Politics remains a hot topic for shows and exhibitions at the Edinburgh fringe. Peace and justice, climate change, refugee and migrant rights – are...
Conscientious Objectors Day Vigil Held on Princes St
About 40 people attended the Conscientious Objectors Day at on Princes St in Edinburgh on the 15th of May 2019 where we were seen...
Vigil to Mark Centenary of Release from Prison of Conscientious Objectors Today at Wellington Statue
Fifth Annual Conscientious Objectors Day Vigil Wednesday, 15 May. 5 – 6pm outside West Register House, East End of Princes St. Descendants of prominent...
Save the INF; Support Other Measures to Lower the Risk of Use of Nuclear Weapons & Ban Them
Peace & Justice is supporting a protest tomorrow in Edinburgh at the Russian Consulate on Melville St (9am) and US Consulate on Regent Terrace (10:15am)...
Conscience the Peace Tax Campaign Inaugural Meeting for Scotland
On 8th October, Conscience: Taxes for Peace not War hosted a public meeting at the Quaker meeting house in Glasgow titled ‘The Future of...
Opposing War Memorial Get Committee Approval
Our proposal for a Memorial to Conscientious Objectors and all who oppose war has been enthusiastically approved by the Transport and Environment Committee of...
This Evil Thing – A Fundraiser for the Opposing War Memorial
ONE MAN AND HIS WHITE VAN – TOURING A PEACE PLAY FROM A to B (ABERDEEN TO BRIGHTON) Michael Mears is coming to Edinburgh...
The United Nations and the challenges of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Pic: UN Photo/Isaac Billy bit.ly/2UAcPC2 The problem of how to respond appropriately to gross and systematic violations of human right that happen within...
Kofi Annan: the hopeful peacemaker
Picture: (Copyright: cc by 2.0) Eric Roset/Africa Progress Panel https://bit.ly/2Tpal9h The first United Nations Secretary-General from sub-Saharan Africa and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Kofi Annan,...
Hearing First Hand From A Hiroshima Survivor
“They still wonder why they lived when so many others died. Each of them counts many small items of chance or volition—a step taken...
Nobel Peace Prize Medal Comes to Scottish Parliament
The Nobel Peace Prize medal, which was awarded to the the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in 2017, was displayed at Scottish Parliament on...
Opposing War: Conscientious Objectors’ Memorial Design Launch
On 15 May the Opposing War Memorial design will be unveiled at a launch event following the fourth annual International Conscientious Objectors Day Vigil...
Peace & Justice Joins Call on Boris Johnson to Ban Nuclear Weapons
We’ve joined with 29 other civil society organisations in a letter to Boris Johnson calling on the UK to Sign the nuclear ban treaty....
Peace & Justice Calls on UK Not to Bomb Syria
The Peace & Justice Centre has written to the Prime Minister calling on her not to join the US in bombing Syria in retaliation...
US Military Retaliation for Chemical Attack Not the Answer
We join the many voices condemning the Assad regime for what is almost certainly use of chemical weapons against civilian targets resulting in the...