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The Institute for Ethics and Global Justice

Note: This Website Continues To Be Developed During 2011

Purpose Of The Institute

The purpose of the Institute for Ethics and Global Justice (IEGJ) is:

to promote global justice, freedom, peace, sustainability, and an understanding of ethical action and its importance.
The public positions taken by Directors are those of the individual Directors themselves. It is not the purpose of the Institute (IEGJ) as a whole to take public stances on specific issues.

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Directors-- Interests and Activities {TBD To Be Developed}

Leonard Angel 	Upcoming Events	(or Recent)	Previous Events

Renewable Planet Authority;
Secular Wisdom Institutes;
Global Parliamentary Assembly

Jeff Schutts	Upcoming Events (or Recent)	Previous Events

War and Peace;
Conscientious Objection;
Corporate Capitalism

Brian E. Davies		Info Links & Current Actions	Info Links--General

Preliminaries and Basics on Justice and Ethics;
Public Discourse--Influence, Rhetoric, and Reason;
Autonomy and Democracy;
Research for Global Justice Issues


Jeanette Ashe {On Leave, Returning Sept. 2011}

Representative Government
Democratic Political Institutions
Equality

Important Events

The Campaign for the United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA)--Info
Endorse the UNPA On-Line

Read Leonard Angel's Comment
Read Policy Innovations 2008/07/28

G-20 or G-192: Which is more 'global'? 2009/07/03

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Canada's World -- A project of the SFU Centre for Dialogue

For the next three years, this new interactive Website will be a meeting place for Canadians who want to think, talk and write about Canada's role in the world. It will be for people of all ages, from all walks of life, who have one thing in common - they all care about Canada and how we position ourselves in the global community.

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Amnesty International Report 2008: State of the World's Human Rights

...sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations, people are still tortured or ill-treated in at least 81 countries, face unfair trials in at least 54 countries and are not allowed to speak freely in at least 77 countries.

Also See:
Amnesty International Canada
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Liu Institute for Global Issues--Events (UBC)

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Democracy Watch Canada

IPS Inter Press Service

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