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New Zealand children: UN Committee "deeply concerned"
Monday, 10 October 2016, 1:19 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
UN Committee expresses deep concern about the enduring high prevalence of poverty among children and a range of other issues, and makes recommendations for improvement More >>
UN Committee on Rights of Child considers NZ's performance
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 4:27 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - which monitors state party compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention), the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC, also known as the Optional ... More >>
Welfare or warfare?
Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 11:11 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Today is the start of the Global Days of Action on Military Spending, when the latest global military spending figures are released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). A public forum on government spending priorities - 'Welfare ... More >>
UN Committees assess New Zealand's human rights performance
Friday, 1 April 2016, 3:08 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
UN Committees assess New Zealand's human rights performance under the ICCPR and the ICESCR More >>
UN Human Rights Committee examines NZ's performance
Friday, 11 March 2016, 4:40 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors state party compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), will examine New Zealand's performance next week, during its 116th session in Geneva. This update has a brief overview of ... More >>
Committee Against Torture: Concluding Observations on NZ
Saturday, 16 May 2015, 10:43 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Concluding Observations of the UN Committee Against Torture (the Committee) were released overnight. The Committee is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors state party compliance with the provisions of the Convention against Torture and ... More >>
ANZAC Day peace vigils and weekend events
Friday, 24 April 2015, 11:06 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
A reminder of the ANZAC Day peace vigils in Whangarei, Auckland, Kapiti coast, Wellington and Christchurch; and information about other peace events over the weekend in Auckland (24 to 27 April), Wellington (25 April to 3 May) and Dunedin (25 April). More >>
UN Committee Against Torture assesses NZ tomorrow
Monday, 20 April 2015, 2:18 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The UN Committee Against Torture (the Committee) will assess the government’s performance in relation to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Convention) during its 54th session which begins in ... More >>
Global military spending remains shockingly high
Monday, 13 April 2015, 11:19 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
According to figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today, the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, world military expenditure totalled an estimated US$1,776 billion, representing a marginal fall of about 0.4 ... More >>
Peace Workshops and Poets for Peace
Friday, 10 April 2015, 10:03 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The 2015 National Peace Workshops 'Remembering war / ending war: Challenging militarism and building peace', will be held in Wellington onSaturday, 18 and Sunday, 19 April 2015, organised by Peace Movement Aotearoa in conjunction with hosts St Andrew's ... More >>
'Not in our name' nationwide peace vigils
Friday, 6 March 2015, 9:15 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Peace vigils calling for increased humanitarian assistance and diplomatic support for Middle East peace processes, and opposing the military deployment to Iraq, were held around the country from Kaitaia to Dunedin last night, coordinated by Peace ... More >>
Not in our name: Nationwide peace vigils tomorrow
Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 9:12 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Peace vigils calling for increased humanitarian assistance and diplomatic support for Middle East peace processes, and opposing the military deployment to Iraq, will be held around the country from Hokianga to Dunedin at 5pm on Thursday, 5 March. ... More >>
No military deployment in Iraq: Nationwide peace vigils
Friday, 27 February 2015, 11:21 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Peace vigils calling for increased humanitarian assistance and diplomatic support for Middle East peace processes, and opposing the military deployment to Iraq, will be held around the country at 5pm on Thursday, 5 March, coordinated by Peace Movement ... More >>
Open letter on military deployment to Iraq
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 9:34 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
In response to yesterday's announcement that the New Zealand armed forces will begin specific training for a possible deployment to Iraq, more than 30 representatives of peace, justice and faith organisations and academics have sent an open letter ... More >>
Applications for 2015 Peace Scholarships open
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 11:10 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
9 December 2014 Applications for White Poppy Peace Scholarships for research during the 2015 academic year will open tomorrow on Human Rights Day (10 December), on the sixty-sixth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... More >>
Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons Conference next week
Saturday, 6 December 2014, 11:06 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Third International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons 8 and 9 December 2014, Austria More >>
Solidarity with West Papua on 1 December
Friday, 28 November 2014, 11:23 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Below are the details of the solidarity events in Aotearoa New Zealand to mark West Papua Independence Day, 1 December - there are four events this year: one in Christchurch, one in Wellington and two in Auckland. If you are not able to get to one of the solidarity ... More >>
Legislation “a travesty of democratic process"
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 10:01 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Peace Movement Aotearoa today called on the government to put the Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill on hold - pending a comprehensive review of existing legislation - in a written submission to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee, ... More >>
Armistice Day Peace Vigils
Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 11:37 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
On Armistice Day 2014, the second in the series of peace vigils that will take place three times each year during the World War One centenary will be held in Hokianga, Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Otaki, Lower Hutt, Wellington, Takaka and ... More >>
Armistice Day Peace Vigils, Tues 11 November
Friday, 7 November 2014, 10:58 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
On Armistice Day 2014, the second in the series of peace vigils that will take place three times each year during the World War One centenary will be held in Hokianga, Whangarei, Auckland, Tauranga, Otaki, Lower Hutt, Wellington and Takaka. More >>
