International Law and Human Security Highlights

The Simons Foundation Canada is pleased to share this commentary by Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director of Project Ploughshares.

See the transcript and view video of Dr. Hans Blix's April 2nd webinar presentation to Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs on his book, "A Farewell to Wars: The growing Restraints on the Interstate Use of Force".

Visit Foreign Affairs Magazine (subscription required) to view this article by Lloyd Axworthy, one of The Simons Foundation Canada's Peace Shapers, Michael W. Manulak, and Allan Rock.

Visit The Hill Times at the link below for this commentary by The Hon. Douglas Roche, a Peace Leader at The Simons Foundation Canada.

20 years after the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, Dr. Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) from 2000-2003, sits down with SIPRI to reflect on his experience during the inspections to investigate the claims of WMD in Iraq.

Visit The Globe and Mail at the link below for this opinion by the Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, a Peace Shaper at The Simons Foundation Canada, and the Hon. Allan Rock.

We are pleased to share this important commentary by Professor the Hon. Gareth Evans, one of The Simons Foundation Canada's Peace Shapers.

Visit The Globe and Mail at the link below for this commentary by The Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, a Peace Shaper at The Simons Foundation Canada.

In the absence of any effective international response, a deepening humanitarian catastrophe is facing the Rohingya, a majority Muslim ethnic group who have lived for centuries in Myanmar. Visit The Globe and Mail at the link below for commentary on the current situation from The Simons Foundation Peace Shaper, the Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, and the Hon. Allan Rock.

The Simons Forum on "The Responsibility to Protect: Re-Energizing the Key Players" brought together 30 international experts in Vancouver in March 2017 to discuss how best to reinvigorate the global response to the threat and reality of genocide and other mass atrocity crimes. The full report of the Forum is now available at the link below.