Environemental issuesDominican sister walking amidst the aftermath of a bomb attack in IraqDominican friar in Columbia talking to womanFlags at the United NationsThe rights of Indigenous people

Developing a sense of human responsibility for a healthy environment

Promoting freedom of religion.

Dominican sister after an anti-Christian bombing in Iraq.

Fighting extreme poverty

Dominican friar working at community development in Columbia

Preaching to the Nations

Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers), in Special ECOSOC consultative status with the United Nations

Dominican friar working with the Indigenous communities in the jungles of Peru

Colombia Dry Canal

1 January 2002
Over the past four years, FI research on the suffering of Colombians and the country’s history of environmental exploitation has raised the question: who benefits from the human rights violations still plaguing the country? With the economic advantage of Colombia’s vast natural resources and strategic geographic position at stake for the government, military, and private businesses, there appears to be an ambiguous collusion to develop a major international trade route in northern Colombia.

Franciscans International and Dominicans for Justice and Peace call upon the Government of Indonesia to protect Christians and other religious minorities in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

11 December 2001
Franciscans International and Dominicans for Justice and Peace are extremely alarmed by the brutal and appalling attacks directed against the Christian population—including women, children and the elderly—in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia by Laskar Jihad (Jihad Force), a well-organised, uniformed and heavily armed extremist militia group based in East Java.

FI/OP Calls Upon Indonesia to Protect Christians and Other Religious Minorities

10 December 2001
Franciscans International and Dominicans for Justice and Peace are extremely alarmed by the brutal and appalling attacks directed against the Christian population—including women, children and the elderly—in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia by Laskar Jihad (Jihad Force), a well-organised, uniformed and heavily armed extremist militia group based in East Java.

Franciscans International and Dominicans for Justice and Peace Recall the Massacre of Christians in Pakistan One Month Later

28 November 2001
Franciscans International and Dominicans for Justice and Peace remain gravely saddened by the massacre of 16 Christians and a Muslim police constable on Sunday, 28 October 2001 in St. Dominic’s Parish, diocese of Multan in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. At the 9:00 morning service, Pastor Emmanuel Allah Dita and his Protestant congregation—men, women and children—were gunned down during their prayers and even denied mercy after pleading for it. Catholics and Protestants of the Church of Pakistan (including Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Lutherans) shared the church as part of a long-standing ecumenical cooperation.

INNOVATIVE RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT

15 October 2001
Progressive income taxation is the main source of income for funding social development and reducing income inequalities. However, in many countries, a system to redistribute wealth through taxation and duties is still non-existent or ineffective. At the international level, various sources of income linked to economic and financial activities are not taxed, and yet they generate substantial profits for institutions and businesses.

FI/OP Makes Headway in Fight to End Sanctions Against Iraq

30 September 2001
There has been some headway made at the UN in the situation of ending the sanctions against Iraq.This is especially important in the light of the world's critical reflections on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the relationship between Western and Arab nations.

Dominicans and Franciscans at the United Nations have been working to end the sanctions against the people of Iraq since 2000. Now, the 2001 meeting of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights has reflected FI/OP views in one of its resolutions.

World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia

28 August 2001
The thousands of people gathered in Durban, representing millions of others, constitute enormous political will demanding: Eradicate racism! As Catholic organizations with presence in all corners of the world, we commit ourselves to work to eradicate the racism that endures in our own institutions and to pursue reparations that restore right relationships.

Common Catholic Statement at the Durban WCAR Conference

28 August 2001
The thousands of people gathered in Durban, representing millions of others, constitute enormous political will demanding: Eradicate racism! As Catholic organizations with presence in all corners of the world, we commit ourselves to work to eradicate the racism that endures in our own institutions and to pursue reparations that restore right relationships.

Item 2: Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including policies of racial discrimination and segr

17 July 2001
Franciscans International in collaboration with Dominicans for Justice and Peace wish to express their ongoing concern about the situation of human rights in Mexico and Pakistan and to bring to the attention of the Sub-Commission a massacre wit...

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