Franciscans InternationalExtreme 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, ...[mehr]
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 ...[mehr]
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 ...[mehr]
The Freedom of Expression in Papua is under threat and Release of Human Rights Report in Papua 2013
The situation of the freedom of expression in the provinces of Papua, Indonesia, has been deteriorating. Franciscans International and a coalition of NGOs working on human rights in Papua denounced this situation during the 23rd Session of the UN Human ...[mehr]
FI hosts Southern Cone Workshop on Human Rights and Environmental Justice
From February 11 to 15, FI hosted a workshop in Cordoba, Argentina for 20 Franciscans from the Southern Cone—Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. There were 20 participants including sisters, friars, SFO, and representatives of JUFRA. The aim of the ...[mehr]
FI Partners in Peru Make Advocacy Mission to Washington and New York
Representatives of FI partner organization GRUFIDES (Group for Training and Advocacy in Sustainable Development) traveled to the United States from March 10 to 19 for a series of advocacy and network-building activities. With Grufides, Mercy ...[mehr]
FI Workshop and Fact-finding Mission in Jamaica
FI was hosted in Jamaica by the Franciscan Sisters of Alleghany in Kingston. During a one-day workshop on using UN mechanisms to promote human rights, 40 religious from around Jamaica gathered to discuss the role of human-rights advocacy in Catholic ...[mehr]