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Coalition for Women's Human Rights in Conflict Situations
The Coalition aims to promote the adequate prosecution of perpetrators of crimes of gender violence in transitional justice systems based in Africa, in order to create precedents that recognise violence against women in conflict situations and help find ways to obtain justice for women survivors of sexual violence.
Coalition of women for peace
The Coalition brings together Jewish and Palestinian women (all citizens of Israel) seeking to mobilize women in support of human rights and a just peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Information about child soldiers, international law, campaigning and appeals, etc.
Free Gaza Movement
International nonviolent resistance project to challenge Israel's siege of Gaza.
Global Action to Prevent War and Armend Conflict (GAPW)
Transnational network of organizations and grassroots activists, active in over 53 countries. The coalition grounds the goal of conflict prevention in specific integrated phases of conflict prevention, peacekeeping and disarmament over a three to four-decade period.
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
International network of civil society organisations working for conflict prevention and peacebuilding worldwide. Divided into 15 regions, the Global Partnership has worked over the past three years to develop Regional Action Agendas on conflict prevention, and, finally, a Global Action Agenda, presented at the UN at the Global Conference 19 - 21 July 2005.
International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
International network of over 400 organisations from 71 countries working to prevent the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons.
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
Network of more than 1.400 NGOs in 90 countries to ban on the use, production, stockpiling, and sale, transfer or export of antipersonnel landmines.
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
IDEA aims to promote and advance sustainable democracy and to improve and consolidate electoral processes worldwide.
International Womens' Peace Service (IWPS)
IWPS Palestine is an international team of 16 women based in Hares, a village in the Salfit Governorate of Occupied Palestine's West Bank. Since August 2002 they have been documenting human rights abuses, working with the media, and engaging in non-violent intervention in abuses.
Peace x Peace
PEACE X PEACE (pronounced “peace by peace”) connects women’s groups (“Circles”) in the United States with women’s Circles everywhere in the world—directly via the Internet—for the exchange of information and personal experiences that result in mutually supportive actions.
Reform the UN
It is a project dedicated to bringing about a just world order through a strengthened an more democratized United Nations. This web site provides updated information not only on the member states’ positions, but also on the positions of parliamentarians and civil society.
Responsibility to Protect - Engaging Civil Society
The Responsibility to Protect - Engaging Civil Society (R2PCS) project works to advance Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and to promote concrete policies to better enable governments, regional organizations and the U.N. to protect vulnerable populations.
West Africa Network for Peacebuilding - WANEP
WANEP was created as a mechanism to harness peacebuilding initiatives and to strengthen collective interventions.
Women Peace Makers Program - WPP
WPP's objective is to increase the empowerment of women through active nonviolence.
World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)
WANGO is an international organization uniting NGOs worldwide in the cause of advancing peace and global well being.
 
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A Palestinian not-for-profit organization established with the aim of strengthening, encouraging and improving the Palestinian community through working with children, families, youth, and the non-governmental organization community.
The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) is India's national network of over 200 organisations, including grassroots groups, mass movements and advocacy organisations, as well as individuals. Formed in November 2000, CNDP demands that India and Pakistan roll back their nuclear weapons programmes.
Palestinian community-based organization that aims to provide a resource pool of alternative, critical and progressive information and analysis on the question of Palestinian refugees.

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NEWS
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Laos Takes Centre Stage in Cluster Bombs Treaty
Thu Aug 05 2010 - Source: IPS
After being relegated to the shadows for decades by its more powerful neighbours, Laos is finally taking the lead role in a global campaign to ban the use of cluster bombs.
International solidarity and the Freedom Flotilla massacre
Mon May 31 2010 - Source: Electronic Intifada
Israel had been openly threatening a violent attack on the Flotilla for days, but complacency, complicity and inaction, specifically from Western and Arab governments once more sent the message that Israel could act with total impunity.
Palestinian-israeli human rights defender arrested
Tue May 11 2010 - Source: FIDH
Makhoul, a human rights defender and General Director of Ittijah – The Union of Arab Community-Based Associations, was arrested by the Israeli Security Agency who raided his familiy home and barred him from leaving Israel. Take action against this arbitrary detention.

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