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Article 9: Human Rights Violations in Any Part of the World

Submitted by on 22 March 1999
Mexico There is ample evidence to demonstrate that the situation of human rights in Mexico is constantly worsening. This has been confirmed in reports of various UN human rights bodies and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and...

Item 11: Civil and Political Rights

Submitted by on 22 March 1999
Franciscans International and Dominicans are concerned about the issue of issue of religious intolerance and discrimination on the basis of religion. We welcome the report of the Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance Mr. Abdelfattah Amor (Tunisia) [E...

Item number 13. The Rights of the Child.

Submitted by on 22 March 1999
Franciscans International in collaboration with the Dominicans and the Lutheran World Federation would like to draw the attention of the Commission to the connection between economic policies of international financial institutions and the full ...

Item 4: Question of the realization of Economic, social and cultural rights

Submitted by on 3 August 1998
Franciscans International and the Dominicans wish to express their grave concern about the Government of Brazil’s non-compliance with international human rights treaties that it has already ratified, especially the International Covenant on Civil and P...

Item 8: Prevention of Discrimination against and the protection of Minorities

Submitted by on 3 August 1998
Franciscans International and Dominicans wish to bring to the attention of the Sub-Commission the situation of persons belonging to a religious minority in Pakistan. Since 1997 we have made statements at the Commission and Sub-Commission meetings requestin...

Item 9: The Administration of Justice and Human Rights.

Submitted by on 3 August 1998
Over the past two years Franciscans International and the Dominicans have spoken numerous times at the Sub-Commission and Commission meetings about the miscarriage of justice in Colombia. We welcome recent developments as positive signs of hope. First, ...

Item 11: Situation regarding the promotion, full realization and protection of the rights of children and youth.

Submitted by on 3 August 1998
Mr. Chairman, Franciscans International and the Dominicans in conjunction with the International Catholic Migration Commission would like to address the situation of the full realization and protection of children’s rights. Many of our members are work...

Item 12c (iii): International peace and security as an essential condition for the enjoyment of human rights, above all the righ

Submitted by on 3 August 1998
Franciscans International and the Dominicans welcome the pioneering role of the Sub-Commission on the question of land mines. By adopting resolutions 1995/24, 1996/15 and 1997/33 urging for a total ban on production, stockpiling, transfer and...

Items 16 & 18 : Rights pertaining to religious minorities / Elimination of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or b

Submitted by on 16 March 1998
Mr. Chairman, we wish you peace and all goodness. As members of religious communities, with a combined membership of over 800,000 members in more than 120 countries, Franciscans International in collaboration with the Dominicans is concerned about the deni...

Item 19: Human Rights Defenders: Colombia, Mexico

Submitted by on 16 March 1998
Mr. Chairman. Franciscans International in collaboration with Dominicans declares its strong support for the Draft Declaration on the rights of human rights defenders. In view of the importance and the precarious and dangerous nature of their wo...

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