Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre

Abolition 2000 UK is part of a global coalition working for an international convention against nuclear weapons

The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) organises group workshops for people from all walks of life who want to handle conflict well.

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service.

Amnesty International UK , The Human Rights Action Centre,
17-25 New Inn Yard
London EC2A 3EA
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7033 1500
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7033 1503
Textphone: +44 (0) 20 7033 1664
Email: sct@amnesty.org.uk

Amnesty International Scotland, Rosebery House,
9 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5EZ
Tel: +44 (0) 844 800 9088
Fax: +44 (0) 131 313 7000
Email: scotland@amnesty.org.uk

Description from their website:
We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights. Our purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom and truth are denied.
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ACE, 17 West Montgomery Place, EH7 5HA
0131 557 6242
ace@autonomous.org.uk
Open: Tuesdays 1-4pm, Thursday 6pm - 8pm and Saturdays 11am-6pm

Description from ACE website:
ACE is a self-managed, unfunded (completely independent) social resource Center, open for groups or individuals to use who are trying to make a better society and improve their lives. If you have a project you want to get off the ground but are struggling for lack of resources ACE is the place for you. There's also different projects already happening at ACE who'd all love for new folk to get involved
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The Foundation was formed to further the cause of peace, and to assist in the pursuit of freedom and justice.

The arms business has a devastating impact on human rights and security, and damages economic development...

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) works for the reduction and ultimate abolition of the international arms trade, together with progressive demilitarization.

Anne-Marie O'Reilly
Local Campaigns Co-ordinator
Phone 0207 281 0297

CAAT, 11 Goodwin Street, Finsbury Park, London N4 3HQ
For various contacts: http://www.caat.org.uk/about/contact.php

Description from their website:
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) works for the reduction and ultimate abolition of the international arms trade, together with progressive demilitarisation within arms-producing countries
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CND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations.
CND opposes all nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction: their development, manufacture, testing, deployment and use or threatened use by any country.

Church Action on Poverty is a national ecumenical Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK.

CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stop new wars, and redirect our resources into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.

conscience TAXES FOR PEACE NOT WAR, works for a world where taxes are used to nurture peace, not pay for war.

Crisis Action is an international, non-profit organisation which aims to help avert conflicts, prevent human rights abuses and ensure governments fulfil their obligations to protect civilians.

The Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition unites a wide variety of individuals, members and affiliated groups including campaigns, political parties, NGOs and churches. We came together in the aftermath of the terrible events of 11 September. We condemn these crimes, but believe that the military onslaught against Afghanistan has only added more innocent lives to those lost in America. We oppose the bombing campaign against Afghanistan and any future invasion of that nation or the others being targeted by the US.

Email: info@ewjf.org.uk

Description from their website:
The organization of the Edinburgh World Justice Festival (EWJF) was inspired by the massive Make Poverty History demonstration held in Edinburgh in early July 2005.
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The Edinburgh World Justice Festival (EWJF) was inspired by the massive Make Poverty History demonstration held in Edinburgh in early July 2005.

The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, spiritually-based movement of people who, from the basis of a belief in the power of love and truth to create justice and restore community, commit themselves to active nonviolence as a way of life and as a means of personal, social, economic and political transformation.

Rashercap Cottage
Mardon TD12 4SJ
Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0)1890 820380
Email: wighamfamily@gmail.com

Colin Howden, Friends of the Earth Edinburgh, c/o Edinburgh Peace & Justice Resource Centre
St. John’s Centre
Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ
Email: info@foe-edinburgh.org.uk
Telephone: 07947139701 - Alice Searle, the group Coordinator

Description from their website:
Friends of the Earth Edinburgh (FoEE) is a local group that campaigns on environmental issues affecting Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city.
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Friends of the Earth Edinburgh (FoEE) is a local group that campaigns on environmental issues affecting Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city. In broad terms, we have two main objectives:
* to support our national organisation, Friends of the Earth Scotland, in its promotion of sustainable development and environmental justice;
* to promote environmental protection and enhancement in Edinburgh and the surrounding area.
To get involved:
Please contact Colin Howden, the group Secretary, on:
info@foe-edinburgh.org.uk

GUDE CAUSE was formed to mark the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage Movement Procession along Princes Street in 1909. The culmination of this celebration will be a re-enactment of this march on 10th October 2009. However we hope that this will be the climax of a series of events in different parts of Scotland, not only to remember that event, but also to mark what has changed in the past century to improve women’s position in society and to draw attention to what still needs to be done.

Email:
gudecause@peaceandjustice.org.uk

Phone:
0131 229 0993

By post:

The primary aim of Gush Shalom is to influence Israeli public opinion and lead it towards peace and conciliation with the Palestinian people, based on the following principles:
-Putting an end to the occupation
-Accepting the right of the Palestinian people to establish an independent and sovereign State of Palestine in all the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.
-Reinstating the pre-1967 "Green Line" as the border between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine.
-Establishing Jerusalem as the capital of the two states.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is a global grassroots movement for the total elimination of nuclear weapons through a legally binding, verifiable Nuclear Weapons Convention.

For various contacts: http://www.iskcon.org.uk/national/contacts.html

Description from their website:
ISKCON is a world-wide confederation of temples, farms, communities and individuals dedicated to living and teaching Vedic culture; through chanting Hare Krishna and Bhakti Yoga, we aim to nurture love of God and return to the spiritual world.

The Scottish Catholic Justice and Peace Commission was formed in 1979. It is the Scottish Commission of the Pontifical Council Justitia et Pax.
From the outset, the Commission combined its function as the Bishops' advisory body on issues of social justice, international peace and human rights with the responsibility for networking existing newly formed local parish groups.

Media Lens check the media’s version of events against credible facts and opinion provided by journalists, academics and specialist researchers.

We were formed in 2001, following the Hague Appeal for Peace in 1999.
* a civil society movement which challenges popular thinking about the acceptability of war, and raises awareness of constructive alternatives
* non-partisan, of all political and religious persuasions - or none
* organised and run entirely by volunteers

We were formed in 2001, following the Hague Appeal for Peace in 1999.
Our founder president was Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat FRS, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; our founder chair was Bruce Kent.

We are an organisation of Quakers (members of the Religious Society of Friends) in the north of Britain set up to support "the active promotion of peace in all its height and breadth". This web site gives information and news of our recent and current activities, as well as a wide range of online peace resources, links to other sites and news of other activities which may be of interest. We hope you find what you want here.
Adress:
Victoria Hall
Knowsley Street,
Bolton BL1 2AS
Tel: 01204 382330
nfpb @ gn.apc. org

Open Democracy publishes high quality news analysis, debates and blogs about the world and the way we govern ourselves. It is committed to human rights and democracy. They aim to ensure that marginalised views and voices are heard and believe facilitating argument and understanding across geographical boundaries is vital to preventing injustice.

Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) is a global network of over 700 parliamentarians from more than 75 countries working to prevent nuclear proliferation and achieve nuclear disarmament.
PNND is a network dedicated to providing parliamentarians worldwide with up to date information on nuclear weapons policies and to helping parliamentarians become engaged in nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament initiatives.