The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, and the human rights organization Memorial in Russia and the Centre for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. Ales Bialiatski is in prison without trial in Belarus since 2020, Memorial is being liquidated by the Russian...
The Kroc Institute mourns the passing of one of its earliest leaders, the Rev. Andrew (Drew) J. Christiansen, S.J. He passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at the age of 77. Most recently he served as a Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development in Georgetown’s School of Foreign...
On October 22, 2021, Israel’s Defense Ministry categorized six Palestinian groups as “terrorist organizations.” Here, Atalia Omer, professor of religion, conflict, and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, responds to this recent decision.
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, journalists from the Philippines and Russia respectively. In their announcement, the Nobel Committee wrote that the two were selected "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace," and that they...
On April 27, 2021, Human Rights Watch released a 213-page report titled “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution,” examining Israeli treatment of Palestinians. The report states that “Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution.”…
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution, was quoted in the USA Today article “Rockets strike Iraqi base housing US troops ahead of Pope Francis visit.…
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme for its efforts to provide food assistance and eliminate hunger worldwide, especially in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Ann Mische is associate professor of sociology and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. This is the second in a series of posts examining public debates over prediction, crisis diagnoses, and social transformation stemming from COVID-19. The opening post can be found…
We are currently living through a moment of dramatic protest over racial injustice, on the heels of a profoundly destabilizing global pandemic that has undermined our routines and exposed deep social fissures. The pandemic, in turn, has emerged in the context of broader interlocking crises, from climate change to economic...
This is an excerpt from remarks delivered by David Cortright, Kroc Institute director of policy studies and the Peace Accords Matrix, at the International Day of Nonviolence event hosted by the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations (UN) at the UN Headquarters in New York on October 2,...
Today on World Refugee Day, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies honors the bravery and resilience of the over 70.8 million refugees and forcibly displaced individuals who have fled their homes, and often homeland, in search of protection.
Trump condemned socialism and voiced strong support for the self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó, but Mary Ellen O’Connell, Notre Dame Law School professor and renowned expert on international law, raised concerns about Trump’s statement.
Madhav Joshi, Research Associate Professor, Associate Director of the Peace Accords Matrix, and Matthew Hauenstein, Postdoctoral Research Associate, wrote the Political Violence at a Glance blogpost "Prospect of Peace in Yemen: What We Know from Social Science Research."
Bob Johansen, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peace Studies, wrote an op-ed for The Hill titled "A new idea to end the shutdown."
George A. Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, wrote The Hill op-ed "Ticking doomsday clock warns yet again of this dangerous new world."
