Survivors of Halabja Gas Attack Visited TPM
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A group of families and survivors of Halabja gas attack visited Tehran Peace Museum on 25 February 2014.
In their visit, the representative of Association for Chemical Victims of Halabja appreciated the role of Iranian people in helping the victims of gas attack and making the people around the world aware of this crime. He continued that TPM and Halabjah Memorial Museum have strong relations. The manager of TPM welcomed their visit by saying that Iranian people and victims of Halabjah have a lot in common and they should stand together so these crimes would not happen again.
Halabja, a city in Northern Iraq (Kurdistan) was gassed by Saddam's regime on 16 March 1988 and more than 5000 civilians were killed, many more still suffer from long term health problems.
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Law Lecturers and Researcher's Visit to TPM
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A group of international criminal law and human rights lecturers and researchers visited Tehran Peace Museum on 21st February 2014. These visitors had come to Iran from Italy, Canada, Ireland and Brazil in order to participate in the International Conference on The Evolution of Legal Concepts in the Light of Evolution of International Criminal Courts/Tribunals.
In their visit, the visitors learned about long lasting health effects of chemical weapons on human body and environment. They also had a friendly chat with the victims of chemical weapons. Professor Flavia Lattanzi a lawyer at international Criminal tribunal for former Yugoslavia was among the visitors.
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Canadian artists of the “Playing Chess with Doomsday’s Machine” visited TPM
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Canadian artists of the “Playing Chess with Doomsday’s Machine” visited Tehran Peace Museum on Wednesday 22 January 2014. During this visit which lasts more than an hour, the Canadian members of this theater group had a friendly chat with a group of staff and volunteers of the museum and said they have deeply touched by this museum and its humanitarian goals and activities.
“Playing Chess with Doomsday’s Machine” is an antiwar play directed by Shahin Sayadi, which is an adoption of a novel –with the same title- written by Habib Ahmadzadeh, and is participating from Canada in the 32nd International Fadjr Theater Festival.
The interested ones can watch this theater on Sunday 26 and Monday 27 January 2014 (6 & 8:30 pm) in Chahar Soo [Four sided] Hall of the Tehran’s City Theater Complex.
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Introduction to INMP members:
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1: Gernika Peace Museum Foundation
The Gernika Peace Museum -formerly known as the Gernika Museum-- was founded on 7th April 1998 by the Gernika-Lumo Town Hall in a building which was previously been used by the Courts and the post office and Telegraph service.
The Museum may be considered as a history museum in the sense that it was used as a guide to the history of Gernika-Lumo and, more particularly, to the Civil War and the bombing.
From 1999 to 2002, with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture, the decision was taken to turn the museum into a Peace Museum (the first peace museum in the Basque Country and the entire Spanish State).
Scholarship for Peace and Conflict Studies Opportunity
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Since 2011 the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University provides Rotary scholarships to pursue a master program in peace and conflict studies at Uppsala University and students from all over the world can apply to.
The Rotary Center for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution at Uppsala University selects and educates Rotary Peace Fellows to have a significant, positive impact on peace and conflict resolution during their future careers.
For more information please visit the department's website: