Reports
Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection: A Thematic Global Survey
The research reported in this paper was conducted in 2005 by Derek Brett, representative of CPTI to the United Nations in Geneva, and was funded by a grant from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. The Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva, made a substantial contribution to printing costs to allow the production of a longer report than had initially been anticipated.
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Educational Material
The Human Right Not to Pay for War
UN Church Center 25 March 2004
Moderator: ROSA PACKARD
Presenters:
MARIAN FRANZ,
Vice Chair, Conscience and Peace Tax International
introduces the video Committed to Conscience explaining the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Bill and comments on international campaigns for similar human rights legislation.
BILL PERKINS,
Deputy Majority Leader of the New York City Council discusses support for this human rights issue through a local city council resolution
SHULAMITH KOENIG,
Founder, Peoples Movement for Human Rights Education International “Winner of the UN Human Rights Prize-2003-” discusses relevant individual and collective efforts to protect human rights
Sponsored by THE INTERNATIONAL NGO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
and THE NGO WORKING GROUP ON CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
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Alternatives to War: Increasing Our Peacemaking Abilities
A presentation by Michael True and respondent panelists presented May 31, 2003
in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Sponsored by CPTI, Peace Action of Connecticut, Promoting Enduring Peace, and the Greenwich Forum
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The Human Right of Conscientious Objection
A panel discussion presented by the NGO Working Group on Conscientious Objection
The United Nations, New York 20 February, 2003
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Resources for Peace of Bob Seeley
Educating Youth About Their Human Right of Conscientious Objection
Panel Discussion at the Third Preparatory Committee for the Special Session on Children
United Nations, New York, June 12, 2001
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"Refusing to Bear Arms:
a worldwide survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service"
is the comprehensive directory of military service laws and practice in 179 countries around the world. It was originally published on paper by WRI's Conscription and Conscientious Objection Documentation Project (CONCODOC) in November 1998.
This site is password protected. You can access the registration form at
http://wri-irg.org/co/form.htm
Peace Kit
announced at the international conference in Brussels last July by Conscience Canada and Nos impôts pour la paix:
Never Again: Peace Education and Remembrance Day, Jan Slakov, 291 p., 45-minute CD, ©2004 Grades K-12, 29.95 Canadian dollars (+ 20% surcharge for non-BCTF members, excluding Education students in BC)
available through the BCTF Lesson Aids service [email protected],
catalogue # LA 9338
Address: BCTF Lesson Aids Service, 100-550 W. 6th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 4P2
phone: (604) 871-1848 or 1-800-663-9163 (local 1848)
www.bctf.ca/LessonAids
This kit includes lesson plans for a variety of levels, from K-12, mostly in English, some in French.
It also includes a 45-minute audio CD of peace songs and a CBC radio documentary about the Christmas truce of WW I. The lessons are designed to promote appreciation for the many cultures and other wonders of our beloved planet and also to promote critical thinking in this time of crisis with many people, from local students to foreign authors, having contributed to it.
In this International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World, it will help teachers and others promote nonviolence as a positive force, not just an absence of violence. The author/editor, Jan Slakov, hopes to continue to refine and develop the kit with the help of others who send in comments and ideas and to share much of the material informally,
by e-mail [email protected] (250) 537-5251, in order to make it as widely available as possible.
Conferences
Towards a World without Violence
Barcelona, Spain from June 23-27, 2004
organised by the International Peace Bureau and Fundacio per la Pau
www.barcelona2004.org
Listserve
wtr-ptc is an international newslist for War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax Campaign(WTR and PTC) movements. It provides news on activities and groups around the world on WTR and PTC and related matters; at local, national and international level.