The International Day of Peace comes at a time when armed conflicts continue to shape the global landscape. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), armed conflict was recorded in 49 states in 2025, while the number of interstate armed conflicts doubled from three to six compared with the previous year. Observed every year on...
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established that every June 19, the world would commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, to make visible and eradicate this serious type of human rights violation. Weapon of war Sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war in conflicts through acts that...
"The task of politics is to prevent conflict; the task of education is to establish peace. We must convince the world of the need for a universal, collective effort to lay the foundations for peace." Maria Montessori Every May 16, the world celebrates the International Day of Living Together in Peace, a date that was established by...
