Downloads related to "Pacific"
Human rights in West Papua
Flyer to promote a talk by human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson on the subject of human rights abuses in West Papua.
Human rights in West Papua: 2011 report
Franciscans International, Papua Land of Peace and the Asian Human Rights Commission have issued this new detailed report on human rights in West Papua. It includes information on violence (including torture and executions), health indicators and other human rights issues.
Health and human security in West Papua
A study on the health and human security of indigenous West Papuans published in the Medical Journal of Australia in 2008.
Paying for protection: The Freeport mine and the Indonesian security forces.
A 2005 repor by Global Witness which investigates the co-dependent relationship between the TNI and international business interests operating in West papua.
Indonesian human rights abuses in West Papua
A paper prepared in 2004 for the Indonesian Human Rights Network by the Allard K. Lowenstein Human Rights Clinic of Yale Law School.
Media release: West Papuan shootings: October 2011
MAPW President, Jenny Grounds, calls for suspension of Australian military ties with Indonesia following the shootings at the third West Papuan People's Congress. 21 October 2011
Media Release: MAPW calls on Australian Government to raise West Papua human rights with Indonesia - October 2010
Following media reports alleging human rights abuses committed by the Indonesian Security Forces, MAPW has urged the Australian Government to hold an inquiry into how our military support for the Indonesian security forces is being used by the Indonesian military. Video footage appears to show the Indonesian security forces torturing Papuans in West Papua’s Puncak Jaya region.
MAPW urges the Hon Stephen Smith to address the Sri Lankan war aftermath
Dr Sue Wareham, president of MAPW, has written to the Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, urging the Australian Government to assist civilians in Sri Lanka in the war aftermath with medical and humanitarian care.
MAPW Newsletter Winter 2009
MAPW's National Newsletter for Winter 2009 features an article from Dr Bill Williams about the movement on nuclear abolition. Furthermore, there's an update about the situation in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, as well as a Townsville report and other peace activities listed.
MAPW National Newsletter Autumn 2009
MAPW's National Newsletter for Autumn 2009 features Tilman Ruff's visit to the particularly unsafe uranium mine at Jadugoda in India; the Gaza conflict and concerns on use of phosphorus, and new and dangerous weapons. As well there are reports on ICANi, our campaign to abolish nuclear weapons; and on nuclear veterans' attempts to gain fair compensation in French Poynesia.
MAPW factsheet 2008: Small arms Solomons case study
This MAPW 2008 fact sheet details the casualties — and potential for further conflict — caused in one afternoon by one Singapore-produced, high velocity, assault rifle. A composite written from real-life stories, these three cases illustrate the costs in human lives, of the global weapons trade.
France and compensation for nuclear testing: December 2008
French nuclear veterans have strongly criticised a proposed law covering compensation for survivors of French nuclear testing in Algeria and French Polynesia. The law would cover former nuclear workers and military personnel whose health was affected by French nuclear tests. But the victims' supporters argue that almost none would be eligible for compensation. This 4-page article was prepared by Nic Maclellan, December 2008.
France and compensation for nuclear testing: December 2008
French nuclear veterans have strongly criticised a proposed law covering compensation for survivors of French nuclear testing in Algeria and French Polynesia. The law would cover former nuclear workers and military personnel whose health was affected by French nuclear tests. But the victims' supporters argue that almost none would be eligible for compensation. This 4-page article was prepared by Nic Maclellan, December 2008.
MAPW 2008: Nuclear weapons, nature and society
In this report, MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham, argues that nuclear weapons represent mankind’s ultimate confrontation with the natural environment that sustains us. Areas covered include nuclear accidents, nuclear waste and the effects of nuclear tests. Prepared for the Biosensitive Futures website of the Nature and Society Forum, November 2008.
The global weapons trade: fact sheets 1-6, MAPW and partners 2008
A package of six fact sheets prepared by MAPW and partners on the global weapons trade. Fact sheets cover Australia's arms industry; the spread of arms in our region; small arms and conflict; the economic costs of militarism; arms fairs; and war and environment.
- A second package combines fact sheets 7-12, including individual manufacturers; and indiscriminate weapons.
- All fact sheets can be individually downloaded from our resources menu.
2008 Defence White Paper: MAPW submission
Submission prepared by MAPW President Sue Wareham to the Defence White Paper, covering issues raised by Dr Wareham during the community consultation around the Defence Department's discussion paper, Key Questions for Defence in the 21st Century. MAPW recommendations include strengthening the United Nations and international law; adopting a truly defensive (rather than offensive) policy; recognising global poverty and climate change as major security threats; and withdrawing from participation in nuclear-war related activities.
NZ nuclear veterans' long term chromosome damage: Rowland 2008
"Elevated chromosome translocation frequencies in New Zealand nuclear test veterans", by Associate Professor Al Rowland and other Massey University researchers, is a significant study documenting health effects for NZ sailors who witnessed Britain's Grapple nuclear tests at Christmas Island in the 1950s. The study details evidence of long term genetic damage, of a type linked to the presence of a wide range of illnesses and with the potential to result in intergenerational effects Published in the leading international peer-reviewed scientific journal "International Cytogenetics and Genome Research".
Australian military intervention and the Fiji 2006 coup. Fiji Human Rights Commission - 2008
In November 2006 the Australian Blackhawk helicopter crash off Kadavu (Fiji) drew attention to the fact that our SAS were on the Kanimbla in Fiji waters prior to the 2006 coup. A new report - by the Fiji Human Rights Commission which is an active supporter of the current Fiji interim administration - argues that Australia's intervention was illegal. It implies that Australia's actions (sending warships, and providing military support for the Fiji police, headed at the time by an Australian Federal Police officer) were provocative.
What was the effect of Australia's intervention: did it undermine attempts to negotiate a peaceful settlement between Fiji's military forces and the government?
Australia's non-proliferation and disarmament diplomacy. Richard Leaver - 2000
An analysis of Australia's role in nuclear disarmament in recent years and options for the future, by Richard Leaver, Senior Lecturer, School of Political and International Studies, Flinders University, and academic specialising in international affairs. Paper from MAPW Conference 2000.
Labor and Nuclear Disarmament. Laurie Brereton MP - 2000
The 2000 MAPW National Conference address by Laurie Brereton, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Federal Member for Kingsford-Smith, Australian Labor Party, New South Wales. This paper reflects the then policy of the Federal ALP on issues of nuclear disarmament.
