В марте шведский министр иностранных дел Марго Уоллстрем приехала в Брюссель, чтобы предложить свое видение Феминистской внешней политики. «Гендерное равенство – не «женский вопрос», а жизненно-важная тема для мира, безопасности и устойчивого развития», – заявила она. Марго Уоллстрем определяет феминистскую внешнюю политику, используя термины «уважение», «представительство» и «справедливость». «Во-первых, отправной точкой для любого обсуждения гендерного […]
Хотите уменьшить вынужденное переселение? Займитесь миротворчеством. Задолго до Брексита странам ЕС не удалось выработать общую политику приема мигрантов, вынужденных оставлять свои дома из-за конфликтов и притеснений. Упущенной возможностью стала неспособность включить предотвращение конфликтов в политику ЕС по торговле и международной дипломатии. Чтобы заполнить этот пробел, мы предлагаем Торговому отделу ЕС на постоянной основе консультироваться у […]
Come and find out about the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), an international volunteer-run conflict transformation program. QCEA is holding two AVP information / taster sessions at Quaker House (Square Ambiorix 50, Brussels) Saturday 28 November, 14:00-17:00 Tuesday 1 December, 18:30-21:30 Cornelius Ambiah is an AVP trainer and Quaker peaceworker. He has experience of AVP […]
Hate crime threatens European ideals of equality and human rights. The Quaker Council for European Affairs has produced a new background paper to raise awareness of hate crime and promote effective policies to reduce it. Read our background paper to find out why the small proportion of crime that is motivated by hatred, has such […]
QCEA is part of an informal group of NGOs and agencies who work mostly on migration and asylum. Here you can find a recent statement on the European Commission’s proposals for amendments to the Dublin III Regulations relating to unaccompanied minors.
This QCEA background paper explores the human impact of widespread pre-trial detention in the European Union. Studies indicate that pre-trial detention both causes harm to individuals and is unlikely to contribute to reducing crime. Pre-trial detainees are less likely than sentenced prisoners to receive support services or to have contact with family members and the […]
In this discussion paper, Imogen Parker explains in brief the European Arrest Warrant and some of the problems for criminal justice which have arisen during the its implementation. She makes recommendations which readers can bring before their MEP, on how to ensure that extraditions do not result in problems such as people being imprisoned while […]
Restricting anyone’s right to speak his or her voice and truth is fundamentally at odds with both the Quakers’ testimony to equality and the EU democratic foundation. This new briefing paper describes the shrinking civil space in society in some EU and Council of Europe Member States, and what we citizens can do about it. […]
Following the European Commission’s Green Paper on Detention, the Detention Consultation NGO Working Group (a group of fourteen NGOs) calling on Commissioner Reading to come forward with a legislative proposal setting common minimum standards for the use of pre-trial detention. Read the open letter here (PDF – 358 KB)
In 2005 QCEA published twelve briefing papers outlining and evaluating EU responses to terrorism, and in its 2007 report “Effective Counter-Terrorism: A Critical Assessment of European Union Responses” QCEA set out a series of recommendations to policy makers. In 2011, QCEA updated these with a set of three briefing papers which included an evaluation, legal and […]