Franciscans InternationalFollow-up Statement on Australian UPR
On 8 June, the Australian Government responded to the Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council, on its Universal Periodic Review. They accepted, in whole or in part, a commendable 94% of the 145 recommendations made by other States to improve the ...[more]
Domestic Workers Convention Adopted
Following the International NGO Consultation on the ‘Strengthening the Capacity and Social Protection of Domestic Workers’, in which FI participated on 3 and 4 June, the International Labour Conference has adopted the Domestic Workers ...[more]
CEDAW Endorses FI Recommendations
FI welcomes the concluding observations made by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) that endorse a number of recommendations made by FI to improve the human rights situation of women and children in Kenya.Firstly, ...[more]
Access to Remedies Panel Discussion
Victims of human trafficking have the right to access remedies without facing barriers. This was the shared message of the five panellists at the UN event organised by FI and GAATW and co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Italy. The need to ...[more]
Oral Statement on the "Right to Remedy"
FI delivered a joint oral statement with Global Alliance against Trafficking in Women (GAATW) to coincide with the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, releasing her report on the ‘Right to Remedy’ during the United ...[more]
UN Commission on Sustainable Development
In May 2011, Sr Odile Coirier fmm, FI Advocacy Officer and other Franciscans attended the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York. The Conference focused on the policies that address different issues including mining, waste ...[more]
Franciscan 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 ...[more]