Franciscans InternationalAgainst Human Trafficking
In December 2011, Mrs. Christine Carolan, National Projects Coordinator for ACRATH (Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans) visited Geneva to work with FI advocates and meet with other NGOs and government officials working on the ...[more]
Dialogue is the Only Way
An interview - in German - on the subject of Christian persecution with Francesca Restifo, International Advocacy Director, Budi Tjahjono, Asia-Pacific Advocacy Officer, and Fr. Markus Heinze OFM ,Regional Director for Africa and Europe.
Appeal to Indonesian President for Human Rights and Democracy
On 10 December 2011, FI signed a joint letter of concern to the President of Indonesia about the severe human rights violations committed by the Indonesian security forces against peaceful participants of the “Third Papuan People’s Congress” in Abepura, ...[more]
Former Child-Soldiers in Northern Uganda
The rehabilitation of former child-soldiers of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda is an issue that the FI is closely monitoring at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva and at the UN Security Council in New York. In December, Brig. Fred O. Tolit, ...[more]
FI Participates in Durban Climate Change Conference
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban 2011 (COP 17) from 28 November to 9 December brought together representatives of the world's governments, international organisations and civil society including representatives of the Franciscan ...[more]
FI Attends International OFM Conference on the Amazons
In the Amazons, individuals and organisations are seeking economic gain at all costs—human and environmental—with no regard for the region’s biological and human diversity and climate change. FI staff recently attended a Franciscan conference in ...[more]
Workshop on Follow-up of UPR Recommendations for Uganda and Tanzania
Franciscans International and the Franciscan Family in Uganda organised an in-country workshop on the UN Human Rights Mechanisms to follow-up on the first cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Twenty-five participants representing seven Franciscan ...[more]