The Sydney Peace Foundation announces Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson as the recipient of the 2026 Sydney Peace Prize.
The Sydney Peace Foundation announces Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson as the recipient of the 2026 Sydney Peace Prize.
Every day it feels like the flood of horror and cruelty. Every day brings a new low, a new form of barbarism in Lebanon, in Gaza, Iran, in the reduction of dead toddlers to statistics.
The language used by Trump and Netanyahu turns violence into virtue, framing war as moral, necessary and inevitable while masking its human cost.
The Sydney Peace Foundation stands in grief and solidarity with the millions of people suffering the devastating consequences of wars and crises across our world.
More than 150 organisations are calling on the Albanese government to prohibit the entry, transit or presence of nuclear weapons in Australian territory, waters and airspace, uphold Australia’s commitments to a nuclear weapons-free world, and sign and ratify the Treaty
Governments sustain power by repeating stories about themselves. In Australia’s federal parliament, a narrow political consensus – marked by conformity, cruelty and evasion – is weakening democratic debate and eroding the principles of human rights and international law.
Legal experts Chris Sidoti, Francesca Albanese, Henry Reynolds and Lana Tatour panel on lessons and links for Australia on settler colonialism and the Israel/Palestine conflict.
It seems brutal to be asking what this attack on Iran means to Australia while bombs are still falling across the Middle East
The US incursion into Venezuela and abduction of President Maduro followed by President Trump’s renewed push to take control of Greenland, and now a new threat to bomb Iran have undermined the UN Charter and the rules of international behaviour.
Dame Marie Bashir’s life was one of care, kindness and humility. She never wavered from speaking out for truth and justice in the hope that a better world was possible.
The Sydney Peace Foundation is horrified and distraught in the wake of the mass shooting at yesterday’s Chanukah event at Bondi Beach. On this first night of Chanukah, people of Jewish faith gather to light a candle to celebrate the triumph
On 6 November 2025, Judge Navi Pillay received the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize. This is her full address. I would like to acknowledge that we are gathering on Gadigal land, and I pay my respects to elders past and present. I
At a time of global conflict and uncertainty, Sydney will host the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and trailblazing international jurist, Judge Navi Pillay. Justice Pillay will be in Australia to accept the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize
The international community has been waiting for this moment of moral clarity. After two years of watching atrocities committed in Gaza live-streamed daily, the way forward is now clear after the release yesterday of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry
This year, the venerable Judge Navi Pillay will receive the Sydney Peace Prize trophy, hand-crafted by Aboriginal steel artist Wayne McGinness. This new design was revealed for the first time last year when it was awarded to the International Red
Dr Hannah Middleton devoted her life to peace, justice and the rights of working people. For over five decades she was a tireless advocate against racism, inequality and exploitation, contributing books, articles and grassroots activism that gave voice to the
The Sydney Prize jury has announced the choice of UN High Commissioner Judge Navi Pillay as the recipient of the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize. The jury’s rationale and citation reads, “Navi Pillay, for a lifetime of advocating for accountability and
Join us for the Sydney Peace Prize Gala Dinner to honour our 2025 recipient, eminent international jurist, Dr Navi Pillay. The Gala Dinner is the Sydney Peace Foundation’s annual fundraising event. This iconic evening, held in the gracious Refectory in the Holme
Join us for the Sydney Peace Prize Award Ceremony and Lecture to honour our 2025 recipient, esteemed international jurist Dr Navi Pillay. Judge Pillay will be in Sydney to accept the award to accept the award at the Sydney Peace Prize
The Sydney Peace Foundation is honoured to announce that Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and eminent international jurist, will receive the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize for a lifetime of advocating for accountability and responsibility in
Friday night's panel (9 May 2025) on the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Sudan was well attended
The Gaza medic massacre is the largest killing of humanitarian workers in modern history. Israel must be held accountable for this, urges Mohamed Duar. For eight agonising days, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) repeated the same haunting words: “Their fate remains unknown”. For
We write to you as a group of organisations from partner countries to the global F-35 jet programme, and supportive organisations, calling on our Governments to immediately halt all arms transfers to Israel, directly and indirectly, including F-35 fighter jets, components, and
Honouring a legacy of advocacy The Peace and Social Justice Scholarship supports Master of Social Justice students at the University of Sydney, honouring Marty Morrison's legacy of activism, compassion, and commitment to human rights and equality. n 2025, the University of Sydney