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Noho Hewa': Visit of Native Hawaiian filmmaker
Tuesday, 22 April 2014, 9:44 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Native Hawaiian filmmaker, Anne Keala Kelly, will be in Aotearoa New Zealand for two screenings of the award winning documentary 'Noho Hewa: the wrongful occupation of Hawai'i', a powerful portrayal of the multiple links between militarisation and ... More >>
White Poppies for Peace Annual Appeal
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 10:32 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The White Poppies for Peace Annual Appeal, the main fundraiser for the White Poppy Peace Scholarships, starts tomorrow and runs through until Thursday, 24 April. More >>
Global military spending drops slightly, but not far enough
Monday, 14 April 2014, 10:30 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 US$1.75 trillion in 2013, a fall of 1.9 % in real terms since 2012. However: More >>
Invest in social spending, cut military spending
Saturday, 12 April 2014, 2:40 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Below is the statement from the United Nations Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order in advance of the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, Monday, 14 April; followed by the details of this year's ... More >>
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Statement
Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 10:01 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Below is the initial statement at the conclusion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's visit, released at a media conference in Wellington yesterday. More >>
Lectures by UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Friday, 28 March 2014, 5:41 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Here are the details of the public lectures by the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Angela Kane, who is visiting Aotearoa New Zealand from 3 to 10 April 2014 - these lectures are in Auckland on Thursday, 3 April, and in Wellington on Monday, ... More >>
Update: White poppies, visitors, Global Day of Action ...
Friday, 21 March 2014, 4:57 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
1) the 2014 White Poppies for Peace Appeal; 2) the 2014 Global Day of Action on Military Spending; 3) the visit of Native Hawaiian filmmaker Anne Keala Kelly; 4) the visit of the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Angela Kane; and 5) the consultation ... More >>
Waihopai Ploughshares: Crown drops damages claim
Wednesday, 5 February 2014, 12:43 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Crown has unexpectedly dropped its court action against Waihopai Ploughshares and is no longer suing them for $1.2 million damages, the alleged cost of their disarmament action at the Waihopai spy base. More >>
Preliminary analysis of NZ Universal Periodic Review Outcome
Thursday, 30 January 2014, 12:10 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The draft Outcome Report of NZ’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was released overnight, and it includes 155 recommendations made by UN member states. While the UPR process is not as rigorous as the consideration of the government’s human rights ... More >>
UN to examine NZ's human rights performance next week
Friday, 24 January 2014, 11:33 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Starting on Monday, 27 January, the government's overall performance on human rights will be examined for the second time through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. The UPR is a mechanism established in 2006 whereby the UN Human Rights Council ... More >>
UN: Seize the opportunity for action on killer robots
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 9:54 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Convention on Conventional Weapons to decide on taking up killer robots in 2014 (Geneva, 13 November 2013) – States should seize the opportunity to take international action to prevent the creation of fully autonomous robot weapons that, once activated, ... More >>
Human rights groups call on MSG leaders
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 9:19 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
15 October 2012 (London / Wellington) – Ninety-eight international and Pacific non-governmental organisations, including Peace Movement Aotearoa, academics, politicians and individuals have written to the leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), ... More >>
New Zealand and possible use of cluster munitions in Syria
Friday, 30 August 2013, 10:20 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Aotearoa New Zealand Joint Working Group on Landmines and Cluster Munitions has urged New Zealand to use all diplomatic means possible to discourage the United States from using cluster munitions in any military intervention in Syria, in keeping with ... More >>
Killer Robots Campaign and the UN Human Rights Council
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 1:32 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign to Stop Killer Robots has today sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding the forthcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council, which will consider the Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, ... More >>
Waihpai Ploughshares' Court of Appeal hearing
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 1:03 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
On the first day of the Waihopai Ploughshares' Court of Appeal hearing in Wellington, Waihopai Ploughshares' supporters will give their clothes to the Prime Minister John Key, at 1.30pm at parliament. This action, to highlight the human rights and justice ... More >>
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: Urgent Action Needed
Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 4:32 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The new Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a coordinated international coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) concerned about the implications and impact of fully autonomous weapons - "killer robots" - was launched in London last night. ... More >>
Global military spending falls, but not far enough
Monday, 15 April 2013, 11:43 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 $1.75 trillion in 2012, a fall of 0.5 per cent in real terms since 2011. More >>
Global Day of Action on Military Spending
Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 9:46 am | Peace Movement Aotearoa
Global Day of Action on Military Spending Public Forum on government spending priorities, screening of 'War Redefined' and street leafletting More >>
Racial Discrimination: UN Committee recommendations on NZ
Saturday, 2 March 2013, 2:54 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the New Zealand government's compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination were released this morning. The ... More >>
Committee on Racial Discrimination considers report of NZ
Saturday, 23 February 2013, 2:27 pm | Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twentieth periodic report of New Zealand on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. More >>
