STATEMENTS BY IID AND ITS NETWORKS
Press Releases Archive
THE ANTI-TERROR BILL IS TERRORISM: Statement on the Proposed “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020”
Yesterday 3 June, the House of Representatives of the Philippines passed the "Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020" in the third and final reading, repealing the earlier “Human Security Act of 2007”. The proposed anti-terrorism law allows for, among others, lengthened period of...
3rd Year of Marawi Siege: Meranaw civil society leaders demand ‘Balik-Marawi’; urge gov’t to make IDPs part of social protection program on COVID-19
In line with the commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of the infamous “Marawi Siege”—a tragic event that befell the people of Marawi City three years ago during the Holy Month of Ramadan—Meranaw civil society leaders today held an hour of conversation in Iligan City...
Call for an inclusive, people-centered peacebuilding response to the COVID19 pandemic
https://youtu.be/8XhsvWvdUq4 As peacebuilders from around the Earth globe, we call for an inclusive, people-centered peacebuilding response to the COVID19 pandemic. Let's make 2020 the year we chose to change the whole world for the better.
Civil society organizations calls for immediate protection of civilians in armed conflict in Myanmar
We, the undersigned civil society organizations and individual call for the protection of civilians in armed conflict in Myanmar and for the State to comply with its obligations under the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolutions 1265, 1296 and 1325. The...
#COVID19 Toolkit for Civil Society Partners
The Initiatives for International Dialogue is happy to have contributed in developing this "#COVID19 Toolkit for Civil Society Partners. Emergency Powers and Crisis Responses: Human Rights Risk" anchored by Rights and Security International (formerly Rights...
Calling for global ceasefire
The Initiatives for International Dialogue and GPPAC-Southeast Asia, together with 426 organisations from all over the region and together with one of IID's advisors, Nobel Peace Prize laureate José Ramos-Horta, call on Southeast Asia governments to heed the UN...