Appeal of the Members of the Standing Commission on International Cooperation of the International Union of Lawyers in Connection with the Threat of a New Third World War

       Recently, we have become witnesses of the events taking place in the world that threaten the world peace, the existence of Humanity and all life on our planet, given to us by God and the Universe.

      After the Second World War, there has never been such a difficult and dangerous situation in international relations that we see today. The countries of the West and the East rattle their weapons in front of each other, and began to openly prepare for the outbreak of the Third World War. We are again witnessing a feverish arms race, the emergence of new types of nuclear, supersonic missile and space weapons, cyber weapons of mass destruction, military drones of all kinds. All over the world, the dangerous movement of troops, fleets, strategic aviation, their dangerous maneuvering along the state borders of opponents began.

    The politicians of some countries, guided by national egoism and a sense of their own exclusiveness and superiority, began to assert that their national interests are higher than the interests of other countries, their national laws are higher than the norms of international law. They openly and cynically discuss issues related to the outbreak of World War III and the possibility of victory over their geopolitical opponents. They do not care about the fate of billions of civilians, women and children of our planet. Before our eyes, the world peaceful architecture of international relations that has developed after the Second World War is collapsing, international treaties on the limitation of strategic arms are being destroyed, information, psychological and hybrid wars are unleashing. Our beautiful and fragile planet turned out to be just one step away from the Third World War and the mechanism of self-destruction of all Humanity can turn on at any time and even by an absurd accident.

     We welcome the joint statement by the leaders of China, Russia, Great Britain, the United States and France on January 3, 2022 on the prevention of nuclear war and an arms race. We hope that the assurances of politicians about the need to reduce strategic risks and conduct a constructive dialogue in order to build a world free from military conflicts and nuclear weapons will not turn out to be empty promises and will end with the signing of peace treaties.

   We call on the United Nations, created to rid Humanity of wars and disasters, to wake up and remember its mission, stop being just a place for empty talk and mutual accusations of a narrow group of superpower politicians, and start acting in the interests of all peoples and the world. The UN should become a real center for coordinating the actions of all nations aimed at preventing a new world war and resolving international disputes that threaten the world. We consider it necessary to immediately convene the UN General Assembly in order, in accordance with Articles 2 and 14 of the UN Charter, to discuss joint measures to prevent the Third World War and the peaceful solution of the conflict between nations, which threatens the destruction of all Humanity.

   We want to warn all politicians in the world who are preparing a new Third World War about their personal responsibility for their actions. We declare to these politicians, sit down at the negotiating table or leave the political arena as people who are incapable of protecting the interests of Humanity and the world. We warn you that if you do not abandon the policy of militarism and aggression, then you may find yourself in the dock of the new Nuremberg Tribunal for committing crimes against Humanity, war crimes and unleashing the Third World War.

    We also appeal to all people in the world. Stop being just observers who indifferently watching the conflict between nations like another television show. All of you, including your families, relatives and close people, can be destroyed by nuclear, chemical and bacteriological weapons of mass destruction at the command of irresponsible politicians. We should all say to all politicians in the East and the West, "No to World War III." We need to re-create an international movement for peace, as in previous years, and unite against irresponsible politicians in order to jointly fight against hunger, poverty, social inequality, natural disasters, pandemics, and the destruction of the planet's environment and resources.

    Everyone who wants peace on our planet, join us and put your signatures under this Appeal.

Members of the Standing Commission on International Cooperation of the International Union of Lawyers

                 Commission Leaders 

1.    Peskov Anatoly (Russia), Attorney-at-Law, Deputy Chairman of the International Union of Lawyers, Honorary Vice-President of the International Association of Sports Law (Greece), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA),Chairman of the Commission

2.    Nafziger A. R. James (USA), Professor at the Willamette University (Oregon), Academician of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Adviser on International Law at the US Department of State, Head of the American Branch of the International Law Association, Honorary Chairman and Chief Adviser of the Commission

3.    Wolohan John (USA), Professor at Syracuse University (New York), Member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA), Chief Coordinator of the Commission

Members of the Standing Commission on International Cooperation of the International Union of Lawyers 

                          China

4.    Xiang Huiying, Associate Professor of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Associate Dean of Sports Law Institute, Member of Consultative Committee of CAS (the Court of Arbitration for Sport), Secretary General of Shanghai Sports Law Association, Vice-President of the International Association of Sports Law (Greece)

                     Georgia

5.     Tsulukidze Ilia, Attorney-at-Law, Honorary Professor Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia

                          Germany

6.     Vieweg Klaus, Professor of Frederick – Alexander University in Erlangen and Nuremberg

                           Great Britain

7.    David McArdle, Head of the Representative Office of the International Union of Lawyers in the UK, Head of Law and Law REF at Stirling University, Human Rights Coordinator, Member of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA)

                            Greece

8.    Laskaradis Emmanuel, Attorney-at-Law in Athens, Professor at Law School at ThraceUniversity.

                       Hungary

9.    Nemes Andras, Head of the Representative Office of the International Union of Lawyers in Hungary, Attorney-at-Law, Head of a Law Firm (Budapest), First Vice-President of the International Association of Sports Law (Greece)

                              Israel

10.Voicu Alexandru-Virgil, Professor - Doctoral Supervisor in Law & Physical education and sports in University of Chisinau (Republic of Moldova), Professor at the Babes-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca) and Professor at the National Academy of Physical Education and Sport (Bucharest),Honorary Member of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee 

                          Iran

11.Shokri Nader, Attorney-at-Law, Professor of the University of Tehran, President of the Iranian Scientific Sports Law Association, Member of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA)

                               Italy

12. Di Giandomenico Anna, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Teramo, Member of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA)

                               Malta

13.Rutter Giappone Anthony, Member of the Malta Bar Association and the International Bar Association, Head of the firm “Rutter Giappone Advocates”

                               Poland

14.Fundowicz Slavomir, Priest, Professor of Administrative Law at the Catholic University (Lublin)

                              Republic of South Africa

15.Cornelius Steve, Professor and Head of the Department of Private Law at the University in Johannesburg 

                              Romania

16.Stanescu Rares, Professor, Director of the Department of Communications and External Relations of the National University of Physical Education and Sports in Bucharest, Member of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA)

                        Russian Federation

17.Iglin Alexey, Member of the Russian Association of International Law, Professor at the Russian Academy of National Economics and Public Services, Editor-in-Chief of the Journals "Theory of Law and Interstate Relations" and "International Law and Process".

18.Kashekhlebova Katerina, Secretary of the Commission

19.Malik Alexander, Emeritus Professor of the Diplomatic Academy of Russia’s Foreign Ministry.

20.Sukharenko Alexander, Director of the Center for New Challenges and Threats to National Security of the Primorsky Institute of State and Municipal Administration

                         South Korea

21.Yeun Kee-Young, Professor of Law at the Dongguk University in Seoul, Mediator of the Seoul High Court in Seoul, Founder of the Korean Association of Sports and Entertainment Law.

                               Slovenia

22. Jagodic Anton, President of the Slovenian Association for Sports Law

                                Spain

23.Iriarte Angel José Luis, Professor of Private International Law at the State University of Navarra, Member of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA)

24.Camps Andreu, Professor of the National Institute for Physical Education in Catalonia, Secretary General of the Royal Spanish Football Federation

                               Switzerland

25.Solenik Daria, Head of the Representative Office of the International Union of Lawyers in Switzerland, Attorney-at-Law in Paris (France) and the Canton of Wood (Switzerland), Appointed Arbitrator of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

                         United Arab Emirates

26.Al Shamsi Saif Saeed Zayed, Attorney-at-Law, Head and Founder of the Firm “Advocates and Legal Consultants”, President of the Emirates Centre for Human Rights Studies, Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Emirates Association for Lawyers and Legal Consultants

                               USA

27. Butler, William E., Honorary Member of the Commission, John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law, Dickinson Law, Pennsylvania State University (USA); Emeritus Professor of Comparative Law, University of London (UK); Foreign Member at Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine

28.Hamakawa Curt, Professor at the Western New England University, Director of the Center for International Sport Business, Member of the Board of Directors of the International Athlete Rights Association (IARA)

29.Sergevnin Vladimir, Professor of the School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration at the Western Illinois University.

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