A nonviolent movement to end war.
War Resisters' International was founded in 1921 under the name "Paco". It was and is based on the WRI declaration:
War is a crime against humanity. I am therefore determined not to support any kind...
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A nonviolent movement to end war.
War Resisters' International was founded in 1921 under the name "Paco". It was and is based on the WRI declaration:
War is a crime against humanity. I am therefore determined not to support any kind of war, and to strive for the removal of all causes of war
War Resisters' International exists to promote nonviolent action against the causes of war, and to support and connect people around the world who refuse to take part in war or the preparation of war. On this basis, WRI works for a world without war.
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WRI's programme
Nonviolence and Social Empowerment
WRI work is based on the understanding that social empowerment should be a key element in considering the impact of any social movement activity. The framework of social empowerment...
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WRI's programme
Nonviolence and Social Empowerment
WRI work is based on the understanding that social empowerment should be a key element in considering the impact of any social movement activity. The framework of social empowerment offers a perspective for cooperation between hitherto competing or even conflicting approaches. Strategies of empowerment are intrinsic to the effectiveness of nonviolent movements. In addition, the methodology of nonviolence offers specific insights to social empowerment.
In February 2001 an international conference on this theme took place in India, bringing together 70 activists from all parts of the world.
The right to refuse to kill
WRI's project "The right to refuse to kill" aims to work on three levels:
Political campaigning and support for conscientious objectors' movements and COs facing repression or imprisonment, including organising and sending delegations, visiting imprisoned COs, solidarity campaigns, lobbying the international human rights system, etc. The international email list is a powerful tool to organise support for conscientious objectors.
Support for asylum seekers and their lawyers, in cases of draft evasion, desertion, conscientious objection and other cases related to military service.
Research and documentation of material related to conscientious objection and military recruitment - the CONCODOC project.
Dealing with the past
The past shapes the present and the future. This is even more true after war or dictatorship. How we deal with this past determines our future.
WRI's project aims to evaluate the experience of such a traumatic past by looking into different ways of dealing with it - truth commissions or war crimes tribunals are only two examples. It also wants to support grassroots organisations which engage in the struggle for truth, justice and - perhaps - reconciliation. Dealing with the past is part of the struggle for social justice, for overcoming violence.
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