Global Security & War | Back to Top

The Foundation’s Global Security and War project promotes nonviolent and non-aggressive means for settling global conflicts and opposing unwarranted recourse to war outside the scope of international law and the United Nations.  This project includes advocacy for preventing unauthorized and illegal wars.  The project seeks to offer critical analysis, policy recommendations and public advocacy for a world in which global and human security are universally upheld. 

The Foundation offers ongoing analysis and policy guidance in this critical area as appropriate. 

Annual Symposium | Back to Top

The Foundation hosts periodic symposia on important cutting-edge issues of international law in cooperation with other civil society organizations.  Topics have included: The International Criminal Court, A United Nations Emergency Peace Service, and Nuclear Weapons and the Abandonment of International Law.  Follow up includes broad media exposure and creation of video and/or publication resources. 

In 2008, the Foundation will host members of the World Future Council and the public for an evening with Judge Christopher Weeramantry. The event is funded by the generosity of the Gamble Peace and International Law Fund. The Foundation is also co-sponsoring an international symposium at UCSB on April 11 titled “Towards Future Justice: Protecting the Rights of Future Generations.” The symposium is free and open to the public.

Project for a United Nations Emergency Peace Service | Back to Top

This collaborative project is an outgrowth of the Foundation’s 2003 International Law Symposium and focuses on developing an international volunteer rapid deployment force, through the United Nations, to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity.  The project coalition is developing plans for the establishment of a permanent United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) that could be rapidly deployed upon authorization of the Security Council.  UNEPS would fill a current gap in the UN’s Peacekeeping operations. 

Together with Global Action to Prevent War and the World Federalist Movement, the Foundation published a book on a United Nations Emergency Peace Service.  In 2008, the Foundation will continue to work with these organizations in building support for UNEPS at the international level.