09/03/2026
IRAN: PEN INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE CASSATION OF HOSTILITIES THAT UNDERMINE INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY LAW

PEN International unequivocally condemns all breaches of international law, including the illegal use of force by the United States of America and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and subsequent Iranian retaliatory strikes across the Middle East.

09/03/2026
IRAN: PEN INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE CASSATION OF HOSTILITIES THAT UNDERMINE INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY LAW

PEN International unequivocally condemns all breaches of international law, including the illegal use of force by the United States of America and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and subsequent Iranian retaliatory strikes across the Middle East.

08/02/2026
About the Events in Venezuela

A statement by Germán Rojas, Chair of the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN International

08/02/2026
About the Events in Venezuela

A statement by Germán Rojas, Chair of the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN International

21/01/2026
PEACE IS A VERB; PEACE IS A MUST; PEACE NOW!

A statement by the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN International for of Human Rights Day 2025

21/01/2026
PEACE IS A VERB; PEACE IS A MUST; PEACE NOW!

A statement by the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN International for of Human Rights Day 2025

21/01/2026
Report on Participation in the IX Regional Meeting of PEN Centers in Kyiv

21/01/2026
Report on Participation in the IX Regional Meeting of PEN Centers in Kyiv

21/01/2026
PEN Centres sign statement during a regional meeting in Ukraine

Representatives of various PEN Centres - PEN Spain, PEN Basque, PEN Norway, PEN Slovenia, PEN International (WIPC), PEN Belgium, PEN Canada, and PEN Ukraine - gathered in Kyiv in October 2025. The meeting was organized by PEN Ukraine.

21/01/2026
PEN Centres sign statement during a regional meeting in Ukraine

Representatives of various PEN Centres - PEN Spain, PEN Basque, PEN Norway, PEN Slovenia, PEN International (WIPC), PEN Belgium, PEN Canada, and PEN Ukraine - gathered in Kyiv in October 2025. The meeting was organized by PEN Ukraine.

25/10/2024
Canada: A second Ukraine? Reflections from the Writers for Peace Committee Meeting

25/10/2024
Canada: A second Ukraine? Reflections from the Writers for Peace Committee Meeting

31/05/2024
A CALL FOR PEACE IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

31/05/2024
A CALL FOR PEACE IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

09/04/2024
Statement on dangers to peaceful free expression in Myanmar and neighbouring countries

09/04/2024
Statement on dangers to peaceful free expression in Myanmar and neighbouring countries

06/12/2023
Writers for Peace Committee on the disputed territory of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh

06/12/2023
Writers for Peace Committee on the disputed territory of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh

06/11/2023
The Fall of Artsakh

06/11/2023
The Fall of Artsakh

20/10/2023
PEN International Calls for Peace-Dispels all Hatreds

20/10/2023
PEN International Calls for Peace-Dispels all Hatreds

05/10/2023
RESOLUTION ON THREATS TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, PEACE, AND STABILITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, KOSOVO, MONTENEGRO, AND SERBIA

05/10/2023
RESOLUTION ON THREATS TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, PEACE, AND STABILITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, KOSOVO, MONTENEGRO, AND SERBIA

15/09/2023
PEN Chile - Statement 50 years

15/09/2023
PEN Chile - Statement 50 years

04/09/2023
STATEMENT ON THE AFRICA CLIMATE SUMMIT 23

04/09/2023
STATEMENT ON THE AFRICA CLIMATE SUMMIT 23

05/07/2023
Victoria Amelina (1986 - 2023)

05/07/2023
Victoria Amelina (1986 - 2023)

19/06/2023
Declaration of PEN International’s Writers for Peace Committee on the Russian Federations’ war against Ukraine

19/06/2023
Declaration of PEN International’s Writers for Peace Committee on the Russian Federations’ war against Ukraine

07/02/2023
In memoriam: Veno Taufer (1933 -2023)

07/02/2023
In memoriam: Veno Taufer (1933 -2023)

26/12/2022
Mozhgan Kavousi

26/12/2022
Mozhgan Kavousi

04/12/2022
STATEMENT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAN

04/12/2022
STATEMENT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAN

31/08/2022
Protest against Montenegrin’s writer Milorad Popovic death threat

31/08/2022
Protest against Montenegrin’s writer Milorad Popovic death threat

15/08/2022
THE ATTACK ON A WRITER IS AN ATTACK ON ART

THE ATTACK ON A WRITER IS AN ATTACK ON ART

15/08/2022
THE ATTACK ON A WRITER IS AN ATTACK ON ART

THE ATTACK ON A WRITER IS AN ATTACK ON ART

21/06/2022
Open letter to Mr Joe Biden, President of the USA

21/06/2022
Open letter to Mr Joe Biden, President of the USA

30/05/2022
Invitation: Tanja Tuma to members of PEN International

30/05/2022
Invitation: Tanja Tuma to members of PEN International

11/04/2022
WfPC Continues to Call for Peace in Northern Ethiopia and Surrounding Regions

11/04/2022
WfPC Continues to Call for Peace in Northern Ethiopia and Surrounding Regions

07/04/2022
A Summary of Freedom of Press and Human Rights Situation in Asia

By Tienchi Martin-Liao, Vice-Chair of the Writers for Peace Committee

07/04/2022
A Summary of Freedom of Press and Human Rights Situation in Asia

By Tienchi Martin-Liao, Vice-Chair of the Writers for Peace Committee

14/03/2022
Second Statement on War in Ukraine

14/03/2022
Second Statement on War in Ukraine

22/02/2022
Call For An End To The Intimidation of Ukraine

22/02/2022
Call For An End To The Intimidation of Ukraine

19/01/2022
Statement on the unrest in Kazakhstan

Chair and Vice-Chairs, Writers for Peace Committee, January 2022

19/01/2022
Statement on the unrest in Kazakhstan

Chair and Vice-Chairs, Writers for Peace Committee, January 2022

19/01/2022
Julian Assange – one of the most persecuted publishers in the world

by Tanja Tuma, President of Slovene PEN

19/01/2022
Julian Assange – one of the most persecuted publishers in the world

by Tanja Tuma, President of Slovene PEN

10/01/2022
Hustling for Peace TV programme

TV interviews

10/01/2022
Hustling for Peace TV programme

TV interviews

15/11/2020
Statement on conflict in the disputed territory of Artsakh/Ngorno-Karabakh

by the WfPC Board

15/11/2020
Statement on conflict in the disputed territory of Artsakh/Ngorno-Karabakh

by the WfPC Board