Pax Christi International
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
2
1.5 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Pax Christi International (PCI) is a Catholic movement working worldwide to promote Just Peace, Reconciliation and respect for Human Rights which firmly believes in human dignity and social justice; peace & reconciliation; active nonviolence; grassroots experience; solidarity and collaboration; cultural, spiritual and worldview diversity. As a faith-based global network, PCI promotes a comprehensive vision of Peace, which includes a global framework of just structures and systems that promote unquestioned respect for basic human rights and ecological sustainability. PCI strives to ensure that local voices are elevated to solve the challenges of war and violence specific to their local contexts by supporting local efforts for peace that contribute to the prevention or transformation of specific violent conflicts; and address the local, regional, and international root causes of these conflicts.
EU Legislative Interests
One of the core means of engagement of Pax Christi International is to coordinate and represent the global movement in all its breadth on the international stage (Council of Europe, UN, EU). Regarding the EU, we participate in consultations, organise and participate in events in the EU context, issue advocacy materials and have contacts with EU officials with our members from the South. We work together with other civil society organisations through various networks. We are specifically focusing on the following policies: - EU policies and budgets promoting conflict prevention and peacebuilding - EU trade and business policies, such the sustainable development chapters of trade agreements and the new EU legislation on mandatory due diligence for companies regarding human rights and the environment. - EU policies regarding the African, Latin American and Carribean regions in support of our regional projects. - EU policies on Israel-Palestine and for a new peace process for the Middle East. - EU policies with regard to UN multilateral processes, such as the SDGs, a new Treaty on business and human rights and the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. - EU policies regarding human rights, such as the new EU Action Plan for Human Rights. - EU policies regarding faith based organizations and Freedom of Religion and Belief (FORB).
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
We are members of the following coalitions and networks: European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), Brussels European Network for Central Africa (EurAc), Brussels EU –LAC NGO Working Group, Brussels Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg Forum of Catholic inspired NGOs, Strasbourg and New York NGO Security Council Working Group, New York NGO Syria Working Group, New York NGO Mining Working Group, New York and Washington DC NGO Working Group on Israel and Palestine, New York Committee of Religious NGOs, New York Alliance for Peacebuilding, Washington DC Faith Forum on Middle East Policy, Washington DC Prevention and Protection Working Group, Washington DC International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva PIEF Core Group World Council of Churches (WCC), Geneva International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Geneva
Organisation Members
https://paxchristi.net/where-we-are/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.