Concerted Action for Sustainable Peace:
Cases of the
"Legislate Peace" Project
Concerted Action for Sustainable Peace: Cases of the
"Legislate Peace" Project
HWPL is
conducting the "Legislate Peace" (LP) project, an initiative to
garner support for the DPCW and achieve its adoption
at the international level. Starting this year, we have launched new campaigns
to bring fresh energy to our society that has grown weary of the pandemic.
Online Study
Group on the DPCW Handbook
One of the campaigns is an online
study group on the DPCW Handbook. This handbook explains the 10 articles and 38
clauses of the DPCW in detail. The study aims to teach citizens about the
values and spirit of peace embodied in each article and urge them to support
the DPCW.
The idea of the handbook was first suggested at the 7th
International Law Peace Committee Meeting in 2019 and was developed step by
step even in the midst of the pandemic. As a result, the handbook was finalized
in October 2020. The handbook includes content on each article of the DPCW as
well as related international issues, which can open in-depth discussions on
why peace is necessary and how it can be achieved.
Dr. Mizanur Rahman, dean and professor of law at the University of
Dhaka, recruited law school students from 14 universities in Bangladesh and
India and held online study sessions using the DPCW Handbook.
Q. Why
did you introduce the DPCW Handbook as a textbook of education?
I think that the DPCW Handbook enables us to systematically teach
international law and the essence of peace to these students and others. And
that enables these students to become lecturers in the following course.
Q. Please
tell us how you felt while hosting the DPCW Handbook Discussion Project.
It was very interesting to see how these students become lecturers
in international [laws] and ambassadors of peace while they talked to others
the DPCW Handbook and how they become ambassadors of peace in the whole world.
Q. Do you have any
plans after the DPCW Handbook Discussion Project?
Obviously I do have, because after the instructions in the DPCW
Handbook on peace, I want to become a lecturer in DPCW Handbook and inculcate the
message of DPCW peace through my students. So I will be a lecturer not only at
my home, but I want to reach out to the students elsewhere in other cities and
in the region as such.
The DPCW handbook online study sessions have been held in 20 schools in
Bangladesh, India, and Tunisia since November 2020. Students analyzed and
explored the DPCW through discussions and presentations, while legal experts
and professors participated as mentors.
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The idea of the handbook
was first suggested at the 7th International Law Peace Committee Meeting in
2019 and was developed step by step even in the midst of the pandemic. As a
result, the handbook was finalized in October 2020. The handbook includes
content on each article of the DPCW as well as related international issues,
which can open in-depth discussions on why peace is necessary and how it can be
achieved.
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Dr. Mizanur Rahman, dean and professor of law
at the University of Dhaka, recruited law school students from 14 universities
in Bangladesh and India and held online study sessions using the DPCW Handbook.
Q. Why did you introduce the
DPCW Handbook as a textbook of education?
I think that the DPCW Handbook enables us to systematically teach
international law and the essence of peace to these students and others. And
that enables these students to become lecturers in the following course.
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Q. Please tell us how you
felt while hosting the DPCW Handbook Discussion Project.
It was very interesting to see how these students become lecturers
in international [laws] and ambassadors of peace while they talked to others
the DPCW Handbook and how they become ambassadors of peace in the whole world.
Q. Do you have any plans
after the DPCW Handbook Discussion Project?
Obviously I do have, because after the instructions in the DPCW
Handbook on peace, I want to become a lecturer in DPCW Handbook and inculcate
the message of DPCW peace through my students. So I will be a lecturer not only
at my home, but I want to reach out to the students elsewhere in other cities
and in the region as such.
#PEACE
The DPCW handbook online study
sessions have been held in 20 schools in Bangladesh, India, and Tunisia since
November 2020.
Students analyzed and explored the DPCW through discussions and
presentations, while legal experts and professors participated as mentors.
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#DPCW_1038
Mr. Arifur
Rahman, Bangladesh, Department of Law, University of Dhaka/Student
Q. Please feel
free to tell us what you felt special about participating in the DPCW Handbook
Discussion Project.
Joining the six month-long
DPCW Handbook Discussion Project was a wonderful peace learning experience for
me. The whole course was quite special. But one thing that I will always
particularly cherish about this course was its particular focus on the
importance of peace education.
Throughout this Discussion
Project, I came to learn about the importance of peace education through
the DPCW. And I was persuaded to believe how the importance of peace education
can be an effective tool to end the war all over the world.
I joined this course with
some brilliant mentors and enthusiastic learners from home and abroad.
Throughout this project, I was trained on the
importance of peace education by putting the various human rights crisis in the context. I
believe that the knowledge that I have gained from this course will be great
contribution for the society and I feel really really great about participating
this course for this reason.
Q. Please
tell us what your future plans are.
I am
currently final year law student at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and as I
have also graduated from the DPCW course, I aim to join the “Peace Education
and Culture Based on the DPCW for Citizens” as a lecturer to spread the
importance of peace education among the ordinary people. Because I believe DPCW
has the potentiality to end the crisis like the ongoing Rohingya crisis we are
facing in Bangladesh or the current human rights crisis in Afghanistan.
And that's why I aim to
teach the ordinary people about the peace education particularly people in
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, or various other countries like that all over the
world. Thank you. Like Arifur Rahman said, HWPL is planning on expanding its educational program on the DPCW
Handbook to include the general public.
Peace Culture Education will not only enhance citizens' understanding of international law
but also shed light on steps that they need to take to create a peaceful
future.
#AFGHANISTAN
Online Seminar on Human Rights to seek solutions to the issues of
human rights
Since September of last year, HWPL has held webinars inviting people from different walks of life to
seek solutions to the issues of human rights violations that have emerged
during the pandemic. The webinars were held on topics such as domestic
violence, women's rights, and religious minorities, and attended by over 2,300
people in 75 countries.
#PANDEMIC
HWPL is
offering a peace platform where governments, local organizations, and citizens
can interact and work together to resolve issues that threaten peace in
everyday life. We will continue to provide the platform to create a synergy of
peace among various sectors and organizations across the globe.
In line with
implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goal 16, "Peace, Justice and
Strong Institutions," and Goal 17, "Partnerships for the Goals,"
in Mali, Africa, HWPL has had discussions with Malian government officials and
civic groups since November 2020. As a result, a peace policy proposal was
submitted to the Malian government in September this year.
#HWPL
HWPL’s peace work is unprecedented. I sincerely hope it will continue with great vigour, as it seems peace and stability is needed now more than ever in these uncertain times. More than 30,000 people from 157 countries attended the 7th Anniversary HWPL World Peace Summit online on Sept. 18th 2021, and more than 200 schools worldwide have been designated HWPL Peace Academies, educating today's youth on the importance of peace.
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May the words, 'We are One!' ring true in 2021 and into 2022✌️