Armed Forces Personnel at the Frontline!
One of the essential elements of the training of soldiers is the preparation to be sent to a crisis area or, in the most extreme case of war, to the frontline. As you may have already understood, I do not want to talk about this kind of frontline today. Since …
OSCE/ODIHR, DCAF & EUROMIL Online Seminar on Military Personnel’s Right to Health
On 28 May 2020, EUROMIL, together with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), organised a web-based seminar focusing on the topic of “COVID-19 and the Military Personnel’s Right to Health”. With COVID-19 the military has been called …
Online Seminar on Military Personnel’s Right to Health
The OSCE-ODIHR, DCAF and EUROMIL are pleased to invite you to their web-based seminar which will focus on the topic of “COVID-19 and the Military Personnel’s Right to Health” on Thursday 28 May at 13:30 PM CEST. The duration will be approximately one hour. Participation will be ensured through Q&As. With COVID-19 the military …
COVID-19 and the Armed Forces: the Right to Health in the Military
On 20 May 2020, EUROMIL held an internal online discussion on “Covid-19 and the Armed Forces: the Right to Health in the Military”. This internal discussion between the umbrella organisation and its member associations addressed the right to health of members of the armed forces in relation to the COVID-19 …
EUROMIL Participated in the 2020 Transatlantic Security Jam
The “2020 Transatlantic Security Jam: securing the Post-COVID Future” took place online from 12 to 14 May 2020. Experts from all over the world participated in this three-day written virtual brainstorm on international security challenges hosted by IBM and coordinated by The Partnership for Peace Consortium in collaboration with Friends …
Coalition to Make Whistleblowing Safe During COVID-19 and Beyond
On 6 April 2020, EUROMIL, together with a coalition of NGOs and trade unions, including ETUC, EPSU and Eurocadres, issued a joint statement calling on all public authorities and corporate institutions to protect those citizens and workers who expose harms, abuses and serious wrongdoing during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. …
COVID-19: the day after!
Perhaps it sounds a bit strange to write an article on “the day after” at a time when we have no idea on when and surely not how the COVID-19 crisis will end. However, one should start thinking at the post Corona era and not be too optimistic or pessimistic, …