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COPLA Update: COPLA arrives on the global stage

pdf available by Florencia Gor Kick-started five years ago by the small NGO Democracia Global (the WFM Member Organization from Argentina), the campaign to establish a Latin American and Caribbean...

Neglected aspects of the United Nations Charter

pdf available by Marjolijn Snippe In 1995, Erskine Childers (1929-1996) and I composed a project proposal raising questions about the legal rules governing four specific issues covered by the UN...

R2P Update: UN SC side event and MENA trainings emphasize prevention

pdf available by Marijke Kremin On 24 October 2018, the Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung, the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP), and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed...

A Tribute: Joseph E. Schwartzberg, 1928 – 2018

pdf available by Nancy Dunlavy, Director, The Workable World Trust Joseph E. Schwartzberg, Distinguished International Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota (USA), died on September 19, 2018, at the...

World Federalist Congress in The Hague reaffirms fight for global peace, justice and democracy

pdf available by Andreas Bummel Convening July 9 to 13 in The Hague, the world’s capital of international law, the World Federalist Movement (WFM) reaffirmed the organization’s fight for global...

World Federalist Reading (December 2018)

pdf available Supranational Political Economy: The Globalisation of the State–Market Relationship (Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) Guido Montani Routledge, August 2018 In Supranational Political Economy: The Globalisation of the...

Making Effective Use of Existing Legal Obligations in the Face of Atrocity Crimes

pdf available based on Remarks Delivered in the UN Trusteeship Council by Professor Jennifer Trahan, New York University, October 22, 2018 As we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the adoption...

UN2020: Landing pad or launch pad?

pdf available by Fergus Watt The UN2020 initiative is a civil society-led consortium calling for a United Nations 75th anniversary that includes a meaningful process of stocktaking, renewal and reforms...

International Relations Theory and World View

pdf available by Urs Thomas From an international relations (IR) perspective, the high and increasing rate of change in diverse fields, whether in science and technology, international politics and commerce,...

CNAP Update: First progress report and and an ambassador for women, peace and security

pdf available by Monique Cuillerier On November 1 the Government of Canada launched Canada’s second National Action Plan on women, peace and security (CNAP), which is for the period from...

National and Branch News

pdf available WFMC Annual Members Meeting and PeaceQuest events The weekend of November 10th and 11th was a busy one for World Federalists at a series of events held in...

The United Nations and Canada: A Question of Leadership

pdf available by Monique Cuillerier In the fall of 2018, WFMC published the most recent publication in the United Nations and Canada series, focusing on “What Canada Could and Should...

Happy holidays and thank you!

Over the past year, we have accomplished a great deal through our TakeAction emails, monthly news emails, and three webinars. We also released the latest publication in our UN and...

The next issue of Mondial is coming soon!

The December 2018 issue of Mondial will be available shortly. This issue’s articles cover a wide range of topics, including the crisis in multilateralism, the use of the UN Security...

Canada's Human Rights Commitments

To mark Human Rights Day on December 10th, WFMC talked to Senator Marilou McPhedran about the challenges and opportunities that Canada faces regarding human rights. The recording of the webinar...

Update on Canada, Mali, and UN Peacekeeping

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise visit to Canadian peacekeeping personnel in Mali on December 22nd. Trudeau dismissed questions about extending Canada’s deployment, scheduled to end next summer, but...

Greening the World Economy For A Sustainable Future

Themes in Seth Klein’s Presentation and Discussion with The Toronto Branch of the World Federalist Movement of Canada on April 12th, 2022. Based on his recent book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for...

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Global Climate Accountability

Summary of Elizabeth May’s Zoom Presentation to the World Federalist Movement Canada, Toronto Branch on May 18, 2021. Her presentation was about a tale of two treaties. The first was...

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