Franciscans InternationalClimate Change and Human Rights
On 29th May, the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights hosted a round-table discussion on climate change, Rio+20 and human rights in view of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in June. Five ...[more]
UN Conference on Sustainable Development
Rio+20, taking place this month in Rio de Janeiro, aims to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess progress made and remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and ...[more]
FI Side Event at the HRC: More Safe Migration, Less Human Trafficking
Franciscans International and partners Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women and Anti-Slavery International invite participants of the 20th Session of the Human Rights Council to attend the side event 'More Safe Migration, Less Human Traffic: a ...[more]
Earth Pledge - Rio+20
At the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, 1992, world leaders signed the Earth Pledge promising to 'help make the Earth secure and hospitable home for present and future generations.' Twenty years later, Franciscans ...[more]
FI Side Event at the HRC: Prosecuting cases of Human Trafficking
Franciscans International, Christian Organisation Against Trafficking in Human Beings (COATNET), Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW), and Anti-Slavery International invite participants of the 20th Session of the Human Rights Council to attend ...[more]
World Day Against Child Labour
More than 215 million children around the world are at work and over half of those are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. FI is committed to the eradication of this exploitation of children. Through our Contemporary Forms of Slavery Programme, FI ...[more]
Pillay: Human Rights central to Sustainable Development
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is pushing for a greater emphasis on human rights at the upcoming Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. The Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights disseminated the following press ...[more]