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10/15/2026

10/15/2026

How can people of faith help us to disagree better and build healthier communities?

As we approach the midterm elections, join the Center in person or online next Thursday for "Disagreeing in Good Faith: A Multifaith Service of Prayer," where we’ll hear from faith and youth leaders from across Georgia and explore how we can navigate our differences with hope and understanding.

RSVP: bit.ly/4hTXQPj

10/14/2026

“Death by snake or death by bomb?”

In the middle of the night, in the middle of a war zone, Kelly Callahan had to make a choice. It was just one of many close calls in her decades-long career fighting neglected tropical diseases across the world.

Find out what happened in “Far Away, Up Close: Global Stories from The Carter Center,” our new audio series launching today, available wherever you get your podcasts.

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10/13/2026

What does it take to trust an election? In 2025, 105 New Mexicans found out firsthand — training with Observe New Mexico Elections (ONME) to watch their municipal elections as nonpartisan witnesses, then bringing honest accounts home to their neighbors. Read the story at the link in the comments.

10/10/2026

Our co-founder Rosalynn Carter spent her life working to end mental health stigma. This , we carry that work forward in Sierra Leone by helping youth and journalists there become architects of the mental health conversation.

Working with the Directorate of Mental Health and NCDs, Mental Health Coalition Sierra Leone, and the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, we’ve created new guidelines for reporting on mental health and substance use so that they can build the narratives and political will required to create lasting policy reform.

Stories change attitudes. Responsible reporting changes systems. Real voices. Real stories. Real change.

10/09/2026

The Carter Center applauds the selection of Navi Pillay as the recipient of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Her tireless efforts to promote peace and international law have helped defend human rights and build a more just world. As the Nobel Committee noted in its announcement, "History has shown that a world operating without the rule of law is unjust, unwise, and inhumane."

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 goes to a person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order. This year’s laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.

Navi Pillay’s commitment to universal legal principles and her firm moral compass are constants in a long career. Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillay became a lawyer and legal pioneer, confronting deep structural discrimination, segregation and exclusion. A common thread runs from her early work defending Nelson Mandela and others who stood up against apartheid to her service as a judge in some of the key international court cases of our time.

This year’s laureate has significantly enlarged the scope and impact of international law. She has served as a judge on the High Court in South Africa, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. She was the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and, until recently, she chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Today Navi Pillay is a judge on the International Court of Justice in the case where Myanmar stands accused of genocide.

In historic international court cases, she has shown that legal measures can help prevent acts of war and violence. Navi Pillay has also contributed to strengthen the institutions of international law. Her independence, expertise and steadfastness have made her one of the most respected international jurists of our time.

In awarding this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wants to remind the world that the rule of law – national and international – underpins the system we have set up to ensure peace and resolve conflicts non-violently. Peace requires justice.

History has shown that a world operating without the rule of law is unjust, unwise and inhumane. The judges – those who guard the thin red line between order and chaos – are therefore highly deserving of our praise. But today, as these same judges are sanctioned, and their institutions are attacked, we need people of courage, vision and determination – qualities that Navi Pillay demonstrates in her work on the bench.

Navi Pillay has held states and national leaders accountable and brought hope to victims of violence and conflict. In all the positions she has held, she has stressed the responsibility of individuals and states to comply with the rule of law. She has also helped define the relevant norms and legal principles. When the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda established that r**e and sexual violence could constitute a crime against humanity – as well as genocide – her influence was a significant factor. In the same case, Ms Pillay was instrumental in a separate legal breakthrough: for the first time, a defendant faced charges of incitement to commit genocide purely on the basis of spreading propaganda.

Navi Pillay is one of the great defenders of international legal principles in our time. Her distinguished career reminds us of the need to support, fortify and expand the global rule of law. Navi Pillay’s commitment to justice and human dignity is a source of hope and inspiration to all who seek to bring about a more peaceful world.

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10/09/2026

Democracy Program Director Avery Davis-Roberts joined WABE’s “Closer Look with Rose Scott” to discuss the Carter Center’s nonpartisan election observation plans in Georgia for the upcoming midterm elections.

The Center is training volunteers to observe vote tabulation after polls close on Election Day in 30 counties across Georgia. Nonpartisan election observers will also monitor an important post-election process known as a risk-limiting audit in at least 60 counties across the state.

In Georgia, like in other states, votes are counted electronically. To verify that the machine-counted results are accurate, county election officials hand count a random sample of paper ballots.

“This is a super important safeguard for ensuring that our votes, as we cast them as Georgia voters, are being counted accurately by the machines,” Davis-Roberts said.

Georgia is one of five states — along with Michigan, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico — where we are supporting nonpartisan election observation this year.

10/08/2026

Thank you to Chelsea Handler for joining us for an insightful discussion about mental health with our Neetu Abad. Here, she talks about why it’s important to share your mental health story.

10/08/2026

100+ million people are at risk for trachoma. Millions more around the world face river blindness disease.

This , The Carter Center celebrates our partners, our supporters, and our progress. From Ethiopia's Amhara region to the Amazon border of Brazil and Venezuela, we’re fighting disease and protecting vision — one treatment, one surgery, one village at a time.

10/07/2026

Some stories can’t be told from a distance. We’re bringing them to you.

Our new podcast, “Far Away, Up Close: Global Stories from The Carter Center,” introduces the team carrying on the legacy of our founders, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

A show about the people making a difference — in their own words.

The first episode drops next week. Subscribe now to listen!