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...
The Dunblane Lesson: Scotland’s Response to a School Mass Shooting
There have already been nine shootings that resulted in injury or death at US schools in 2018, and the year has just begun. The...
Trump – Kim Talks: A Surprising Opportunity for Disarmament
In light of North Korea’s accelerated nuclear weapons testing and Donald Trump’s rhetoric over the past year, from his threats to rain down “Fire...
Campaigners Call for Scottish financial institutions and Scottish Parliament to stop funding nuclear weapons
Press Release. 8 March 2018 Campaigners have renewed calls for Scottish financial institutions and the Scottish Parliament to stop funding nuclear weapons, after a...
ECND Public Meeting
Edinburgh cnd holds public meetings featuring a different topic with speakers, films and discussion, on the third Wednesday of most months at the Peace...
Conscientious Objectors Memorial Competition Now Open
CO Memorial Competition Now Open Deadline for Applications 15 December The Peace & Justice Centre and the Conscientious Objectors Memorial Committee are pleased to announce the...