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Thursday 21 April 2011

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 ...[more]


Wednesday 20 April 2011

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. [more]


Monday 11 April 2011

Education and the Rights of the Child

Group of children with Sr. Odile in Solomon Islands reading book

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 ...[more]


Friday 18 March 2011

Follow-Up Statement on UPR for Benin and USA

Morse Flores, FI Advocacy, reads statement at United Nations

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 ...[more]


Tuesday 08 March 2011

Trafficking Stories, Policy and Best Practice

Panelists discuss 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 ...[more]


Thursday 16 September 2010

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 ...[more]


Monday 01 February 2010

FI Submits Statement on Togo

Franciscans International (FI), the Fédération Internationale de l’Action des Chrétiens pour l’Abolition de la Torture (FIACAT), Survie and Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’homme (AEDH) submitted a joint statement to express their concerns on the ...[more]