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- 📣 Save the date ✊🧡 Op 8 maart 2026 komen we samen voor vrijheid, gelijkheid en solidariteit. Loop mee met de Feminist March.💜 #feministmarch2026 #savethedate
- After 2 years finally a glimpse of relief for the people in Gaza and for the hostages: an end to the genocide. But to be clear, this is not yet peace. As long as occupation and apartheid persist, pressure remains essential. Help build lasting peace: paxforpeace.nl/news/ceasefi...
- Together with our partners in the Decentralized Damage Mapping Group, we received the European Space Agency’s Award for our work on monitoring conflict-linked environmental damage. Read more: paxforpeace.nl/news/decentr...
- 📢 Joint call by 100+ civil society groups: suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. As long as Israel violates human rights, trade benefits are unacceptable. The EU’s credibility is on the line. Read more: paxforpeace.nl/news/joint-a...
- We're back! ❤️🚨 #TheHague
- ➡️ Decades of conflict, unchecked fossil fuel emissions, and weak environmental governance have created a perfect storm of pollution in hashtag#Iraq — endangering health, accelerating climate change, and deepening societal tensions.
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View full thread...and highlights the urgency of rapid decarbonisation through transition to sustainable energy, given the severity of fossil fuel pollution in conflict-affected states.
- 📖 Read the report and explore how Iraq’s air pollution challenges must be addressed both at the national level and as part of international environmental and climate agenda – especially in the lead-up to #COP30 Climate Conference: paxforpeace.nl/publications...
- On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we are publishing a new report “Gasping for Air”, taking stock of the key issues driving air pollution in Iraq - from gas flaring to dust storms and urban smog, to long-lasting conflict-pollution legacy – and offers policy recommendations for the country’s climate agenda.
- The report’s findings demonstrate why addressing environmental impacts of armed conflicts should be part of global policy discussions around climate change mitigation and adaptation...
- 🌍 Honoured! The Decentralized Damage Mapping Group (DDMG) — including PAX — has won the 2025 ESA Earth Observation Excellence Team Award. 🎉 DDMG has used satellite data to map the environmental toll of war, making critical insights more open, rapid, and useful: paxforpeace.nl/news/conflic...
- 💧 Water security in Syria must be a priority for the new Syrian government and the international community. Together with Syrians for Truth and Justice, we call for urgent action to address Syria’s water security challenges, in line with 7 concrete recommendations 🔽 paxforpeace.nl/news/priorit...
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View full thread4️⃣ Ensure fair and equal access to clean water 5️⃣ Promote sustainable water use as part of climate adaptation 6️⃣ Clean-up water resources from toxic remnants of war 7️⃣ Strengthen cross-border cooperation on water management.
- Read more in our joint policy brief via this link: paxforpeace.nl/publications...
- 1️⃣ Protect water sources from militarization 2️⃣ Include water and sanitation infrastructure in recovery efforts 3️⃣ Strengthen water governance at all levels
- A new study by Profundo, BankTrack and PAX shows that European and US banks and asset managers have played a significant role in lining Israel's war chest since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza in October 2023. Read more: paxforpeace.nl/news/war-bon...
- The EU sees Israeli settlements, illegally built on occupied Palestinian land, as a major barrier to peace. Yet, it allows trade with them, fueling poverty and daily Palestinian rights violations. Together with 162 other organizations, we sent a letter to Von der Leyen: ➡️ #StopTradeWithSettlements
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View full threadFor years we’ve been advocating to ensure that the Netherlands and the European Union adhere to their obligations under international law, thus not to contribute to serious violations.
- Read more: paxforpeace.nl/news/von-der...
- With the letter we urge the EU to take action to prohibit all trade and business between the EU and Israel’s illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. This is essential step for the EU and its member states to fulfill their obligations under international law.
- The Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory are illegal under international law. Their construction and expansion by Israel are serious violations of international humanitarian law and go hand in hand with systematic human rights violations against the Palestinian population.
- In the light of the escalating violence in Congo, we urge Europe to stop collaborating with Rwanda. Yesterday, we joined int. civil society organizations in co-signing a letter, urging the EU to withdraw from the controversial MoU with Rwanda. Read more: paxforpeace.nl/news/europe-...
- To better protect people, planet, and peace for future generations, we have launched a new policy report on advancing the international Environment, Peace, and Security Agenda within and beyond the UN system. ➡️ paxforpeace.nl/publications...
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View full threadOur new report examines opportunities for establishing, operationalizing, and mainstreaming the EPS agenda across the UN system to foster greater coherence and impact. We suggest six particular pathways, each backed with specific policy recommendations.
- Environmental and climate risks are often linked to armed conflicts and are felt most acutely in conflict-affected and vulnerable countries.
- The international EPS agenda is needed to better protect the environment throughout the conflict lifecycle, inform humanitarian action, ensure accountability for env. harm, support sustainable recovery, and strengthen environmental governance & resilience building.
- ➡️ It explores ways to improve the international prevention, mitigation, and response measures to address the interlinkages between the environment, climate, conflict, and peace.
- After more than 40 years of tyranny and war, the Assad regime has collapsed like a house of cards. The most pressing question now is what direction Syria, and the new government of former al-Qaeda leader Ahmed al-Shar’a, will take. ➡️ Read more: paxforpeace.nl/news/the-res...
- We are leaving X. On the day Donald Trump becomes president of the United States for the second time, and Elon Musk, the owner of X, joins his administration, we choose to turn our back on X. paxforpeace.nl/news/pax-lea... #DetoX
- It is very important that a ceasefire finally seems to be in place between Hamas and Israel, a moment that many have long awaited. Read more: paxforpeace.nl/news/agreeme...
- It is a historic day as Syrians are rejoicing the fall of the brutal Assad Regime. Today we celebrate freedom from tyranny. 100.000 mabrouk to all our Syrian friends and partners, who have so long dreamed and hoped for this day!
- 🧡 We will continue to stand with our friends and partners in the struggle for justice, freedom, and dignity.
- Violence against women is a women’s issue, it is a human rights issue and eliminating it in all its forms is essential for building inclusive peace. Many aspects of conflict and peace are inherently gendered. Learn more: paxforpeace.nl/news/unite-a... 🟠 #OrangetheWorld
- Good news! The Supreme Court of the Netherlands was advised on Friday by its advocate general to uphold a ruling saying the Dutch state must put an end to the export to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets. 🔗: www.reuters.com/world/dutch-...
- 🟠 #OrangetheWorld Our strategic partner ABAAD, are promoting care over conflict, amidst the escalating violent war on Lebanon. Women are at increased risk of violence during armed conflict. ABAAD are advocating for stories of hope: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUnA...
- 🟠 #OrangetheWorld Reem, from a PAX partner in Iraq, works to end violence & discrimination by empowering women & engaging men as allies. She trains young men in respect & fairness, helping them lead initiatives for gender equity.
- To launch our #16DaysofActivism campaign, come and join us and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - WILPF today at 15:00 at Domplein in Utrecht for the official opening of photo expo Men and Love in Times of Conflict and Polarisation. More info: paxforpeace.nl/news/opening...
