2012 Sydney Peace Prize – a Story of Courage and Peace
Zimbabwean Senator Sekai Holland
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Sydney Peace Prize Recipients
2012 Senator Sekai Holland
2011 Professor Noam Chomsky
2010 Dr Vandana Shiva
2009 John Pilger
2008 Patrick Dodson
2007 Hans Blix
2006 Irene Khan
2005 Olara Otunnu
2004 Arundhati Roy
2003 Dr Hanan Ashrawi
2002 Mary Robinson
2001 Sir William Deane AC KBE
2000 Xanana Gusmão
1999 Archbishop Desmond Tutu
1998 Professor Muhammed Yunus
Sydney Peace Foundation
The Sydney Peace Foundation was founded in 1998 in order promote public discussion about peace with justice and universal human rights so as to influence public interest. It is a not-for-profit organisation at the University of Sydney and is supported by the City of Sydney.
Peace with Justice
Peace with justice is a way of thinking and acting which promotes nonviolent solutions to everyday problems and thereby contributes to a civil society
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Poetry for Peace
Across countries and cultures over the centuries, the most powerful pleas for peace and the most significant protests against violence have come through poets. The Sydney Peace Foundation continues this tradition. Read the latest poetic snapshots from Stuart Rees, poet, scholar and Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation.
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21
May
Criticism of Israel’s policies should never be equated with hatred for Jews
By Stuart Rees “ANTI-SEMITE!” “Racist!” “Despicable values!” “Should be sacked!” I received these comments and accusations following an article by Christian Kerr in The Australian on May 14. He correctly quoted me saying Liberal MP Christopher Pyne’s support for the London Declaration against anti-Semitism was “populist”. Kerr may not have expected the subsequent vendetta against [...]
08
May
Dialogue with Arab Women: Building Peace, Achieving Justice?
On Thursday 21 March 2013, in partnership with the Australian Arab Women’s Dialogue and the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, the Sydney Peace Foundation staged a panel discussion to discuss the role of women in building and sustaining democratic practice in their countries. The panel was facilitated by Prof Stuart Rees, with: Ms Zeina [...]
07
May
Media Release: Reimpose Sanctions, Says Peace Foundation
The Australian government should consider re-imposing sanctions on Myanmar, according to the Sydney Peace Foundation (SPF). A new report from the US-based Human Rights Watch has shown how the central Thein Sein government is complicit in appalling human rights abuses in Rakhine state in western Myanmar. The report titled, “All you can do is pray, [...]
18
Apr
Pursuing Freedom: Democracy and Human Rights
“Freedom requires that the individual be active and responsible, not a slave or a well-fed cog in the machine.”—Erich Fromm (1964). Em. Prof Stuart Rees, Chair of the Sydney Peace Foundation, was interviewed for yesterday’ ABC 7.30 Report, in regards to a controversy surrounding the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights at the University of Sydney [...]
15
Apr
Time for action on Colombo Commonwealth summit
Diplomacy should send a clear signal to Sri Lanka that it is on the wrong track. This year’s CHOGM in Colombo should be cancelled, writes Jake Lynch. Foreign Minister Bob Carr will head to London shortly for the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, amid growing calls for the cancellation of this year’s Heads of Government Meeting [...]
11
Apr
John Howard’s Iraq War Fantasy
John Howard’s reflections on the war in Iraq have made news lately, with objections dismissed as anti-democratic. We need an inquiry into why Australia supported a disastrous and illegal invasion, writes Stuart Rees Inside the Intercontinental Hotel on Tuesday 9 April, former prime minister John Howard justified his decision to accompany the US in the [...]
03
Apr
In Honour of Outrage
Sydney Peace Foundation is to award a posthumous Gold Medal to Stéphane Hessel On 2 May, at the Australian Embassy in Paris, the Sydney Peace Foundation will award a posthumous Gold Medal for Human Rights to Stéphane Hessel for his life-long contribution to building a more peaceful and just society. Stéphane Hessel, a German born [...]
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