Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
Baroness Bertha Felicie Sophie von Suttner (9 June 1843 – 21 June 1914), born Countess Kinsky in Prague, was the posthumous daughter of a field marshal. In 1891, she was responsible for the creation of...
View ArticleIPB Assembly and Council meetings, from 1990
Every year IPB organises an international conference, linked to our Council meeting. Every third year we hold the IPB Assembly, which is open to all members. Here you can find a list of all the...
View ArticleElie Ducommun: First Secretary-General
Few peace advocates know the name Elie Ducommun. For this reason, a two-day history seminar was held in Geneva to explore the life of the remarkable Swiss politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in...
View ArticleAdolf Heilberg
Adolf Heilberg was a respected lawyer and liberal politician in Imperial Germany and during the 1920s and an influential activist of the German Peace Society. He served as a member of the International...
View ArticleDavid McReynolds
David McReynolds served as vice president of IPB from 1983 till 1989 after the International Confederation of Disarmament and Peace had merged with the IPB in 1983. IPB consultant and peace historian...
View Article40 Years Since the END Appeal – An Interview with Tair Tairov
The Peace Union of Finland, member of IPB, has published an extensive report on the 40th anniversary of the European Nuclear Disarmament Appeal (END Appeal) that includes the account of Tair Tairov, a...
View ArticleIPB Reflects on 200+ Years of Peace Movements
IPB presented a two-part webinar series to explore the past two centuries of peace movement activities, including the role of the IPB, which was founded in 1891. Further resources: Presentation...
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Over a century of Peace-Making
The IPB was founded in 1891-92, as a result of consultations at the Universal Peace Congresses, large gatherings held annually to bring together the national peace societies that had gradually...
View ArticleA short history of the International Peace Bureau: 1990 – 2017*
Written by Colin Archer, IPB Secretary-General (retired) The end of the Cold War ushered in a particularly complex decade. Loss of peace movement momentum due to the end of East-West confrontations and...
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