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General Resources

Review our selection of the most important issues related to world peace including disarmament, military expenses, peacebuilding, conflict resolution, peace events, peace films, professionals for peace and proposals for a peace tax.

Movements and NGOs

If you want to get involved with the global movement for peace in your country, then our directory of peace movements and NGOs is the perfect place to start. Find links to hundred of peace organisations in dozens of countries across the globe.

News

Stay up to date with all the latest news and analysis on issues related to peace around the world with our selection of top websites, magazines, newsletters blogs and social media pages on peace. If you use an RSS reader, don't forget to download our Peace RSS file to get access to all the best peace newsfeeds.

Nonviolence

Find close to a thousand resources on the philosophy, strategy and movement of nonviolence, embodied by twentieth century icons such as Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King.

Peace Prizes

The Nobel Peace Prize may be the most famous prize in the world, but it has been widely criticised for losing site of Alfred Nobel's original vision for the award. Learn more about the Nobel Peace Prize here and find links to alternative prizes, including the Right Livelihood Award, the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education and the Sean McBridge Peace Prize.

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International Day of Peace - September 21

In 2022 the UN highlights racism as a driver of inequality and conflict. The theme this year is End Racism, Build Peace. International Day of Peace enforces 24 hours of non-violence and ceasefire, which has only been violated 4 times since it was established in 1981. Here you can discover events and commemorations from the United Nations initiative, Peace One Day, and many other local initiatives around the world calling for peace.

International Day of Peace - September 21

2022 GDAMS

The 11th edition of the Global Days of Action on Military Spending will take place from 13 April to 12 May, and will focus on how wars, such as the one happening in Ukraine is driving military spending around the world. So this year's slogan is to give peace a budget, defund war and start investing in peace and human security. Find the schedule of events and more information about the campaign here.

2022 GDAMS

ICAN

Nuclear weapons are a threat to our world, they have lasting catastrophic effects on health, societies and the environment. ICAN is a coalition of organizations that promotes the adhesion of countries to the "TPNW" of the UN. Keep track here of the states and cities that join the treaty.

ICAN

Nobel Prize for Peace 2021 - Maria Ressa & Dmitry Muratow

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 was awarded to Ressa and Muratov for their incredible work protecting freedom of expression, democracy, and peace. Ressa for her commitment to investigative journalism in the Philippines, through her digital media company Rappler. With a focus on the deadly regime of controversial Duterte, and also the spread of fake news via social media. Then Muratov, who has for decades defended freedom of speech in Russia against worsening conditions. As editor-in-chief for the newspaper the Novaya Gazeta for 24 years, the independent news source has exposed corruption, police violence, unlawful arrests, and threats to democracy. At risk to their own safety, they continue to fight for freedom of information, to ensure the protection of these fundamental rights.

Nobel Prize for Peace 2021 - Maria Ressa & Dmitry Muratow

Peace Education

Based in themes such as conflict resolution techniques, democracy, disarmament, gender equality, human rights, environmental responsibility, history, communication skills, coexistence, international understanding and tolerance of diversity, peace education is increasingly being considered a vital human right.

Peace Education

Peacebuilding

Peacebuilding, a multi disciplinary method, aims to end injustice in non-violent ways, targeting all structures of society. It seeks to build effective relationships between people, groups and politicians across gender, ethnicity, classes, religions and nations. The aim is to generate sustainable peace.

Peacebuilding

CND

When the proliferation of nuclear weapons began to spread throughout the world in the 1950s, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was established in the United Kingdom. 61 years later, it has become a global movement. The CND advocates nuclear disarmament and opposes Trident and the proliferation of WMD.

CND

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Hiroshima Day

Every August 6, thousands of people around the world commemorate the catastrophic event that was the dropping of the atomic bomb in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. This year, the world took an important step towards banning these weapons of mass destruction when Bolivia became the 25th nation that ratifies the TPNW.

Hiroshima Day

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International Conscientious Objection Day - May 15

International day raising awareness of the brave people who refuse to take part in armed conflict. More countries are adopting an alternative civil service for those with a compulsory military service – but in others there can be harsh penalties. Explore info on prisoners of conscience, Jehovah's Witnesses and commemorative ceremonies.

International Conscientious Objection Day - May 15

Conscientious Objection

Conscientious objectors, people refusing to perform military service based on their religious beliefs, consciousness or freedom of thought, have been imprisoned, murdered or penalized throughout history. In 1995 the UN created a resolution to make their execution illegal.

Conscientious Objection

Nobel Prize for Peace 2020 - World Food Project

This year the Nobel Peace Prize recognised the undeniable connection between armed conflict and hunger. The WFP is quite literally life saving for the millions of people living in areas affected by violence and war. Whether they have fled their homes through fear, or hunger is being used as a tool for surrender – the World Food Project is working tirelessly to bring food assistance to these areas, and also promoting peace - thus eliminating hunger, and ending the cycle of using it as a weapon of war.

Nobel Prize for Peace 2020 - World Food Project

IPB Peace Prize

In honor of the 1974 Nobel Peace laureate Sean MacBride, every year the International Peace Bureau awards a person or organization that has done outstanding work for peace, disarmament or human rights with the Sean MacBride Prize.

IPB Peace Prize

How Not To Go To War

Vijay Mehta’s new book makes the case for the establishment of a Department for Peace and Peace Centres, which will result in not only building a better world with less violence and wars, but also in saving billions of pounds in world’s military spending which governments can utilise for job creation, healthcare, education and sustainable peace building.

How Not To Go To War

In Memory of Gene Sharp

Prolific author and an icon for nonviolent action. He founded the Albert Einstein Institution, which he ran by himself from his house in Boston. His writings have inspired many peaceful resistance movements around the world.

In Memory of Gene Sharp

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Imagine Peace

-You are the positive change.

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Hero of the Month

2021 Nobel Peace Prizes Laureates

At a time when journalism is one of the most dangerous professions, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have been awarded the Nobel Prize, for their efforts to protect democracy and freedom of expression. Ressa is a Filipina journalist who, despite the delicate press freedom situation in her country, has always had the courage to report on human rights violations in the context of Duterte's war on drugs. Similarly, Muratov, is the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, one of the most fearless media outlets reporting on Russian government corruption and the human rights situation in his country.

Featured Organisation of the Month

International Alert

International Alert has been working for 30 years with people directly affected by conflict to find peaceful solutions. It collaborates with all those striving for peace to strengthen our collective voice and impact.

Featured Online Resource of the Month

Waging Nonviolence

Waging Nonviolence is a source for original news and analysis about struggles for justice and peace around the globe. Ordinary people build power using nonviolent strategies every day, yet these stories often go unnoticed.