News and Updates
2023 Highlights
Just Peace Advocates work in 2023 included holding the Canadian government, other governments & agencies, the media, corporations and others accountable for their complicity in war crimes and apartheid, and their silence about genocide. It included supporting those silenced and...
NDP support South Africa’s submission to the ICJ
On Friday , December 29, 2023, the South African government requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ)make an urgent order declaring Israel in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention. This important effort to curtail the apartheid state’s horrors...
Important report “Complete Injustice” released by the Kashmir Law & Justice Project
The Kashmir Law and Justice project has just released " Complete Injustice: The Indian Supreme Court and the Misrule of Law in Kashmir." This "report is a good faith attempt to describe the nature of India’s relationship to Indian- administered...
Our submission to the OHCHR 4th periodic review of Canada
Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada brought an interprovincial team with him to speak to the concerns raised by member states and in the summary report, and to address 'improvements' since the 3rd UPR in 2018,...
Apartheid & war crimes are neither yummy or stylish!
Retailers and food companies complicit with apartheid and/or war crimes are just in bad taste.
Boycott Puma until they are apartheid-free!
The Canadian BDS Coalition has pointed out that PUMA signed a multi-year partnership in August 2021 with Maccabi worth millions of dollars. The Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv play with Puma uniforms and exact copies of the uniforms are available for purchase in the club’s stores.The Canadian...
Rabble article: CRA asked to investigate charities supporting Israeli military
Taxpayer subsidized donations by Canadian charities may well be Canada’s most important contribution to Palestinian dispossession. Just Peace Advocates has been using information available publicly for individual charities through the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) portal, as well as through obtaining access...
Release: A Christian Palestinian Arab Semite from Nazareth denied the right to return since 1948
The hardships facing Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, only 73 kilometres away from Bethlehem, remind us of the hardships faced when the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus in Bethlehem – and it is therefore incumbent on all people...
Letters that you can send
The following are letters that have been written in the past, but are updated so you can continue to send them in the context of the current genocide underway by Israel.
Quietly Canada purchased first fleet of military armed drones
After Parliament adjourned for the holiday season, the Canadian government just quietly released plans to purchase their first fleet of military armed drones for both domestic surveillance and attacks overseas. They’re hoping we won’t notice their sneaky announcement.