{"id":9087,"date":"2026-05-02T10:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/ressources\/october-2-international-day-of-non-violence\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:51:47","slug":"october-2-international-day-of-non-violence","status":"publish","type":"ressource","link":"https:\/\/academy.grainesdepaix.org\/en\/ressources\/october-2-international-day-of-non-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2 &#8211; International Day of Non-Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN created the <strong>International Day of Non-Violence<\/strong> to reaffirm &#8220;the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence&#8221; and &#8220;foster a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence&#8221;. The first International Day of Non-Violence was celebrated at the UN on October 2, 2007. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This day is symbolically set on the anniversary of the birth of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.grainesdepaix.org\/fr\/ressources\/sinspirer\/auteurs\/gandhi_mohandas\">Mohandas GANDHI<\/a>, the thinker and politician who developed and applied the philosophy and strategy of non-violence as early as 1906. It is a direct continuation of the UN&#8217;s ongoing action for peace and non-violence: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>International Day of Peace, September 21 each year (since 2001)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Action program for a culture of peace, September 13, 1999<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NGOs involved in peace and non-violence have been supporting the UN&#8217;s efforts since 2007-2008, with local and national events in various countries.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Switzerland, the first actions took place in the German-speaking part of the country on October 2, 2007, followed in French-speaking Switzerland by a series of events around October 2, 2008, involving some twenty associations committed to a better world where violence will be replaced by peace reflexes and respect for fundamental human rights. A Collectif Paix et non-violence (Peace and Non-Violence Collective) was founded for the occasion, the fruit of collaboration between 4 NGO co-founders: CENAC, Eirene, Peace Watch and Graines de Paix. 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