria, Canada | Preview of the documentary film Constitute! | October 13

Filed under: Conferences, Events, Film, video, audio, Human Rights, gender — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 09:51 UTC
Wednesday, 13 October 2010

A first for UVic! Produced by the International Women’s Rights Project at the Centre for Global Studies, and Rooney Productions, the documentary film, Constitute!, profiles the diverse history of women’s democratic activism in constitution-making in Canada and the world. The film focuses on how citizens across Canada organized and lobbied to ensure that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms would include the equality provisions that came to be Sections 15 and 28, in the newly repatriated Canadian Constitution. Celebrate Person’s Day for 2010 by joining us for the Canada wide preview of the documentary film Constitute!

With guest speakers Donna Greschner, Dean of the Faculty of Law; Marilou McPhedran, Principal of the Global College at the University of Winnipeg, founding mother of LEAF and a noted human rights activist; and Susan Bazilli, IWRP Director and producer of Constitute!

Wednesday, October 13th
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Fraser Building, Room 157
A reception hosted by the Faculty of Law will be held after the panel discussion.
Sponsored by Brown Henderson Melbye, Faculty of Law, and IWRP

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Tuesday, 31 August 2010

The Power of Flexibility

Filed under: Art of Peacework, News Watch Blog — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 19:03 UTC

As a former ballet dancer, a teacher, and a technologist, it dawned on me what incredible power there is in flexibility. It’s not uncommon to assume an easily movable object is a flimsy one. People tread nervously across suspension bridges and balk at the thought of buying a camera tripod as silly-looking as this one. And yet, the more I think about it, the more I realize the ingenuity and inherent power in flexibility. Surveying many educational environments reveals that some of our most powerful assets as teachers and learners are, in fact, the most flexible ones. These assets include the wires beneath our school grounds, the resources we find online, and most importantly, our very selves.

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Notes from a Young American in Congo: Rape Continues

Filed under: Africa files, Human Rights, gender — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 19:00 UTC

A recent graduate from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Amy was volunteering as a rape crisis counselor in Chicago when she learned about the alarming levels of sexual violence in Congo. When Amy told family and friends that she wanted to relocate to the Democratic Republic of Congo, her cousin gave her the email address of Father Charles, a Catholic priest from the war-torn province of North Kivu. Father Charles found housing for her with the Crosiers, an order of monks and priests, and also introduced her to Maman Marie Nzoli, who works with victims of the ongoing war, especially rape victims.

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The New Challenge to Repressive Cuba

Filed under: Media and Conflict, Nonviolence — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 18:59 UTC

For decades, the Castro government has been very effective in repressing dissent in Cuba by, among other things, preventing its critics from publishing or broadcasting their views on the island. Yet in recent years the blogosphere has created an outlet for a new kind of political criticism that is harder to control. Can it make a difference?

There are more than one hundred unauthorized bloggers in Cuba, including at least two dozen who are openly critical of the government…

Like other government critics, these bloggers face reprisals…

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South Sudan to end use of child soldiers ‘by year’s end’

Filed under: Africa files, children and youth — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 08:12 UTC

JUBA, Sudan — South Sudan vowed on Monday to end its use of child soldiers by the end of the year, as the former rebel force works to transform itself into a regular army ahead of a 2011 independence referendum.

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What if war took a day off… | International Day of Peace September 21

Filed under: Art of Peacework, Conferences, Events, Disarmament — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 06:56 UTC
Saturday, 21 August 2010

30 sec produced to promote September 21, “International Day of Peace”

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Monday, 30 August 2010

“Facing Kate” – New Primetime Mediation Drama will air in January

Filed under: Dispute resolution and negotiation, Media and Conflict — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 09:35 UTC

Sarah Shahi USA Networks has announced their new programming lineup and Facing Kate, the new drama featuring Sarah Shahi that has family mediation as its center, is set to air in January. The series focuses on the world of lawyers who, like Kate, resign from practicing law and simply mediate clients’ disagreements.

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Why King’s march transformed America

Filed under: Nonviolence, Peaceworkers in the news — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 07:41 UTC

Washington – On the 47th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on Saturday, the first sight on the National Mall for thousands of marchers was a four-story art installation that displayed four images and quotations of Martin Luther King Jr.

The participants in Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally paused as they walked toward the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial. Some stopped to have pictures taken with King as the backdrop.

As recordings of King’s booming baritone filled the air, some of the Beck followers laughed and others booed…

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Why Glenn Beck is Right (Meaning Correct, Not Just Reactionary) |

Filed under: Media and Conflict, Nonviolence — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 07:37 UTC

I never thought I’d say it, but here goes. Glenn Beck is right! Reviving the message of Martin Luther King , Jr. would indeed go considerable distance toward restoring honor to America.

Unfortunately, Beck fails to grasp the implications of his call; MLK Jr.’s message entails radical politics of just the sort that he and his reactionary followers would find appalling.

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Nonviolent West Bank protester guilty of incitement

Filed under: Human Rights, Middle East files, Nonviolence — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 07:36 UTC

An Israeli military court has found the leader of a West Bank protest movement guilty of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations.

In a move strongly criticized by the European Union, the court convicted Abdallah abu Rahmah of organizing weekly protests against the route of what Israel calls its security barrier and what Palestinians call the apartheid separation wall.

“The individual was convicted of incitement and participation in an illegal riot,” the Israeli military said.

But the organizers of the protest say it is a grass-roots nonviolent movement.

Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative, said the union considers abu Rahmah to be a “human rights defender” and she was “deeply concerned that the possible imprisonment of Mr Abu Rahma(h) is intended to prevent him and other Palestinians from exercising their legitimate right to protest against the existence of the separation barriers in a nonviolent manner.”

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Saturday, 28 August 2010

Highlights from leaked UN draft report on Congo atrocities: 1993-1996

Filed under: Africa files, Rwanda — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 11:43 UTC

As opposed to what some press accounts may have you believe, the UN mapping report is not a report on the Rwandan genocide of Hutu refugees in the Congo. The sections on the massacre of refugees is a small part of a 565-page report that chronicles many different mass atrocities between 1993 and 2003…

But you need to know what the report talks about, I don’t expect you to read 565 pages. Here are the first highlights of the report, chronicling the period between 1993-1996.

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Churches seek just, inclusive peace in Palestine and Israel

Filed under: Middle East files, Religion and peacebuilding — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 11:36 UTC

At a time when there are signs of hope emerging from the churches in the Middle East around the conflict in Palestine and Israel, a World Council of Churches delegation led by General Secretary the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit will be travelling to the region to emphasise the need for a “just peace”.

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Thailand: No Longer the Land of Smiles?

Filed under: Thailand — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 07:45 UTC

If the situation continues down the current path, with a unilateral reconciliation process, no fixed date for elections, and little genuine effort to address the grievances of urban and rural poor, there is likely to be a deepened political divide and renewed violence, exacerbated by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s continuing role.

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Five myths about mosques in America

Filed under: Media and Conflict, Religion and peacebuilding — story spotted by Ernie Fraser @ 07:00 UTC

In addition to spawning passionate debates in the public, the news media and the political class, the proposal to build a Muslim community center near Ground Zero in New York has revealed widespread misconceptions about the practice of Islam in this country — and the role of mosques in particular.

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Catholics, Muslims, and the Mosque Controversy

Filed under: Religion and peacebuilding — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 06:59 UTC

As historians of American Catholicism, and Catholics, we are concerned to see the revival of a strain of nativism in the current controversy over the establishment of an Islamic center some blocks from Ground Zero in lower Manhattan.

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Saas-Fee, Switzerland: New MA program in Expressive Arts Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding

Filed under: Art of Peacework, News Watch Blog — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 06:37 UTC

The Expressive Arts and Conflict Transformation (EXA-CT) M.A. is a three year program concentrating on the use of creative methods to address conflicts within teams, communities, and international states…

Professional artists, peaceworkers, art therapists, mediators, educators, coaches, and humanitarian workers are encouraged to pursue the EXA-CT MA program.

For further information please contact the Program Director MaryBeth.Morand(at)egs(dot)edu

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Friday, 27 August 2010

Images of flood, famine and violence: Compassion management and ethics

Filed under: Art of Peacework, Catherine Morris blog, Human Rights, Media and Conflict, children and youth — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 17:31 UTC

Today’s edition of Reporting on Conflict was stimulated by a short electronic conversation with a colleague about the ethics of using photos of horrific suffering to raise funds or to sell news or causes during disasters, famine or armed-conflict. We have posted six stories:

We acknowledge Susanne Ure of Amnesty International Canada who pointed out most of these articles. Please let us know about other articles on this topic or online policies or standards of humanitarian organizations of which you are aware.

Famine photographs and the need for careful critique

Filed under: Africa files, Humanitarian work, Media and Conflict — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 16:38 UTC

The photographic reporting of famine, especially in ‘Africa’, continues to replicate stereotypes. Malnourished children, either pictured alone in passive poses or with their mothers at hand, continue to be the obvious subjects of our gaze. What should drive our concern about this persistent portrayal? This morning [13 April] I came across an example that demonstrates how criticism needs to be careful before it can make its point effectively.

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Working as a Humanitarian Photographer – Ethics and Images

Filed under: Humanitarian work, Media and Conflict — story spotted by Catherine Morris @ 16:32 UTC

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), “a professional society that promotes the highest standards in visual journalism,” has a code of ethics that all members are required to endorse. Whether or not you are a member, I think that they are excellent guidelines for any photographer working in the field, documenting people and humanitarian situations.

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