In this issue of Around Europe, Andrew Lane outlines the nomination of Federica Mogherini as the new EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, and how Quakers used it to call for non-violent responses to the security challenges faced by the European Union. Alexandra Bosbeer discusses the role of civil society in EU decision making […]
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has a long history of campaigning for prison and criminal justice reform. Working in the context of this 350 year old Quaker tradition, the Quaker Council for European Affairs is actively involved in promoting respect for human rights. In partnership with the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) – Geneva […]
The European Union’s rocky road to the climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Gender equality within the EU, Women in prison report passed by Council of Europe, Quaker MEP candidate Click here to download (PDF – 240 Kb) Deutsche Ausgabe – Mai 2009 Der steinige Weg der EU nach Kopenhagen; Gleichstellung – dafür ist noch viel zu […]
This report consists of a combination of papers from QCEA’s 2006 conference on the role of the European Union in peace building from a global and a European perspective. The conference was organised with the Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva (QUNO). Read the report “Peace and Peacebuilding: Some European Perspectives”
The 2006 QCEA Conference focused on the role of the European Union in peacebuilding, within both a global and a European context. The first part of the publication consists of two papers. The first is a review of some of the definitional issues which underlie much of the discussion we had at the conference. The second […]
In 2004, the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA), Brussels and the Quaker United Nations Office QUNO – Geneva), Geneva embarked on a joint project to gather information on women in prison. The role of QCEA was to gather data on the conditions of women in prison in the member states of the Council of […]