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Conferences on Science and World Affairs

Here, then, is the problem which we present to you, stark and dreadful and inescapable: Shall we put an end to the human race; or shall mankind renounce war?

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pugwash UK, the British Pugwash Group;
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About: The purpose of the Pugwash Conferences is to bring together, from around the world, influential scholars and public figures concerned with reducing the danger of armed conflict and seeking cooperative solutions for global problems. Meeting in private as individuals, rather than as representatives of governments or institutions, Pugwash participants exchange views and explore alternative approaches to arms control and tension reduction with a combination of candor, continuity, and flexibility seldom attained in official East-West and North-South discussions and negotiations. Yet, because of the stature of many of the Pugwash participants in their own countries (as, for example, science and arms-control advisers to governments, key figures in academies of science and universities, and former and future holders of high government office), insights from Pugwash discussions tend to penetrate quickly to the appropriate levels of official policy-making.

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(informations in english, espanol, portugues, italiano, francais, deutsch, nederlands)

Linked with Hollman Felipe Morris – Colombia.

Reporting on the Drug War and Democracy from Latin America

Homepage: with latest Drug News, today from Sept. 11 to Oct. 16, 2007;

More articles on Narcosphere;

apply for a co-publisher account … and many other links for similar articles and websites, directly from the homepage.

Read: Information Apartheid in Colombia, Independent Media and Authentic Journalism Under the Uribe Administration, by Laura del Castillo Matamoros, Special to The Narco News Bulletin, July 11, 2005.

(the London School of Economics and Political Science of LSE)

Linked with Robin M. Coupland – England, with Weekly Ethical Reflection, and with The Missing.

The Centre for the Study of Human Rights is the focal point of human rights teaching, research and outreach at the LSE. On these pages you can find information about our Human Rights Masters, our CPD courses, research projects and public events. The best way to keep up to date is to join our free electronic mailing list … (full text).

Teaching Programmes;
MSc Human Rights;
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Homepage of LSE, the London School of Economics & Political Science;
Contact: Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK; Tel: +44 (0)20 7405 7686.

About the Centre: The Centre’s mission is:

• To promote the study of human rights in a dynamic and critically-aware fashion, thereby engaging the interest and excitement of the scholarly community, human rights practitioners, and the wider public;
• The Centre is ideally situated to act as an educational and scholarly bridge, connecting the aspirations of the human rights community and of human rights activists with the worlds of academe, of economics, politics and of business;
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(exists also en espanol, en français, and in arabic).

Linked with Elisabeth Reusse-Decrey – Switzerland, and with Fight against Landmines.

Geneva Call: is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to engaging armed non-state actors (NSAs) to respect and to adhere to humanitarian norms, starting with the ban on anti-personnel (AP) mines. Geneva Call is committed to the universal application of the principles of international humanitarian law and conducts its activities based on the principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence.

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About: Since 1992, humanitarian organisations, particularly the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), have campaigned tirelessly for the elimination of anti-personnel (AP) mines. These efforts culminated in the adoption of an international treaty in 1997 prohibiting the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of AP mines, commonly known as the anti-personnel mine ban treaty (MBT).

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Linked with Mandira Sharma – Nepal.

(their website is still a bit under construction):
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Advocacy Forum is a leading non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote the rule of law and uphold international human rights standards in Nepal. We actively combat the culture of impunity that has thrived without scrutiny for decades by systematically documenting human rights abuses, formally building cases and monitoring detention centers and the information we collect is evidence for the necessary reform of the criminal justice and judiciary systems of Nepal.

In order not to fall victim to Nepal’s dysfunctional legal system ourselves, we regularly extend our findings into the international human rights realm in order to engage internationally recognized legal mechanisms. We work closely with Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The International Commission of Jurists and the Asian Human Rights Commission. Recently, Advocacy Forum was an active contributor in the establishment of the Office of The High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal. With the help of these and other concerned agencies, Advocacy forum has put Nepal at the forefront for significant human rights attention.

Started in 2001, by just 6 lawyers, advocacy forum has since grown to have 4 regional offices and 8 district offices in Nepal, and a staff of 104, (41 of whom are lawyers). Despite threats to cease our investigations, Advocacy Forum has continually used the law resourcefully to promote justice … (full text).