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 ...[leggi]
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. [leggi]
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 ...[leggi]
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 ...[leggi]
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 ...[leggi]
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 ...[leggi]
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 ...[leggi]