Franciscans InternationalFI Mid-term Reports on the Republic of Congo and Chad
Franciscans International has submitted two reports to the NGO, UPR-Info for the Mid-term Implementation Assessment (MIA) of Chad and the Republic of Congo. The MIA will help monitor the status of implantation of the UN recommendations raised during each ...[leggi]
Migrant Workers’ Rights in Thailand
Franciscans International and Hospitality House co-hosted a one-day meeting to discuss “NGOs Together in the Service of our Vulnerable Migrant Sisters and Brothers” on 24 February in Bangkok. Participants from different Church and civil society ...[leggi]
Pre-UPR sessional meeting to lobby diplomatic delegations to the UN
In the lead-up to the Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Brazil and the UK this year, FI and other NGOs will participate in pre-sessional meetings with UN diplomatic delegations to discuss their in-country human rights ...[leggi]
Human Rights Defenders combating impunity in the Philippines
"Human Rights Defenders Combating Impunity in the Philippines" will be the discussion topic of a parallel event on 6 March 2012 from 13h00 to 15h00 during the 19th Session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Since the Philippines’ ...[leggi]
Violence against albino children in Africa
FI delivered a joint written statement to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the Human Rights and the Human Rights Council to the plight of albino children in the United Republic of Tanzania. In recent ...[leggi]
Child marriage in India
Further to the annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-Gerneral on Violence against Children, FI submitted a written statement to draw attention to the issue of child marriage which is a deeply-rooted tradition in Indian society. The ...[leggi]
Widespread incidence of torture in the provinces of Papua and West Papua in Indonesia
During the UPR of Indonesia in 2008, the government agreed to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture, Cruel, Inhumane and Other Degrading Treatment or Punishment, to include the crime of torture in the criminal code, and to ...[leggi]