Catégorie : Civil Society

Protecting Civil Liberties – Promoting Human Rights

Linked with Bruce Fein – USA, and with the American Freedom Agenda AFA.

Liberty campaigns – with the public, press and politicians – to influence government policy on issues that impact on our rights and freedoms … (Issues).

Homepage and latest news;
News and Events;
Liberty Constitution and Rules, 8 pages;
Join Us;
Job Opportunities;
Publications;
Newsletter;
Address: Liberty, 21 Tabard Street, London SE1 4LA, England;
Contact.

About: Who we are: Liberty is also known as the National Council for Civil Liberties. Founded in 1934, we are a cross party, non-party membership organisation at the heart of the movement for fundamental rights and freedoms in England and Wales. We promote the values of individual human dignity, equal treatment and fairness as the foundations of a democratic society.

Our mission: Liberty seeks to protect civil liberties and promote human rights for everyone.

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Google’s Knol will change Content forever

Community site for Google’s new Knol Content Encyclopedia … KnolStuff.com is a brand new social netwoking community for Google’s Open Encyclopedia. This is a Community to discuss and learn about « Knol » and take advantage of what Google is offering. This site also supports the new Google OpenSocial Platform. Share with others updates and insights about Knol. Meet new people and network. (Homepage 1/2).

Open Social Blog;

Members: with their page, their friends, and with their blog.
Groups;
Events;
My page / Sign Up/In for sharing;
Contact: click on Sign In.

Google Knol is Open to the Public (Homepage 2/2):
Click also here.

Google Blog 7/23/2008: A few months ago we announced that we were testing a new product called Knol. Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Today, we’re making Knol available to everyone. Read more: … (full text).

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to prevent war and armed conflict

Linked with Rebecca Johnson – England.

The Past century was the most lethal in human history: Over 200 million people were killed in 250 wars and genocidal onslaughts, more people than were killed in warfare in the past two thousand years.* More than six million people have died in war since the end of the Cold War, when things should have changed for the better … (Preventing Violence: The Global Action Project 1/2).

Homepage;
Who we are;
Meetings: A UNEPS ‘White Paper’ Launched in Washington, DC;
Take Action;
UNEPS;
Newsletter;
Address; 675 Third Avenue, Suite 315. New York, NY 10017;
Contact.

Preventing Violence: The Global Action Project 2/2: … The world’s societies and governments already know how to stop the killing. What has been missing is a program for the sustained, integrated, worldwide application of their resources and knowledge. Global Action to Prevent War provides such a program.

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Linked with Rebecca Johnson – England, and with Britain’s new nuclear abolitionists.

The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy has been working since 1995 to promote effective approaches to international security, disarmament and arms control. Engaging with governments and civil society, Acronym provides reporting, analysis and strategic thinking on a range of issues relevant to peace and security, with special emphasis on treaties and multilateral initiatives … The Acronym Institute is grateful to the Ford Foundation, the Ploughshares Fund, and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust for their enabling support of our work and publications, including this website. (full text Homepage).

The Journal Disarmament Diplomacy;
The United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament;
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency;
WMD Possessors and Aspirants;
Disarmament Calendar 2008: Main Conferences & Events;
Glossary of Acronyms;
Links (for Organisations);
Address: The Acronym Institute, 24 Colvestone Crescent, London E8 2LH;
Contact: Tel: +44 (0) 20 7503 8857, Fax: +44 (0) 20 7503 8857, e-mail of Founding Director & Editor: Dr Rebecca Johnson.

About: The Acronym Institute was set up in November 1995 under the name ‘Disarmament Intelligence Review’. In April 1997 it became sole publisher of Disarmament Diplomacy, a journal of news, documentation and opinion pieces on disarmament and arms control negotiations. In September 1997 the Institute was legally established in London, UK, under the name The Acronym Institute.

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(APA = American Psychological Association)

Be it resolved that psychologists may not work in settings where persons are held outside of, or in violation of, either International Law (e.g., the UN Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Conventions) or the US Constitution (where appropriate), unless they are working directly for the persons being detained or for an independent third party working to protect human rights. (Homepage);
The 2008 Protest for an Ethical APA, Boston, August 16, 12pm – 2pm;
Governance Resolution, adopted by APA on February 22, 2008;
Resolution;
Sign the resolution;
Frequently Asked Questions about the Resolution;

Archived Links (with texts, videos, audios);
Links to more information about colleges and universities that have protested the APAs stance on psychologists’ involvement in illegal detention sites: Inside higher ED; and Psyche, Science and Society, Archive for May 24th, 2008.

About: We commend the American Psychological Association for having recently amended its 2007 Resolution Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Application to Individuals Defined in the United States Code as « Enemy Combatants » (Amendment)  so as to unequivocally condemn all techniques considered to be torture,  thereby closing loopholes that existed in the original Resolution (see below). However, the International Committee of the Red Cross determined in 2003 that the conditions in such Centers are themselves tantamount to torture. Yet psychologists maintain a presence in such sites and in 2007 the elected and appointed leaders of the APA voted once again against an amendment that would have prevented psychologists from working in facilities in which detainees are deprived of their human rights except as health personnel.

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