Human Rights – key to a just recovery from the pandemic
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At the end of this year nearly 70 million people will have been infected by Covid-19 worldwide and more than 1.5 million will have died in relation to the virus. In Europe 14 million people were infected and 350.000 people died because of or with the virus. Our health systems are tested to their limits, […]
COVID-19: the virus affecting European democracy?
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« A l’heure où l’épidémie du Coronavirus atteint son pic et le confinement est sur toutes les lèvres, certains dirigeants politiques au sein de l’Union européenne n’hésitent pas à utiliser la crise sanitaire actuelle pour servir leurs propres intérêts politiques et renforcer encore davantage leur mainmise sur l’État via des changements législatifs. Alors que les gouvernements […]
A plea for justice and peace: 50 years of global citizenship
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50 years: it's an opportunity to take a step back and share the keys to successful sustainability, but also to question the challenges that every organization must face over time!
Europe at the crossroads
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Le projet d’une Europe paisible et unie se situe maintenant à un carrefour. Cela a été particulièrement montré par le référendum de rupture du Royaume –Uni en juin 2016, qui a ouvert une période de doute et d’incertitude. On doit y voir un signe inquiétant d’une insatisfaction largement répandue et d’un malaise qui appelle des […]
Regaining trust and countering fear
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We live in a world full of unrests in many areas, be it politics, the economy, society or culture. More and more people feel insecure and are convinced that their concerns are not being taken seriously. Accepting transgressions of some public actors risks opening the door to intolerance or even hate crimes.
Build bridges of justice rather than walls of fear
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“Europe's Security: Responsibility of States, of the Union and of Citizens”. Declaration of Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions.
Justice and Peace Europe is concerned about the increase in inequalities
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The Episcopal Justice and Peace Commissions of Europe are protesting against the increase in economic and fiscal inequalities on the old continent as well as in the rest of the world.
Growing Economic Inequality and Taxation
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A Challenge for Europe and the World. Launch of the Justice and Peace Europe Concerted Action 2016 On Ash Wednesday, 10 February 2016, the Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions (Justice and Peace Europe) officially started its annual Concerted Action 2016 with the publication of a Basic Text which presents the theme Growing Economic […]
Growing Economic Inequality and Taxation
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A Challenge for Europe and the World. Justice and Peace Europe Concerted Action 2016.
Nationalism, overcoming fear of the other
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Entre revendications nationalistes et racisme, de nombreux discours populistes se déterminent en opposition à l’autre, étranger. Celui qui fait peur. Les tragiques événements terroristes qui ponctuent l’actualité entraînent une vague de protectionnisme. Mais aux réactions politiques sécuritaires et offensives, de nombreux citoyens et associations de la société civile répondent par des revendications pour une société […]