Franciscans InternationalFranciscan Collaboration in Quebec
At the invitation of the Service Intercommunautaire d'Animation Franciscaine (SIAF) in Canada, Sr. Odile Coirier fmm, FI Advocacy Officer, presented to over 100 members of the Quebecoise Franciscan Family and affiliated organisations about the work of ...[En savoir plus]
FI submits UPR Report on East Timor
FI and partners submitted a joint-UPR report to the UN on the human rights situation of East Timor in mid-March as an immediate result of an in-country two-day workshop with the Franciscan Family. Their key concerns were on the Rights of the Child in ...[En savoir plus]
Ethiopia Prepares for UPR
In mid-April FI returned to Addis Ababa to work with the JPIC team and Franciscans; to give an advanced workshop on the human rights situation of Ethiopia. [En savoir plus]
Education and the Rights of the Child
The United Nations Economic and Social Council has requested Franciscans International to submit a written statement for the High Level Segment (HLS) on ‘Education and the Rights of the Child’. The event will take place in Geneva in July ...[En savoir plus]
Follow-Up Statement on UPR for Benin and USA
FI delivered an oral statement to comment on the implementation and follow-up of the UPR recommendations of Benin and the United States during the United Nations Human Rights Council on 18 March 2011.Morse Flores, FI Asia Pacific Programme Officer, noted ...[En savoir plus]
Trafficking Stories, Policy and Best Practice
On International Women's Day, Franciscans International organised an event to share 'Trafficking Stories, Policy & Best Practices'. Partipants watched a short awareness-raising film called, "To Whom It May Concern", which shares ...[En savoir plus]
Domestic Servitude Panel Discussion
Franciscan's International (FI) co-organised an UN Side Event on Domestic Servitude during the Human Rights Council XV Session in Geneva in September. The panel discussion aimed to deepen discussions on the grass root causes and the national and ...[En savoir plus]