Franciscans International
Thank you to Sr. Francess Hall fmdm for designing the image and to Mr. Phil Wiltshire for the design of the card.
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Extreme Poverty and Active Participation: empowering people living in poverty to be effective actors of their own development
The empowerment of people living in poverty is currently the center of the researches done by, Ms. Magdalena Sepulveda, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and extreme poverty. Following the UN Guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights, ...
Thursday 13 June 2013
FI urged the Human Rights Council to take concrete actions to protect the human rights of victims of Climate Change
The protection of the human rights of victims of climate change has to be the center of the UN Human Rights Council’s attention. This was the main message of Franciscans International (FI) during the Council’s parallel event on 31st May 2013. The event ...
Thursday 13 June 2013
FI and ALRC Side Event on Armed Forces Special Act (AFSPA), 1958 in India – Call for Repeal!
Ms. Neena Ningombam from Manipur India whose husband was innocently killed by the Indian Armed Forces pleaded to the United Nations and the international community to put pressure to the Government of India to repeal a repressive Armed Forces Special ...