IPRA's United Nations team continues to develop, as partnerships with the Decolonization Committee intensify, and our disarmament work deepens in connection with the International Peace Bureau.. A new special Tribunal on US Human Rights Abuses Against Black, Brown, and Indigenous Peoples—incorporates the work involving the UN Committee Against Genocide, the Committee on Peoples of African Descent, and the Human Rights Council. Alexander Hinton's article, “Why We Need a Truth Commission on White Supremacy,” already endorsed by PJSA, strengthens and advances the Tribunal's work.
The XII Latin American Congress of Research for Peace (CLAIP 2021 Congress) issued a FINAL DECLARATION [DECLARACIÓN FINAL] following the conclusion of the Congress on August 7, 2021.
The Journal of Resistance Studies invites IPRA members and authors to contribute articles for JRS, and to join their efforts to expand readership. CLICK HERE to read more.
On Tuesday, 21 September 2021, we commemorate the UN's International Day of Peace,devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Read more..._____________________________________
Figure 1. Artist/intellectual Adjani Okpu-Egbe spotlighting FrancAfrique and the increasing critiques of neocolonialism._____________________________________
Figure 2: IPRA co-SG Matt Meyer and IPRA UN representative Sekou Odinga at NYC event..
SPOTLIGHT ON IPRA COMMISSIONS AND AFFILIATED NETWORKS
IPRA's Nonviolence Commission members were among the global experts featured in the new book Conversations on Peace and Nonviolence: Drawing Connections with 16 Global experts which was published in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of India and Dorling Kindersley Limited (DK). CLICK HERE to view a video of the book launch. Peace educators and peace researchers are invited to the 50th Anniversary Peace Education Commission Conference to be held both online and on-site in Moscow, 27--29 October, 2021. CLICK HERE for details. B. Jeannie Lum announces the new Editor for the Journal of Peace Education, a publication sponsored by the Peace Education Commission of the International Peace Research Association, will be Edward J. Brantmeier, Professor in Learning, Technology and Leadership Education at James Madison University (USA). Ed officially assumes the Editorship in January 2022. The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) & The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (WIPCS) will hold their annual conferences jointly both online and on-ground in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA), October 10-12, 2021. CLICK HERE for details. Marion Keim, co-convener of IPRA’s Youth, Sport, and Peace Commission, and Chairperson of The Foundation for Sport, Development and Peace announces the8th International Cape Town Sport and Peace Conference to be held 21-22 September 2021. Uppsala University Peace Research Institute celebrates 50th Anniversary, 2021. with a podcast called Researching Peacewhich explores questions such as "what is peace research?" On the occasion of John Kerry's appointment as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, the Veterans for Peace sent a letter asking Kerry to recognize that militarism is a key part of the climate crisis. CLICK HERE to read the letter.
Readers are invited to get involved with and endorse an international Tribunal on US human rights violations, titled In the Spirit of Mandela to be held 22-24 October 2021.
CALL FOR PAPERS & ABSTRACTS
Candice C. Carter and Raj Kumar Dhungana (editors) invite authors to submit chapter abstracts for their book, Teaching Peace through Elimination of Violence. CLICK HERE for details. Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (AJP)welcomes submissions of papers written on conflict and peacebuilding issues around the world. AJP accepts paper submissions on a rolling basis. CLICK HERE for the submission guidelines. Nature Sustainabilitypublishes research contributing to a deep understanding of the ways in which we organize our lives in a finite world and the multiple impacts our actions have. The journal is now welcoming submissions. Please see:https://www.nature.com/natsustain/info/gta The Peace and Conflict Studies Journal invites authors to submit papers for its special issue on the question "Do Black lives really matter in peace and conflict studies?" CLICK HERE for the full CFP.
PUBLICATIONS
Catherine Akurut. 2020. “Examining the Appropriateness Of Gender-Inclusion as a Humanitarian Response Mechanism for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence against Men”, Journal of Humanitarian Affairs 2 (3), 35–41, DOI:https://doi.org/10.7227/JHA.050