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Welcome to the website of the International Coalition for the Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)
You will find on it some information about the International Decade, but also about the history and the functioning of our Coalition. You will also have the possibility to read our newsletter and stay aware of the actions in favor of peace and non-violence in the world. Finally, you will find a description of all our members and the instructions to join the Coalition.
You can write to us at this adress: secretariat@nvpdecade.org

European Conference "Raising Children without Violence"
A European Conference on Raising Children without Violence is to be held in Berlin, on October 20th and 21st 2005. On the first day of the conference, statements will be given by the German Ministers Renate Schmidt and Brigitte Zypries and well-known experts in the field. The president of the International Coalition for the Decade, Christian Renoux, will intervene in the framework of a round-table discussion on "The Concepts of Raising Children in Europe". Click here to download the Conference program.

First General Assembly of the International Coalition for the Decade
The first regular General Assembly of the International Coalition for the Decade was held on June 21st from 09:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m. in the Association Reille. The outcome of the General Assembly will be available soon.

Mid-Decade Report
By the end of this year 2005, we will be at the mid-point of the International Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010). For this occasion, the International Coalition has prepared a report, that gathers, in annexes, the reports of most of its member associations and national coalitions. The Report has been sent to the UNESCO and the UN. To download the report in PDF format click here

Events on non-violence
Conference: Non-violent Strategies for Confronting Global Terrorism and for Promoting Peaceful Social Change
The Center for Peace Studies, of the University of Tromsø, Norway, will organize a Confernce from the 7th to the 9th of September 2005 on the nature and political potential of non-violence. The conference aims to explore the possibilities of non-violence in the context of two key contemporary themes of global conflict: terrorism and its variety of responses, and social resistance and political activism. For further information, please visit: http://uit.no/cps/

Forbidding Corporal Punishment againt the Children of Europe
On June 23th 2004, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a text saying that it would be normal to forbid the corporal punishments against the children in the family surroundings. It is a considerable overhang towards a non-violent education for the children. Indeed, before this vote, the corporal punishments were forbidden in the schools and in the prisons but they were not formally forbidden in the families. The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe requests all its members to adopt a legislation which would be a guarantee for this ban.
Read the text of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

The Human Rights Prize of the French Republic 2004
On December 8th 2004, the Human Rights Prize of the French Republic was awarded to a partner of the Secours Catholique-Caritas France, the Russian NGO "For an initiative of justice in Chechenia". A dotation of 15,000 euros and a medal were given to the laureates by the First Minister, Mr. Raffarin. This happened during the International Day of the Human Rights.The objectives of this Russian NGO are to prevent torture and all other forms of violation of the Human Rights in Chechenia and to struggle against the impunity of these crimes. Its principal axes of work are to ensure the juridictional protection of the victims and to help them to lodge a complaint at the juridictional competent authorities, to question the juridictional institutions of the Council of Europe in order to guarantee the respect by Russia of the Human Rights in Chechenia, to alert the Russian and International public opinion about the situation in Chechenia, and to train lawyers members of associations to the defence of the victims of torture.
Caritas France is a member of the French Coalition for the Decade and of Caritas Internationalis, member of the International Coalition for the Decade.

International Peace Prize 2004
On november 21st 2004, the Etudes Center "Giuseppe Donati" of Pistoia (Italia) awarded the International Peace Prize to the Cardinal Martino for his work at the head of the Pontifical Council Justice and Peace. The Pontifical Council Justice and Peace is a member of the International Coalition for the Decade. The Coalition warmly congratulates the cardinal Martino for this prize which is a recognition of his work in favor of peace.

National Congress of Pax Christi
The national Congress of Pax Christi, the international catholic movement for peace, and member of the International Coalition for the Decade, took place on March 13, 2005. See the press release.

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