Franciscans InternationalExamen Périodique Universel (EPU) - Rapports de FI
FI a soumis trois rapports en collaboration avec un certain nombre d’organisations pour la 15ème session de l’EPU qui doit se tenir en janvier 2013. Les rapports font état des questions clef des droits de l’homme en France, au Burundi et en Roumanie. Les ...[En savoir plus]
Ireland ratifies Aarhus Convention on Environmental Matters
As of 20 June 2012, Ireland has become the latest country to ratify the Aarhus Convention of the UN Economic Commission for Europe. The Convention was adopted in June 1998 and Ireland is now its 46th party. The Aarhus Convention provides for the right of ...[En savoir plus]
Reform of UN Treaty Bodies
Top UN officials have called on Member States to consider a set of proposals to strengthen the UN's treaty body system, which has doubled in size in the last twleve years and is in need of reform. The treaty bodies are the committees of independent ...[En savoir plus]
FI side events at the Human Rights Council
The 20th session of the Human Rights Council comes to a close on Friday July 6th. FI has played an active role throughout in engaging with Member States, Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and the various human rights instruments of the Council to bring ...[En savoir plus]
Franciscan Human Rights Defender visits FI Geneva
Sr. Namrata Joseph from India visited FI Geneva to take part in the 20th session of the Human Rights Council from the 18th to the 22nd of June. During her stay she took part in an FI side event at the UN as an expert speaker on the issue of human ...[En savoir plus]
Time to rethink...
It is “time to rethink and regain control over the future of the human family”. Franciscans International is a co-signatory of a joint statement from over fifty Church and civil society leaders calling for world leaders at Rio+20 to take action on ...[En savoir plus]
Franciscans at the People’s Summit
The Franciscans JPIC team in Rome, in coordination with the local Franciscan organizing committee in Brazil held a seminar for the sixty members of the Rio+20 delegation of the Franciscan Family. The seminar served as a platform for the delegates to ...[En savoir plus]