Franciscans InternationalCall for Ratification
“After adoption, ratification!” was the call of over 70 NGOs and labour groups from 5 continents, including domestic workers themselves, at a conference hosted by the International Catholic Centre of Geneva on June 3rd and 4th, 2011.Organized by a network ...[Leer más]
Franciscans Prepare to Address Concerns in Brazil
Franciscans gathered from across Brazil in July for a ‘Workshop on the Second Round of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and the Environment in preparation for Rio +20 Conference’, co-sponsored by FI, the Franciscan Family of Brazil and SINFRAJUPE ...[Leer más]
Follow-up Statement on Australian UPR
On 8 June, the Australian Government responded to the Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council, on its Universal Periodic Review. They accepted, in whole or in part, a commendable 94% of the 145 recommendations made by other States to improve the ...[Leer más]
Domestic Workers Convention Adopted
Following the International NGO Consultation on the ‘Strengthening the Capacity and Social Protection of Domestic Workers’, in which FI participated on 3 and 4 June, the International Labour Conference has adopted the Domestic Workers ...[Leer más]
CEDAW Endorses FI Recommendations
FI welcomes the concluding observations made by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) that endorse a number of recommendations made by FI to improve the human rights situation of women and children in Kenya.Firstly, ...[Leer más]
Access to Remedies Panel Discussion
Victims of human trafficking have the right to access remedies without facing barriers. This was the shared message of the five panellists at the UN event organised by FI and GAATW and co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Italy. The need to ...[Leer más]
Oral Statement on the "Right to Remedy"
FI delivered a joint oral statement with Global Alliance against Trafficking in Women (GAATW) to coincide with the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, releasing her report on the ‘Right to Remedy’ during the United ...[Leer más]