East Timor’s long transition to democracy

April 21st, 2012

Over the last ten years I have had the opportunity to travel to East Timor on five different occasions. It has happened in large part because Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos-Horta has been the Chairman of TheCommunity.com’s Advisory Board, and I in turn have worked with him in a...

Desmond Tutu to the Dalai Lama: We stand with you.

April 21st, 2012

Stand with us in support of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Add your name below. When we have reached 120,000 signatures, the letter and all signatories will be delivered to the Chinese ambassador at the United Nations. We the undersigned Nobel Peace Prize laureates, human rights leaders and concerned individuals...

Who signed the Desmond Tutu letter

April 20th, 2012

More than 10,000 artists and activists have added their voices to Archbishop Tutu’s message for His Holiness the Dalai Lama on TheCommunity.com. The signatories include Nobel Peace Prize winners, internationally recognized artists, activists and people from six continents. (Add your name here.) Some of the recognizable names and faces on...

news: Jimmy Carter tells Nobel meeting to oppose unnecessary wars

Former President Jimmy Carter opened the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Chicago Monday with a challenge to young people to stand up against unnecessary wars and hold the U.S. government accountable for making preemptive strikes. “For the last 60 years, our country has been almost constantly at war....

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causes: A United Voice for Human Rights

TheCommunity.com is launching a three year campaign to raise awareness on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — the UDHR. Drafted in 1948 and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the UDHR outlines 30 fundamental human rights. It says that these rights form the very foundation of freedom, justice...

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photos: The Dalai Lama PSA shoot

<span>photos:</span> The Dalai Lama PSA shoot

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video: The Killers meets human rights.

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news: Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Europe

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is planning to travel abroad for the first time in 24 years, officials say. The Norwegian foreign ministry said she was expected to visit Norway in June. A spokesman from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party also told the BBC that she would visit...

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photos: Desmond Tutu photo shoot

<span>photos:</span> Desmond Tutu photo shoot

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greatest hits: Desmond Tutu: Arizona: The Wrong Answer

In April, 2010, the State of Arizona passed a law requiring that local police determine the immigration status of individuals they suspect of being in the country illegally, a mandate that people carry documents that prove they have a legal right to be in the United States, and a provision...

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news: Shirin Ebadi on Iran and sanctions

Almost a decade ago, Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human-rights lawyer, became the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But the government in Tehran has never taken kindly to her criticism of the regime, especially in regard to women’s rights. In the aftermath of the Islamic Republic’s highly...

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coming up: Jimmy Carter on the Middle East

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greatest hits: ElBaradei: Is the Arab world ready for reform?

Dr. Mohamed EdBaradei served as Director General of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from December 1997 to November 2009. In 2005 he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work. In 2009 he returned to Egypt where he is working for democratic reform. His name was circulated as...

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