What do The Beatles, Bono, Bob Geldof, Billy Bragg, Billie Holiday, Ben Harper, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, and Barenboim all have in common—in addition to being musicians and starting with “B”? They have each contributed to peace with justice, and
"The situation in Sri Lanka today poses grave risks to human rights and human security. [
“The Art of Peace”: It’s time for an artist to win the Sydney Peace Prize Sun Tzu’s ancient Chinese military treatise “The Art of War”has been a manual for war makers for centuries. With the centenary of the First World War upon us,
An interactive discussion hosted by the The West Papua Project at CPACS Venue: Education Building, Seminar Room 325 Time: 5:15 for 5:30 to 6:00 pm Date: Monday, 30 June 2014 Octovianus Mote will be speaking with us about contemporary human rights issues in West
Yesterday the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released their annual ranking of 162 countries' in terms of their peacefulness—the Global Peace Index (GPI). The GPI is in its eighth year running, and for the seventh year running they have
MEDIA RELEASE For Tuesday 27 May 2014 Julian Burnside wins 2014 Sydney Peace Prize Australian barrister, human rights advocate and author, Julian Burnside AO QC has been selected to receive the 2014 Sydney Peace Prize. The Prize will be awarded at the 2014
The important and inspiring work of the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize recipient Vandana Shiva continues in her fight to save seeds, farmers and food from corporate monopolies. Activist Vandanda Shiva calls for ‘satyagraha’ against federal Bill C-18 Renowned environmental and agricultural activist Vandana
The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS), sister organisation to the Sydney Peace Foundation, invites you to the following talks in April: Kwibuka 20: remember-unite-renew 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. CPACS will join
The death of a 23 year old asylum seeker and injuries to over sixty others on Manus Island are the inevitable consequences of a policy of violence based on bullying and brute force to arrest, detain and humiliate vulnerable and
The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies supported by the Global Social Justice Network invite you to: 'Celebrating Women, Inspiring Girls' Panel Discussion with Q & A International Women's Day (IWD) is not only a time to recognise the role of women as
An Australian professor is at the heart of a Middle East peace conference that has gone largely unreported in the west, writes Nikki Barrowclough. One evening in Doha, in December: Sydney University’s Professor Stuart Rees is standing in the middle of
Utopia, from the Bafta and Emmy Award winning director and recipient of the 2009 Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger, draws on his long association with the first people of his homeland Australia. The film is both an epic portrayal of the oldest
The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and Sydney Peace Foundation remember and honour the life and contribution of Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, who died peacefully at his home on 5 December 2013. We join South Africans everywhere
Burma's most famous medical doctor, Dr Cynthia Maung, travelled to Australia to receive the 2013 Sydney Peace Prize and tell her story in the first week of November. Thousands of Australians listened to Dr Cynthia Maung speak about the important
“Your work is really wonderful. This is really building the foundation of happy society. So I appreciate.” His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqmHN5tq1Zk[/youtube] Following the conversation His Holiness said a few more words about the values of human rights, dignity, well-being,
ABC's Big Ideas have recorded many of the Sydney Peace Foundation's events this year. These have been broadcasted across Australia, the Pacific, and the world wide web
You are invited to a screening of: THE GHOSTS OF JEJU Friday 18 October 6pm Room 114, Mackie Building Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies The University of Sydney Arundel Street (near footbridge) A moving film about the determined resistance by the fishermen and farmers of Gangjeong
MEDIA RELEASE 26 September 2013 Announcing Jane Singleton AM, Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation Inaugural presenter and senior reporter for ABC TV’s 7.30 Report, Jane Singleton AM, will take over from Stuart Rees as the Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation. Jane has
Professor Richard Falk United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Human Rights speaking in Sydney, Thursday 19 September, 6.30 pm Footbridge Theatre, University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus The Palestinian Struggle for Self Determination and the Ordeal of Occupation Richard Falk, Emeritus Professor
It is the Foundation's pleasure to announce that our friend, the Global Social Justice Network, is hosting an exciting film and panel event next week. Trafficking, child labour, sex slavery, debt slavery and child soldiers are among the most usual forms of
Artist Jill Carter-Hansen designed the image PEACE IS IN YOUR HANDS in New Zealand in a small version in 1983 to assist fundraising in New Zealand at the time of the Cold War. Jill Carter-Hansen has been involved with both environmental
MEDIA RELEASE 17 August 2013, Sydney Humanitarian doctor to receive 2013 Sydney Peace Prize Dr Cynthia Maung, founder of the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai-Burmese border, will be the recipient of the 2013 Sydney Peace Prize to be awarded in Sydney on
On Monday 19 August 2013, The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS), Jews against the Occupation (JAO) and the Global Social Justice Network (GloSo) held a seminar to show the new and inspiring documentary, Within the Eye of the
For the music lover and theatre enthusiast alike, the Kinetic Energy Theatre Company's coming season of EMPIRE offers an engaging night out. Hot off the creative drawing board, this latest and updated generation of our acclaimed play will hit the stage