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GAZA: UN mission finds evidence of war crimes by both sides in Gaza conflict

The United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict at the start of this year has found evidence that both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants committed serious war crimes and breaches of humanitarian law, which may amount to crimes against humanity.

Violences against Christians in Iraq

L'Ordre Dominicain condamne les exactions commises contre les chrétiens d'Irak et appelle les autorités du pays à prendre toutes les mesures nécessaires pour assurer la sécurité effective de la minorité chrétienne et de ses lieux de culte

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Human Rights Council to protect civilians caught in war

Navi Pillay, the top United Nations human rights official, highlighting the suffering of civilians caught up in armed conflict, has urged the Human Rights Council to protect this vulnerable group

Dominicans launches an appeal to the UN Human Right Council to hold a Special Session on Sri Lanka

Dominicans, together with other International NGOs launches an appeal to the Chair of the UN Human Rights Council to call for a Special Session on the situation of the civilian people in Sri Lanka.

The Dominican Ordre shares the concern of the United Nation about civilians being trapped in the conflict zone in Nord-East du Sri Lanka

The United Nations remains concerned that military operations have continued over the past week in the conflict zone in northern Sri Lanka, where an estimated 50,000 people are trapped by fighting between Government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

The Grave Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including the recent aggression of the occupied Gaza

Dominicans order condems the grave violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including the recent aggression of the occupied Gaza Strip

GAZA: Call for a cease-fire

Faced with the outbreak of violence which ravages the Holy Land, the Dominican Order calls the belligerents to an immediate cease-fire.

The "necessities of war" can in no way justify the considerable sufferings inflicted upon civilian populations. The level of civilian losses, both in human lives and in injuries, places squarely before both parties their obligation to protect and assist non-combatants - in particular, women and children.

UN Human Rights Council adopts a resolution condemning Human Rights violations in East of the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Human Rights Council adopted a resolution in which it condemned the acts of violence, human rights violations and abuses committed in Kivu (east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Dominicans advocate for Iraqi refugees in Washington, D.C.

 Dominican across the United States joined other advocacy groups in Washington, D.C. on April 14-16 to pressue the US congress to address the needs of millions of displaced Iraqis

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Irak - L'Ordre Dominicain condamne l'assassinat de Mgr. Faraj Rahho, Archevêque Chaldéen de Mossoul

L'Ordre Dominicain condamne fermement l'assassinat de Mgr. Faraj Rahho, archevêque Chaldéen de Mossoul (Irak) et appelle au respect des minorités du pays.

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