Franciscans International is very proud that two of its partners have been elevated to Cardinals by Pope Francis.

FI delivered statements on the right to water and enforced disappearances, as well as on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Philippines, and West Papua.

During 42nd session of the Human Rights Council, we will organize and co-sponsor a number of side-events to discuss key thematic and country specific issues, including the rights to water and sanitation, and the human rights situations in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Watch our side-event during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York.

As part of the celebrations to mark its thirty-year presence at the United Nations, the Conference of the Franciscan Family (CFF) organized a gathering on 16 July in the Auditorium Antonianum in Rome.

Franciscans International delivered oral statements on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Japan, Sri Lanka, climate change, human trafficking, migration, and reprisals.

Throughout the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, we will organize and co-sponsor a number of side-events where experts and human rights defenders discuss key thematic and country specific issues.

Civil society calls for the protection of refugees and asylum seekers who have been targeted in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka.

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Franciscans International hosts the first in a series of celebratory events.