On 22 June 2022, the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change, Environment and Human Rights (GIF) organised, with the support of the Geneva Climate Change Consultation Group (GeCCco), a side event at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland
We are very happy to announce the creation of a new structure dedicated to justice and peace in the Solomon Islands! After months of hard work with the Dominican friars and sisters in the Solomon Islands and an excellent collaboration with the Dominicans in Australia and
As part of our follow-up training in 2021 for Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines, the Dominican network was sent to the seaside town of San Narciso in Zambales for data-gathering on the issue of black-sand mining and the jetty port operations impacting the livelihood of the
Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers) is a faith-based non-profit and non-governmental organisation representing the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) at the United Nations (UN). The Dominican Order is composed of men and women from more than 120 countries involved in many areas of activity, including education, health, advocacy for victims of human rights violations and support for people in precarious living conditions.
Dominicans for Justice and Peace was created in 1998 by the International Dominican Commission for Justice and Peace and was endorsed by the General Council of the Order of Preachers as a permanent presence of the Order at the United Nations. Dominicans for Justice and Peace is an NGO dedicated to the promotion of justice and peace in the world through the promotion and protection of the integrity of Creation and of human rights for all, as an integral element of the Order’s mission to seek truth and to bring Good News.
Deepening our collaboration with parners in different countries around the world
Promoting environmental justice, denouncing abuses committed by businesses
Building capacity of Dominican networks working on justice and peace and of human rights defenders
Developing global reflections on justice and peace within Dominican academic institutions
