by Susan | Nov 12, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November12, 1893 The Durand Line, the 2,250-kilometre (1,400 mi) long border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, was established by agreement between Sir Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat and civil servant of British India, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Afghan Amir, to...
by Susan | Nov 11, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Leading up to the 67th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, the peaceCENTER will be posting...
by Susan | Nov 11, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 11, 1918 At 11 o’clock in the morning of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the First World War came to an end. “The War to End All Wars” took the life of some 9 million soldiers; 21 million more were wounded. Civilian casualties caused indirectly by the...
by Susan | Nov 10, 2015 | Universal Declaration of Human Rights
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Leading up to the 67th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, the peaceCENTER...
by Susan | Nov 10, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
November 10, 1898 A mob of as many as 2,000 whites roamed the streets of Wilmington, burned the offices of the black-owned Wilmington Record newspaper, murdered perhaps dozens of black residents, ran black and white Republican leaders out of town and forced the...
