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Reports

 

Franciscans International submits Report on
Torture in Aceh and West Papua to the Committee Against Torture

Franciscans International jointly submitted a Shadow Torture Report on Patterns of Torture in Aceh and Papua 1998-2007 to the Committee Against Torture, in view of the upcoming review of Indonesia, which will take place from the 5th May-8th May 2008.

The report was possible thanks to the efforts of the following organizations: The Office for Justice and Peace (SKP) of the Catholic Diocese of Jayapura, the Synod of the Christian Evangelical Church of Papua (GKI-Papua), Imparsial, Progressio Timor Leste and Franciscans International.

This report aims to show the pattern of torture used in Aceh and Papua--areas which have been deemed or are currently considered conflict zones by the government. An annex on Timor Leste documents cases of torture during Indonesian occupation between 1975-1999.

An Executive Summary of this report is available here: PDF
The Full Report is available here: PDF

This report is also available on the OHCHR website, at the following address: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/cats40.htm

Click here to read an article on the Jakarta Post on the presentation of the Report in Jakarta, Indonesia.

42nd Ordinary Session of the
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

 

 “The surest safeguards of human rights, and indeed, of development, are political institutions which allow the people of each country the decisive role in freely choosing their own leaders” - Kofi Annan

Report on West Papua for the
Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia in April 2008

Franciscans International, which has General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), submitted a report for the Universal periodic Review of the Republic of Indonesia, according to UN Human Rights Council Resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007. It was co-written by Franciscans International and Justitia et Pax Netherlands, in cooperation with the Office for Justice and Peace of the Catholic Diocese of Jayapura and the Evangelical Church in Papua, and is a report on the situation of civil and political rights in West Papua, Indonesia.

The Universal Periodic Review is a process which was adopted by the Human Rights Council in 2006 to review the human rights record and compliance of all 192 Member States of the United Nations, from 2008-2011. The Republic of Indonesia will be reviewed in April 2008.

Click here for more information on the UPR process
Click here to see a list of States to be considered in April 2008

 

 

 

World Poverty - Franciscan Reflections

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World Poverty: Franciscan Reflections


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Features

 New Horizons
Franciscans International inaugurates its third office in Bangkok, Thailand.  The office will serve the needs of the Franciscan Family working at the grassroots in the Asia-Pacific.



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