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A doctorate in computer science and senior lecturer, and a researcher in artificial intelligence, she designs devices to help elderly or dependent people live independently, and since 2005 has been experimenting with a teaching method called Learning Differently, inspired by the teachings of Soul Therapy.
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Former Director at UNESCO, responsible for the UN's major peace programs.
Arabic and French poet, essayist and literary critic.
Singer-songwriter.
Philosopher, essayist, journalist and philosophy teacher, Alain campaigned for peace in Europe before the First World War. Between the wars, he continued to fight for pacifism and opposed the rise of fascism.
Woodworker-educator for young people aged 16-19 in vocational rehabilitation, based in Switzerland.
Former world champion boxer.
An informal network of people, institutions and movements seeking the changes needed to act together on the future, creating social dynamics and inventing new forms of collective action.
Social worker, founder of the humanitarian and ecological NGO Embracing the World.
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Quotes from various anonymous authors.
Poet and writer.
Spiritual leader of the Armenians, Catholicos of Cilicia*, who works for the peaceful coexistence of Christians and Muslims, as well as between multiple religious communities, as has been the case for centuries in the Middle East.
Professor of international history and politics at HEI (Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement).
President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990, and from 2006 to 2010. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987, notably for his efforts to promote peace in Central America in the 1980s.
An ancient philosopher and disciple of Plato, he is one of history's greatest scholars.
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Association founded in 1984, comprising psychologists, journalists, scientists and artists. It promotes humanist and ecological values.
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Singer-songwriter, who has been very active in humanitarian causes.
President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) between 1992 and 1998, winner of the 1995 Gandhi Peace Prize, and of the first Women's International Peace Prize in 2003.
Psychologist, author. Co-founder of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP).
Singer-songwriter
A lawyer committed to peace, specializing in the concepts of peace in international charters and declarations and in national and regional constitutions. Researcher and documentalist for countries without armies or military structures.
Journalist, author.
Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, trainer in family therapy and social intervention at the Catholic University of Louvain.
Berber oral philosopher from the first half of the 20th century.
Human rights consultant, politician. African representative to the UN (ECOSOC).
Home politics, associate professor of philosophy.
Writer, winner of the 1987 Prix Goncourt for his novel La Nuit sacrée.
Writer, philosopher and intellectual who vehemently denounced the attachment to notions of race, class and nation, and their use as instruments of humiliation and social hatred.
Spiritual leader of the Alâwiyya Sufi community, convinced of the importance of sharing the culture of peace to ease world tensions.
Writer, soldier in the First World War.
Philosopher of religions, who advocates humanism as a means of connecting people across religions and spiritualities.
Brother of the former King of Jordan, Hussein, and uncle of the present King Abdullah II. Award-winning promoter of peace between cultures and religions.
Writer and journalist.
Writer, poet.
Author and thinker on Judaism, the representation of the other in the Jewish religion and peace issues between Israel and Palestine; specialist in the writings of the great thinkers of Judaism.
Bulgarian politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs. She has been Director-General of UNESCO since October 2009.
Respectively a doctor and a financier, the two brothers (?) have written a two-handed book on ethics.
Former volunteer editor for the Swiss newspaper l'Essor, a monthly on societal issues founded in 1905.
Graduate in sociology and journalism.
A famous playwright who became a pacifist in 1918 after witnessing the horrors of World War I, and an anti-fascist in 1930.
Statesman and diplomat who played a key role in international relations after the First World War. Nobel Peace Prize in 1926.
Writer and humorist.
Mathematician, writer, science popularizer, radio journalist, film director, with a universal spirit. Also co-founder of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California). After visiting Nagasaki in 1945, he gave up military research and was led to reflect on the foundations of science in terms of human values.
Swiss politician. President of the Federal Commission against Racism (Switzerland) since 2012.
Spiritual leader, founder of a community of monks that gave birth to Buddhism.
Rabbi, founder of the Bratslav Hasidic dynasty.
President of the Swiss Confederation (2007 and 2011), Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (2003-2011).
Writer, philosopher.
Physicist advocating cooperation over competition, and more generally, a holistic approach to science, ecology and human organization.
Economist, politician. President of Costa Rica from 1978 to 1982.
Composer, cellist and conductor.
Founder and Chairman of the Committee of the Swiss association Le respect, ça change la vie. Integration delegate for the City of Geneva since 2007. Co-founder of the association 21.septembre.ch, which promotes World Peace Day.
Poet
Center d'Action pour l'action non-violente, an association based in Lausanne, Switzerland, whose aim is to promote non-violence in French-speaking Switzerland.
French writer and politician. Deputy for Martinique from 1945 to 1993, mayor of Fort-de-France (Martinique) from 1945 to 2001.
Catholic writer, novelist, essayist and playwright.
Actor, director, screenwriter and composer.
Journalist, news cartoonist, co-founder with Plantu of the Cartooning for Peace Foundation.
Writer, philosopher, poet of beauty, truth and love.
Early 20th-century writer, journalist, essayist, poet, pamphleteer and moralist.
American-born Buddhist nun, born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, Director of the Gampo Abbey Buddhist Center in Canada since 1986. Her aim is to enable the application of Buddhist teachings to everyday life.
Ambassador, UN diplomat, strongly committed to peace, gender equality, poverty reduction, peace education and the human right to peace. Former President of UNICEF.
Statesman, physician. Former President of the Council (head of government).
Writer, lecturer, translator, editorial consultant and series director. Specialist in forgiveness.
Novelist, performer and lyricist.
Journalist and writer.
Humorist and comedian.
Philosopher, founder of Confucianism, was one of the most influential thinkers in Chinese history.
Seventeenth-century poet and playwright.
Editor in charge of L'Essor newspaper.
Ethologist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, neuropsychiatrist and writer.
Psychotherapist, author, lecturer and trainer in human relations based on opening the heart.
Spiritual leader of Tibet* since 1951. Nobel Peace Prize (1989). Political action based on non-violence. * Tibet is a province of China.
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe since 2002.
General, Resistance fighter, writer and statesman.
Jesuit priest steeped in Buddhist and Hindu spirituality, who became a psychotherapist, writer and international speaker. Director of a pastoral institute in India.
Professor specializing in primate behavior, particularly concerned with the origins of peaceful behavior and the ethics of apes and human beings, as the titles of his many books indicate.
Historian, jurist, professor of international law and international relations since his retirement from the UN in 2003.
Adventurer, merchant and writer.
Philosopher, teacher and educator.
Shaman, Toltec scout.
Influential philosopher.
He is also a businessman specializing in security and community issues.
Politician. Former President of the European Commission (1985-1995) and founder of the Notre Europe think tank for European unity.
Journalist and pacifist.
Writer and film-maker, passionate about Eastern spiritual traditions.
Humorist, journalist, actor and writer, known for his wry, non-conformist humor and his sense of provocation.
Storyteller and theater teacher in St. Chamond, Rhône-Alpes (France), concerned with issues of living together, secularism and a more humane society, themes that inspire his writings and songs.
Nineteenth-century poetess.
Enlightenment philosopher, encyclopedist and author of numerous books.
Psychotherapist, founder of Alternatives non-violentes magazine. Specialist in non-violent action and its psychological and social aspects. Trainer and lecturer.
International lawyer.
Desmond Doss was the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor, the US Army's highest award. Refusing to kill or bear arms out of religious conviction during the Second World War, he saved many lives as a military orderly.
Chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, President of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the editorial board includes Peng-chun Chang, Charles Habib Malik, William Hodgson, Hernan Santa Cruz, René Cassin, Alexander E. Bogomolov, Charles Dukes and John Peters Humphrey.
Under the author name Nuage Rose, she published "Trois Nuage au pays des nénuphars", describing her experience of war as a child.
Army colonel, former head of security at Geneva airport.
Author and historian.
Jurist in international law, a leading figure in human rights and the rights of humanity, whose writings aimed to make man, the human being, a subject of international law, hitherto limited to States.
Semiologist, philosopher and writer. Prolific scholar and essayist.
National Councillor, political columnist, teacher.
One of the greatest scientific researchers of the 20th century, as well as a pacifist committed to peace and against the atomic bomb.
Former Director of the WHO.
Philosopher, poet and essayist, representative of the American transcendentalist movement.
Ancient Greek philosopher who proposed a philosophy of happiness (Epicureanism) based on the satisfaction of natural desires and needs.
Psychoanalyst and developmental psychologist.
Freelance journalist, former member of the Commission d'évaluation des politiques publiques du canton de Genève, responsible for a student housing program for the elderly (1h per m2).
Psychiatrist, champion of reconciliation between Christians and Jews and of the fight against anti-Semitism for over 40 years.
An author who writes about incest, the shame felt, the hesitation to talk about it, overcoming it.
A woman committed to peace and peace education, to the successful integration of migrants into everyday life.
Popular and committed singer, songwriter and musician.
Had been a professor of Christian theology and author of some thirty books on the subject.
Author and lecturer, who devoted part of his life to leprosy in Africa, at once a proponent of peace, a Petainist and an anti-democrat.
An international NGO whose slogan is Reconciling differences, creating trust, and which defines itself as a network of men and women of all origins committed to reconciliation and the creation of bonds of trust, beyond differences.
Geneva-born sculptor
A pedagogue and teacher, he and his wife Élise developed the Freinet pedagogy, based on children's free expression and cooperation.
Economist, political scientist and author.
One of the founders of the peace sciences, which he calls Ireneology, whose aim is to understand the causes of armed conflicts, in order to prevent or resolve them.
Indian politician and humanist philosopher, father of non-violent political action.
Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, historian, teacher and journalist, who passes on his grandfather's message of non-violence through his writings and lectures.
Thinker and writer.
Swiss politician, member of the Executive Board of the City of Geneva (2018+).
Hindu spiritual philosopher; prolific teacher, writer and lecturer, who has worked for world harmony.
Arabic and English poet and painter, author of The Prophet and other poetic writings of wisdom.
Writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947.
Professor at the University of Lausanne and Director of the Institut romand d'éthique et de Systématique (IRSE) of the Fédération des Facultés de théologie romandes.
Poet, novelist, playwright, statesman and science buff.
Writer, journalist, psychologist, university professor and psychiatrist.
Diplomat, former Professor at the Institut universitaire d'études du développement.
Writer, essayist and critic.
NGO developing educational solutions for sustainable peace.
Novelist, poet and playwright.
Peace activist, author of political writings for peace and against injustice, as well as novels and children's books.
Writer and university professor.
International network of organizations and individuals for peace education, human rights education, war abolition and the human right to peace. The Global Campaign for Peace Education was launched at the Hague Appeal for Peace conference in May 1999.
Writer, philosopher, poet, translator.
Writer, journalist.
Former UNESCO expert, specialist in education in its multiple dimensions: pedagogical, international, economic, ...
Author of some twenty books on the history of religions, and peace activist.
Diplomat, former Secretary-General of the United Nations. He was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961, the year of his death.
10th DAN of Ju-Jitsu, in this Martial Art, he is the creator of a survival method, recognized by the European Ju-Jitsu Union in 1983, called Dennis's Ju-Jitsu Survival.
Historian of humanity.
Philosopher, exegete and historian.
Guitarist, rock-star singer and songwriter of the 1960s, who sang at Woodstock and other festivals.
Writer and explorer, considered the world's first historian.
Co-writer of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Resistance fighter, then diplomat, ambassador, author, political activist.
Young Jewish thinker and writer in search of a spiritual meaning to life despite the inhumanity of Nazi occupation.
President of Ber Zeit University in Palestine.
The first president of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, he worked during decolonization to establish a Franco-African community, and to modernize the economies of African countries, in order to limit the negative effects of colonial occupation.
One of France's greatest writers and thinkers, a defender of peace and democracy, and an outspoken critic of major social inequalities.
Philosopher, historian and economist.
Sufi poet; biographer of his father, Jalalud'din Rumi, famous Islamic mystic poet.
Poet, initiator of the Universal Flag.
Lawyer and orator renowned for his ongoing commitment to arguing against unjust accusations.
Old Testament prophet, moralist and visionary.
Humanist philosopher, scientist, essayist.
A former child soldier who performs as a singer and poet committed to peace, human rights and the rejection of war.
One of the founders of psychology in the United States.
Psychiatrist turned philosopher, challenged by the notion of universal peace between nations, and for whom education should teach humanism, which he defines simply: respect for the human person. (1)
French politician, pacifist philosopher, historian and socialist theorist, assassinated by nationalists in 1914, 3 days before the outbreak of hostilities, for having campaigned for peace.
Founder and director of Ecole Mosaïc, a school based on an ethos of multiculturalism and humanism for children.
Pope from 1978 to his death in 2005, a total of 26 years.
Professor of educational psychology, specializing in peace education, cooperation and conflict resolution.
Writer and philosopher.
Philosopher and thinker of the Aufklärung (Enlightenment), founder of criticalism.
International journalist covering Africa, India, Central and South America.
JFK was the 35th President of the United States. He took office on January 20, 1961, at the age of 43, and was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The youngest president elected, he was also the youngest to die in office, assassinated less than three years after entering the White House.
Reformed pastor, active in interfaith dialogue and interested in spirituality and solidarity. Co-founder and moderator of l'Arzillier, a place for interfaith dialogue in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mohammed Moulessehoul is a world-renowned writer. His pen name corresponds to his wife's two first names.
Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Anthropologist.
African-American Baptist pastor and political activist. His non-violent struggle for civil rights for blacks in the USA, for peace and against poverty catalyzed the modification of race relations in the USA. Nobel Peace Prize 1964.
State Secretary for Education and Research in the Swiss federal government from 1997 to 2007.
Religious activist for peace and reconciliation, film director.
Thinker, first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi in Israel.
Pediatrician, educator and writer with a passion for children. Dedicated to the radical transformation of children's education, based on respect for their rights as children and their appreciation as full human beings.
Philosopher and orator who advocated the awakening and freedom of each individual from all systems of thought, in order to listen to his own inner voice.
Active member of Graines de Paix since 2009. Participated in writing some of the peace education activities and provided some of the quotes on this site.
Fabulist, storyteller, poet, novelist, playwright and moralist.
Famous 17th-century writer and moralist, best known for his Maxims and Memoirs.
Philosopher, poet, draughtsman and sculptor.
Ambassador for Graines de Paix.
Pastor, theologian and peace activist.
Writer and scientist.
Chemist, historian of science, philosopher and moralist.
Author, philosopher of happiness, sociologist and historian of religions.
A former professor of moral philosophy, he is a theologian specializing in the science and theology of religions. For eight years he was Secretary General of the French section of the World Conference of Religions for Peace.
Both author and chemist. All his work revolves around his traumatic experience of internment at Auchwitz from February 1944 to January 1945.
A philosopher who has focused in particular on the notion of the Other and the face of the Other in ethical terms (the upheaval that prevents killing).
Best-selling author.
French National Education Inspector and Doctor of Education, author of books and articles on the culture of peace and secular spirituality in schools.
16th president of the United States. He had the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified, abolishing slavery.
Writer, philosopher, producer.
A Cameroonian author living in Switzerland since 2004, he is interested in the transmission of African cultures, immigrants and the importance of living together.
Former monk turned consultant and author.
Author, lecturer, freethinker, detached from religion, but who maintained dialogue with some, such as Abbé Violet, with whom he co-wrote books.
Writer and essayist whose writings sing of the dialogue between cultures, the pleasure of openness to others and the importance of overcoming murderous identities.
Author, specialist in educational issues at IFMAN (Institut de recherche et de formation du mouvement pour une alternative non-violente).
Religious, political and military leader. Founder and major prophet of Islam.
Jewish philosopher and theologian of rationality, as well as physician to the court of Saladin and the poor of Fostat, Egypt.
Writer, adventurer and politician.
Founder of Graines de Paix and designer of the Graines de Paix pedagogy.
Politician, winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for his pacifist action against apartheid and for democracy in his country.
Specialist in international conflict prevention and the role of culture in transitional justice.
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Paris X, Doctor of Letters and Humanities, psychologist and trainer.
The author of several award-winning books and short stories, many of which deal with the theme of violence - whether in everyday life or in war.
Former cantonal physician for the State of Vaud (Switzerland).
Director-General of UNESCO from 1999 to 2009.
Scientist, politician, diplomat and poet.
Cultural anthropologist.
Educator, researcher and writer.
Politician. A former member of the French Resistance, he strongly opposed the Indochina war.
One of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, committed to peace in the deepest sense of the word since childhood.
Collective of students at the University of Geneva in Global Governance, spring 2014.
Doctor in political science at the University of Geneva, specialist in socio-political issues affecting groups with cultural, religious, ethnic or racial differences in liberal democracies.
Social philosopher.
Humorous author and journalist.
A politician and US special envoy to Northern Ireland since 1995, he played a key role in the peaceful resolution of the Northern Ireland conflict.
A personality committed to the human rights of the oppressed.
Navigator and writer.
Renaissance philosopher and moralist, famous for his Essays.
Doctor, educator, famous for developing the teaching method that bears his name.
Committed writer and director.
Renaissance humanist philosopher, politician and theologian.
Sociologist and philosopher.
Former Himalayan mountaineer, now Director of the Central Asia Institute, which builds village schools free of charge in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan, on condition that they offer a balanced education and include girls.
Catholic nun who left for India at a young age to devote herself to charity. Founded a congregation of sisters to care for the most destitute patients, whose missions multiplied to reach 610 in 123 countries at the time of her death.
Doctor of Education, Professor at the University of Franche-Comté. President of the Centre Lyonnais d'Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences de l'Education.
Member of Avenir Suisse, a Swiss liberal think-tank, at the time of publication.
One of the leading university specialists in non-violence, writer, philosopher, founder and spokesman for MAN (Mouvement pour une Alternative Non-violente).
Nobel Prize 2018 for her tireless defense of her Yazidi community, the protection of young girls and women against rape.
Writer and poet.
Physicist, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer and theologian.
Philosopher, philologist and poet.
French-speaking Belgian writer and woman of letters.
44th President of the United States, member of the Democratic Party, former Senator from Illinois.
Diplomat, statesman. Grand Chancellor of Sweden for over 40 years.
Vice-President of COREIS (Italian Islamic Religious Community), based in Milan, Italy.
Sociologist, Professor at the University of Lausanne, Director of the College of Humanities at EPFL.
General in the French army, figurehead of the non-violent movement in France. He was the only senior officer to publicly denounce torture during the Algerian war. Founding member of the Mouvement pour une Alternative Non-violente (MAN).
Poet and novelist. Nobel Prize in Literature 1958.
Pope from 1963 to 1978.
Writer, poet and essayist.
Peace activist, brother of Nurit Peled-Elhanan, also a peace activist, and son of an Israeli army general.
Professor of comparative literature, specializing in the misuse of language for propaganda purposes.
Writer, screenwriter.
Israeli politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, along with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, for their contribution to the Oslo Accords.
Polytechnician, street educator, priest.
A politician, he was a Federal Councillor from 1945 to 1961 (Minister of Foreign Affairs) and President of the Confederation in 1950, 1955 and 1960.
Politician, former mayor of Bogota.
Artist, actor.
Biologist, psychologist and epistemologist.
Businessman.
Philosopher and thinker of classical Greece. A disciple of Socrates, he recounted the latter's thoughts in his dialogues.
Ancient Roman philosopher, biographer and moralist, a major representative of the MedioPlatonist movement.
Philosopher, engineer, mathematician and physicist.
Swiss footballer, coach and popular personality, consultant for French-speaking Swiss television.
Anthropologist, best known for her work on African-Americans in rural America and on Hollywood.
Sociologist, development project designer, writer, adult educator.
Catholic campaigner for human dignity and the abolition of the death penalty. Author of two best-selling books, one of which was used in the celebrated film La dernière Marche (1995).
Poet and screenwriter.
Peace activist for Initiatives & Change in Ghana.
Anc. Secretary of Education of the Philippines, then Permanent Representative of the Philippine Government to UNESCO.
Eco-agriculturist and humanist writer advocating respect for mankind and the environment.
Israeli soldier and statesman. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1994.
Writer, psychiatrist.
Religious authority in Morocco, active in the field of interreligious dialogue.
Astrophysicist, science communicator and environmentalist.
Writer, philologist, philosopher and historian.
Historian of the Christian religion, President of the Coordination pour l'Education à la non-violence et la paix and of several other organizations in this field.
Sociologist and historian. Professor at the University of Louvain, Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences. Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium.
Biologist turned Buddhist monk, philosopher and writer.
Founder of the Sant'Egidio Community, a movement working for peace in the world, notably through inter-religious dialogue.
University professor, government consultant, philosopher and author interested in ethics and in particular the importance of empathy in a globalized world.
Essayist and journalist, notably on the subject of politeness; teacher, novelist.
Psychotherapist, humanistic psychologist and author
Former President of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) from 2001 to 2013.
Philosopher, former philosophy professor at Collège Rousseau, Geneva.
Sixteenth-century poet.
President and leading figure of the Commission responsible for drafting the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
American psychologist who defined and developed the concept and practice of non-violent communication (NVC) from the 1960s onwards.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a writer, philosopher and musician from Geneva. His work is recognized worldwide, particularly for its ideas on education. A humanist, he focused his thinking on man, his diversity, his rights and his duties.
Author, peace activist.
Writer, poet.
Diplomat, President of Initiatives of Change International.
Christian philosopher and theologian, author of numerous philosophical and religious works, including Les Confessions, in which he describes his spiritual journey. His writings deal with faith, peace and war, good and evil...
Best known for his philosophical tale The Little Prince, Saint-Exupéry denounced the abuses of war and advocated humanism and heroism.
Psychosociologist, writer, lecturer and trainer who has developed concepts and methods to improve human relations.
Politician, former President of the Portuguese Republic. UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations.
Professor at the University of Geneva, expert in emotional sciences.
Philosopher and writer.
Poet and writer.
Founder of the Taizé Community (France) in 1940.
Co-founder of Esprit de Genève.
Philosopher, physician and theologian.
Philosopher, statesman and author.
Senegal's first President, French teacher and Senegalese poet, who reached the highest political echelons (France, Senegal).
A specialist in peace education, she headed the Graines de Paix education department from 2010 to 2011, after having headed the education department of the Ecole de la Paix in Grenoble (France) for 8 years.
Philosopher, science historian and writer.
Eighth-century monk, philosopher and poet.
Author, Nobel Prize for Literature, 1925.
General in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Writer, spiritual philosopher and inspirational speaker.
A nun committed to the fight against poverty and illiteracy. She has set up the ASMAE association.
Ancient philosopher of the 5th century B.C.
Prolific social-political writer, dissident from the Soviet system, long imprisoned. Nobel Prize for Literature 1970.
Jurist and diplomat. Former president of the ICRC (1987-1999)
Ancient playwright.
Editorial director of jeuneafrique.com
Seventeenth-century philosopher.
French politician committed to respect for immigration and fraternal secularism.
Professor of sociology.
President of Rotary International 2012/2013, whose strategy focuses on peace through service.
Politician, member of the House of Lords (Liberal Democrats), member of its Science and Technology Committee. Elected President of the Society for the Defense of Research in 2004.
Poet and author of comedies that finely depict characters, many of which inspired Molière. Known for his phrase: "I am a man, and nothing human is foreign to me.
Zen Buddhist master, author and peace activist, who co-founded the Engaged Buddhism movement, combining the practice of mindfulness, the art of living in peace, and social work.
Former international footballer.
Thinker and futurologist, author of numerous hard-hitting books.
Writer and lecturer, known for his bestseller The Power of the Present Moment.
One of Russia's greatest authors, and actively committed to peace and non-violence.
Member of the United Nations Women's Guild.
A writer and musician for peace who gained international renown by uniting over five million people in a prayer for peace.
Poet and businessman. Author of the poem Être jeune, popularized by General MacArthur.
Auteur de science-fiction
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Writer, screenwriter, actor, director and producer.
Writer, poet and philosopher.
Historian, French specialist in religions, university lecturer. Founder of the Vallet Foundation.
Doctorate in Psychology and Educational Sciences.
Humanist pianist, writer and poet.
Writer, columnist, translator, literary critic.
Writer, poet, lyricist, singer and musician.
Pedagogue of peace and non-violence education, founder in 1964 of the School Day for Non-Violence and Peace (DENIP), speaker at UNESCO on these themes, and for advocating the creation of a Peace Education Bureau within the organization.
Man of peace, senior diplomat who served the UN for 34 years in refugee protection, peacekeeping operations and the promotion of human rights. Killed in Iraq by a bomb.
Co-president of the Mouvement de la Paix.
Writer and philosopher emblematic of the Enlightenment. He fought religious fanaticism and worked for tolerance and freedom of thought.
Bertha Von Suttner was a tireless advocate of peace, and continued her lecture tours well into her seventies. Her activism and pacifist writings were recognized by the Nobel Peace Prize committee in 1905 - ten years after she had persuaded Alfred Nobel to add the award to his will.
Author of a series of world-renowned books. President of a non-profit foundation dedicated to helping people develop their spirituality.
Professor of social psychology, writer and educator.
Philosopher, humanist, writer and political activist.
Author of articles on peace, based at the University of Turin.
Politician.
The WHO (World Health Organization) has played a key role in thinking about the prevention of violence - both physical and psychological - following its World Report on Violence and Health (2002).
1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner, whose stance is in favor of the duty of remembrance and the refusal of neutrality in the face of oppression.