On Sunday 10 December, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We celebrate the day the nations of the world agreed to recognise, in the words of the Declaration, “the inherent dignity and of the
28 November 2023 Dear Prime Minister, As the Sydney Peace Foundation Council, we reaffirm our commitment to disarmament and advance our goal of a nuclear weapon free world. In this time of increased global tension, conflict and military escalation it has never been
Last week, the Sydney Peace Foundation shared the words of our 2016 Laureate Naomi Klein as she called for a united voice for peace and justice in the face of atrocities in Israel and in Gaza. She reminded us that we
On 14 October 2023 Australians will be asked to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Constitution. The Uluru Statement from the Heart is a generous invitation to all Australians
To celebrate a precious goal all need to carry and to know a vision for a life-time high from pole to pole, from land to sky prescriptions for a world to run a marathon in sight and mind so, no-one ever falls behind in contest for humanity where
INQUIRY INTO THE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLAND VOICE REFERENDUMConstitution Alternation (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023The Sydney Peace Foundation is a supporter of the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full. It supports the proposed amendment to the
The Uluru Statement from the Heart has been named winner of the 2021-22 Sydney Peace Prize. The Uluru Statement from the Heart calls for an established First Nations Voice to parliament enshrined in the constitution and the establishment of a Makarrata
Statement named winner ahead of historic referendum A push for First Nations recognition in the Constitution has been awarded Australia's only international prize for peace - the Sydney Peace Prize. The Uluru Statement from the Heart has been named winner of the
The architects of the Uluru Statement from the Heart say bipartisan support may not be as important in passing a referendum as it was in the past, and have warned that if the government doesn’t hold a vote to enshrine
Australian citizen, whistleblower, journalist and publisher, Julian Assange, has been persecuted and imprisoned for revealing details of murder and mayhem by the US government in Iraq and Afghanistan. In what Independent MP, Andrew Wilkie, calls ‘an international farce’, and in Professor Clinton Fernandes
The Sydney Peace Foundation is providing information about Australia’s major political party’s views on the Uluru Statement from the Heart ahead of the election on 21 May 2022. This is to inform, not make judgement, however, we are of the
In recent years, the Australian Defence Force has been called on again and again to support civilian disaster response capability, most recently in ongoing flood recovery. Reflecting this, funding for a mooted expansion of the Australian military should instead be
The Sydney Peace Foundation is horrified by the brutal and unprovoked conflict waged by Russia on Ukraine, and condemns the humanitarian disaster that continues to unfold. The invasion of Ukraine is a clear violation of human rights and international law, and
Photo courtesy of Peter Dowson, Digital Storytellers. We were delighted to award the Gold Medal for Human Rights to Midnight Oil on 26 November via a digital event. This award was in recognition of their relentless focus on human rights, and
This article first appeared in the The Guardian on 14 October. Tickets for the November events in Sydney are available via http://tix.yt/midnight-oil-gold-medal Australian band Midnight Oil will be awarded the gold medal for human rights by the Sydney Peace Foundation for its “commitment
In 2017, the Black Lives Matter Global Network received the Sydney Peace Prize for building a powerful movement for racial equality and courageously reigniting a global conversation. We recently caught up with Rodney Diverlus who accepted the Prize in 2017
We were so honoured to award the Gold Medal for Human Rights to Christiana Figueres on 12 March in the Lord Mayor's Reception Room at the Sydney Town Hall. Christiana gave an impassioned speech about the need for urgent action
What a difference four years make. December 12, 2019: Scott Morrison was having a so-so day. He had faced international criticism of the Government’s response to climate change. Bushfires were raging up and down the coast of NSW, and Sydney had
During her time in Australia to accept the 2019 Sydney Peace Prize on behalf of the Me Too movement, Tarana Burke spoke with Vogue Australia's Clare Press about the origins of Me Too, the viral hashtag, and how work to
The leader of the Paris Climate Agreement talks says she is "deeply pained" by the attitude of the Australian Government to climate change in the wake of this summer's unprecedented bushfires. Costa Rican diplomat Christiana Figueres became the United Nations' top
Advocates of the Green New Deal say there is great urgency in dealing with the climate crisis and highlight the scale and scope of what is required to combat it. They are right. They use the term “New Deal” to
Christiana Figueres once credited the Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh with helping her shepherd 192 countries from blaming to collaborating, from paralysis to empowerment in the Paris Agreement. Now Figueres and her strategic advisor, former Buddhist monk Tom Rivett-Carnac, have penned a book
The effects of climate change represent the single biggest threat to peace with justice. The Sydney Peace Foundation has chosen to honor the leadership of Christiana Figueres with the presentation of the 2020 Gold Medal for Human Rights because of her
Peace is much more than the absence of violence. Peace requires the presence of justice, institutions and structures preventing violence. ‘The risks associated with climate-related disasters do not represent a scenario of some distant future. They are already a reality for
