For immediate release: Thursday October 24, 2013
Communities across the US, western Canada and now central and eastern Canada are on the frontlines of the global fight to stop climate change—and Nobel peace laureate Jody Williams says it’s the city of Ottawa’s turn to step up to the ...read more
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Media Releases
Eleven Nobel Peace Prize winners write to Russian President Vladimir Putin over Greenpeace case
Amsterdam, 17th October 2013 - Eleven Nobel Peace Prize laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu have written a joint letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin offering their support to twenty eight Greenpeace International activists, a freelance photographer and a freelance filmmaker who are ...read more
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Nobel laureates, campaigners to African leaders: support the ICC!
-October 10, 2013-
In a letter released today, the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict—including Archbishop Desmond Tutu and six other Nobel laureates—called on members of the African Union (AU) to back the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a critical tool ...read more
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Nobel peace and science laureates calling for EU action on tar sands
(Brussels)—October 3, 2013.
A group of twenty-one Nobel peace and science laureates sent a letter this week to European Commission president José Manuel Barroso urging him and European Union environment ministers to immediately implement the EU Fuel Quality Directive (FQD).
The FQD is a ...read more
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World Premiere of “Partners for Peace” at the One World Film Festival
A new feature-length documentary about women working for peace in Israel and Palestine
(Ottawa) September 18, 2013
Ottawa's Kublacom Pictures is pleased to announce the world premiere of its new feature-length documentary film at the One World Film Festival on Thursday September 26th at 7:00pm ...read more
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Refer Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria to the ICC: Nobel Peace Laureates
(Ottawa) September 4, 2013
One the eve of the G20 meeting in Russia, the six Nobel peace laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative today called upon the US and its allies to use the international legal system in place of military intervention to respond to any use of chemical weapons in Syria. ...read more
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Nobel Peace laureates call for end to violence against Muslims in Burma
June 20, 2013 (Ottawa)—Twelve Nobel Peace laureates—including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Shirin Ebadi, Muhammad Yunus, Tawakkol Karman and Jody Williams—today called for an immediate end to the violence against Muslims and other ethnic minorities in Burma.
The laureate’s statement comes on the ...read more
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Nobel Laureates call on President Obama and Secretary Kerry to reject the Keystone XL pipeline
(Ottawa, Canada) – June 18, 2013
Ten recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize have written to President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry urging the rejection of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.
The Laureates, many of whom urged the President to reject the pipeline in 2011, believe that now is ...read more
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Nobel Laureates: End impunity for atrocity crimes in Guatemala; respect survivors
(Ottawa, June 5, 2013) – Five women Nobel Peace laureates today called for Guatemala to respect the rights of the survivors of atrocities committed under the rule of former de facto head of state Efrain Rios Montt. The women, convened in Northern Ireland for a conference organized by the Nobel ...read more
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Laureadas con el Nobel de la Paz hacen un llamamiento para poner fin a la impunidad por los atroces crímenes en Guatemala y a respetar los derechos de sobreviventes
(Ottawa, 5 de junio del 2013) – Cinco mujeres laureadas con el Nobel de la Paz hicieron un llamado hoy a Guatemala a respetar los derechos de los sobrevivientes de las atrocidades cometidas durante el gobierno de facto del ex jefe de Estado Efraín Ríos Montt.
Las mujeres, reunidas en Irlanda del ...read more
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