Franciscans InternationalWomen, Sanitation and Water: Access, Equity, Sustainability
The UN Department of Public Information (DPI) briefing for NGOs on 15 March 2012 addressed: ‘Women, Sanitation and Water: Access, Equity, Sustainability’. The work of Franciscans on these issues was represented as a Franciscan Felician College student ...[more]
Commission on the Status of Women
FI and Sr. Maryann Agnes Mueller cssf, Justice and Peace Coordinator for the Province of Our Lady of Hope, attended the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations (UN) in New York. The Commission is held annually ...[more]
Indonesian Government Slow to Implement UPR Recommendations
During the Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia in 2008, the Government accepted to fulfil recommendations made by the Human Rights Council to improve its human rights situation. Four years later however, few recommendations have been implemented ...[more]
Violence Against Religious Minorities
Franciscans International co-hosted a parallel event at the UN Human Rights Council on 7 March on the subject of impunity as the principal challenge to the protection of the rights of religious minorities and the right to freedom of religion and ...[more]
African Human Rights Issues Under the Spotlight
Franciscans International hosted an advanced workshop in Geneva for Franciscans from eleven Francophone African countries in March. Most of the 11 participants, from Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Rwanda, Tchad, Democratic Republic of ...[more]
Human Rights Defenders Combating Impunity in the Philippines
Franciscans International co-hosted a parallel event at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on the issue of human rights defenders combating impunity in the Philippines. Despite the promises of President Benigno Aquino III., elected in May ...[more]
The Implementation of UPR Recommendations in Indonesia: The Rule of Law in Indonesia vis a vis the Human Rights Situation in Papua
Thursday 15 March 2012 - 14h00 to 16h00 - Room XXIV, United Nations, Geneva Participants of the 19th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council are cordially invited to this parallel event which aims to critically review the status of the ...[more]