Working with governments to build the legal, political and technical mechanisms to eliminate nuclear weapons globally under effective international control.
Highlighting the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and their incompatibility with internatinal law as an imperative to achieve nuclear abolition.
Using sport to reach across political divides, reinforce our common humanity and create the conditions for a secure and peaceful nuclear-weapons-free world.
Engaging in the UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) that meets in Geneva in summer 2013 to develop proposals for taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations.
Basel Forum on Peace, Climate Protection and the UN Summit of the Future: The roles of cities and youth.
Thursday May 30, 2024, Basel, Switzerland. 10:30-16:15 Register
A regional consultation co-hosted by Basel Peace Office and the Basel Stadt Kanton President’s Office.
Morning session: Youth engagement and civil society proposals for the Summit of the Future K-Haus, Kasernenstrasse 8, 4058 Basel
Afternoon session 2: Cities, legislators & youth. An intergenerational dialogue on the Summit of the Future Basel Town Hall (Rathaus des Kantons Basel-Stadt)
Applying human rights law to address existential threats to humanity
In-person event. Thursday July 6. 15:00-16:00 Sidley Austin Law Firm, Rue du Pré-de-la-Bichette 1 Geneva 1202
Nuclear Stories Pre-Premier
Zurich and online
Wednesday April 26, 2023
7pm - 8:30pm Central Europe Time. Click here to register. No cost to join.
The event is held in conjunction with International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
Human Rights and the Doomsday Clock Using international human rights law to address existential threats
posed by nuclear weapons and climate change.
A side event to the UN Human Rights Council 42nd Universal Periodic Review
Wednesday January 25. 1:15 – 2:45pm
Sidley Austin Law Firm, Geneva.
Registration required: RSVP to alyn@pnnd.org or Ph/SMS to +41 788 912 156
Saturday January 21
4:30pm-6pm Central Europe Time / 10:30am-12noon Eastern Time USA
Online. Click here to register.
3 prizes of €5000 each. The 9 finalists will present their projects. The audience then votes to determine the winners.
Join the 2022 PACEY Award Winners and Youth Fusion, winners of the Gorbachev/Schultz Legacy Youth Award K-Haus, Kasernenstrasse 8, 4058 Basel
6pm-8pm. Tuesday November 8.
Followed by an apero
[Simultaneous interpretation in English and German]
Description: Peace, nuclear Abolition and Climate Engage Youth (PACEY) Award event
Two prizes of €5000 Euro each will be awarded to exemplary youth projects or initiatives to advance peace, climate protection and/or disarmament, especially nuclear disarmament.
Description: From youth vision and enthusiasm to policy change. An intergenerational forum between policymakers (legislators) and youth activists on the Climate / Nuclear Disarmament nexus. The event is held in conjunction with the Basel Peace Forum 2022.
Methods and examples of nonviolent actions to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. An online event to commemorate the International Day of Nonviolence and the 152nd anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
Saturday October 2. 10am-12 noon Eastern Time USA / 4-6pm Central Europe Time / 7:30-9:30pm Delhi.
An Inter-generational Forum followed by the PACEY Plus Youth Award
January 19, 2021. 15:00 – 19:15 Central Europe Time
A forum of youth, experts and policy makers discussing actions and effective policies for peace, disarmament, the climate and public health especially in times of pandemic. The event will be held in three sessions of 1¼ hours each with a short break between each session.
Session 1:Timed for Asia and the Pacific. Thursday December 10. 8am Central Europe Time (10 am Moscow, 1pm Dhaka, 4pm Tokyo/Seoul, 7pm Suva)
Program and other information will be posted on the Session 1 event facebook page. Click here to register.
Session 2:Timed for the Americas, Europe and Africa. Friday December 11. 11:30 Eastern time USA/Canada. (5:30pm CET)
Program and other information will be posted on the Session 2 event facebook page. Click here to register.
Webinar: Monday November 2, 2020 10am – 11:30am Eastern Time USA. 4pm-5:30pm Central Europe Time Click here to register. Click here for the event flyer.
TheoSounds Concert to commemorate the International Day for Peace.
Sunday September 20 in Theodorskirche (Theodorskirchpl. 5, 4058 Basel) at 16:00
The concert is Schubert Notturno Op. 148 and Beethoven Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 1.
Performed by the PlayforRights Chamber Trio: Fraynni Rui (violin), Joonas Pitkänen (Violoncello) and Aleck Carratta (piano).
Free entry. We invite you to attend.
International webinar. Thursday July 30, 2020.
9:00 am - 10:30 am EDT (15:00-16:30 CET) Part of the Abolition 2000 webinar series on issues and actions for nuclear abolition Click here to register. Click here for the event flyer.
International webinar, Tuesday April 21, 2020. Held in conjunction with Earth Day 2020 and the Global Days of Action on Military Spending.
The webinar will address: Cutting nuclear weapons budgets. Ending investments in nuclear weapons & fossil fuels. Reallocating these to public health, climate protection and sustainable development.
Divestment and other actions by cities, universities and parliaments to reverse the nuclear arms raceand protect the climate
Basel, Switzerland. April 12-13, 2019
A European and trans-Atlantic conference organised by Basel Peace Office.
Co-sponsored by IPPNW Switzerland and the Basel-Stadt Kanton, in cooperation with Mayors for Peace (Europe) and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament.
Thursday December 7.
Basel University, Hörsaal 001
18:00 - 20:00
Premier screening of the award-winning movie 'Where the Wind Blew' about the impact of nuclear tests in Nevada and Kazakhstan. Screenign is followed by discussion with representatives of Kazakhstan.
Monday Jan 16. 16:30-18:30. Sydney Room, Floor 2, Messe Center, Messeplatz 21, Basel.
Europe could be caught in nuclear cross-fire between Russia and the United States. Join us for a discussion with Swiss and international speakers on new threats from nuclear weapons and what can be done about it.
Kazakh Room (Cinema XIV), Palais des Nations, Geneva. September 27, 2016. 15:00 - 17:00.
Special event featuring
* Ela Gandhi (grand-daughter of Mahatma Gandhi and Co-President of Religions for Peace);
* Chain Reaction 2016 video, a series of nuclear disarmament actions and events around the world; * Presentation of the Astana Vision declaration to the United Nations.
Issues and proposals for taking forward nuclear disarmament
Framwork Forum roundtable for invited governments
April 18, 2016
Hosted by the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN, Geneva
Co-sponsored by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
From the NPT to the UN General Assembly: Filling the legal gap to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons
Geneva, 1 September 2015, 13:15-18:00
Restaurant Layalina 121 rue de Lausanne, and Auditorium Jacques Freymond, rue de Lausanne 132
Sponsored by Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Middle Powers Initiative, Basel Peace Office and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Geneva
Supported by the Right Livelihood Award Foundation and World Future Council
Screenings in various locations in Switzerland during the week September 21-26
Directed by Peter Anthony
Featuring: Stanislav Petrov, Kevin Costner, Sergey Shnrynov, Matt Damon, Natalia Vdovina & Robert de Niro
On the night of September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov disobeyed military protocol and probably prevented a nuclear holocaust. He says that he is not a hero. 'I was just in the right place at the right time.' You decide!
Framework Forum roundtable
Monday September 8, 2014, 13:00 – 18:00 Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Auditoire Jaques Freymond, rue de Lausanne 132 , Geneva
By invitation only
Contact info@baselpeaceoffice.org
July 4 - 5
Basel, Switzerland Hosted by Guy Morin, President of the Basel-Stadt Canton
Organised by the Basel Peace Office
Mayors, parliamentarians and civil society!
Join us in Basel to share initiatives, network with others and advance the cooperative security framework for peace, prosperity and nuclear disarmament.
13:00: Photo exhibition of Chernobyl nuclear disaster
by Alexander Hofmann
Basel Art Center, Riehentorstrasse 33, Basel
Discounted group rate 15 CHF (normal entry is 22 CHF)
3pm: Run/cycle along the Rhine from Oberer Rheinweg (under Wettstein Bridge) to the Three Countries Corner
4pm: Carton Blanc photo event at Three Countries Corner, Dreiländereck
5pm: Light meal and talk at Restaurant Schiff
Launch of the 2nd edition of the Nuclear Abolition Forum Tuesday, 9 April 2013 12:30 – 14:00
Geneva Centre for Security Policy
WMO/OMM Building Avenue de la Paix 7bis, Geneva
Featuring: Ambassador Urs Schmid (Switzerland) Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe (Japan) Jean-Marie Collin (PNND, France) Marc Finaud (Program Adviser, GCSP) Alyn Ware (Founder, Nuclear Abolition Forum, New Zealand) Teresa Bergman (Researcher, Basel Peace Office)
6pm, Friday May 24
University of Basel, Lecture Hall 001
Petersgraben, Basel
Featuring: Wilson Kipketer, runner. Current world record holder for the 800 and 1000 meters (indoors).
Spokesperson for L’organisation pour la Paix par le Sport (Peace and Sport) Paol Hansen, Special Adviser UN Office on Sport for Development and Peace Carola Szemerey, Youth Future Project Henk Van Nieuwenhove, Flanders Peace Field project (the 1914 Soccer Truce)
Basel Peace Office commemorates Human Rights Day (December 10) by calling for the global respect of human rights through full implemetation of obligations under the human rights treaties.
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Peace, nuclear Abolition and Climate Engaged Youth (PACEY) Award.
Do you know of a youth project that addresses peace, nuclear disarmament and/or climate issues and that could be boosted by a prestigious award with €5000 in prize money to help it succeed? If so, we encourage you to nominate it for the 2025 PACEY Award.
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“Humanity must reach beyond nationalism to build fit-for-purpose global governance for managing the Earth’s atmosphere - our common climate system,” according to over 400 religious, faith and values-based individuals and organizations who have endorsed an interfaith appeal Protecting
Basel Peace Office joins World Federalist Movement-Insitute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP) to invite religious, faith and values based individuals and organizations to endorse Protecting Our Common Climate System: Earth Governance for a Sustainable Future, an interfaith appeal which we will present to the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29).
The UN holds its annual Civil Society Conference from May 9-10 in Nairobi, Kenya. Basel Peace Office is cosponsoring a number of events during the conference including the Peace and Future Generations Solidarity Walk, which will take place on May 10.
