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61st Regular Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (14 March - 22 April 2005)

Violation to economic, social and cultural rights in Vieques, Puerto Rico

Submitted by on 21 April 2005

Dominicans for Justice and Peace, Dominican Leadership Conference and Pax Christi International, in conjunction with Franciscans International, is concerned about the violation of the economic, social and cultural rights of people in situations wh...

Human rights and death penalty

Submitted by on 18 April 2005

Dominicans for Justice and Peace, Dominican Leadership Conference, Pax Christi International, Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches, International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition ...

Follow-up on the situation of the toxic waste in former US Military Bases in the Philippines

Submitted by on 16 April 2005

Dominicans for Justice and Peace present this follow-up statement in conjunction with the Alliance for Bases Clean-Up (ABC) International, an organization of Victims of Toxic Waste in the former U.S. Military Facilities of Clark Air Force Base and Subic Na...

Human trafficking and the human rights of migrants

Submitted by on 12 April 2005

UN Commission on Human Rights 61st session: 14 March – 22 April 2005 Agenda item 14: Specific groups and individuals - Human Rights of Migrants & Contemporary Forms of Slavery Franciscans International, Dominicans for Justice and Peace, the Dominican ...

Blasphemy legislation and the situation of religious freedom in Pakistan

Submitted by on 1 April 2005

Dominicans for Justice and Peace, Dominican Leadership Conference, Franciscans International and Pax Christi International in conjunction with the World Council of Churches strongly consider that religious intolerance and discrimination on the basis of rel...

Security concerns, the re-establishment of the rule of law and respect of minorities in Iraq

Submitted by on 30 March 2005

Insecurity Two years after the armed intervention by the coalition forces, the Iraqi people remain the victims of extreme violence. The violence affects all sectors of the population but more particularly the civil population especially the...

Security concerns, the re-establishment of the rule of law and respect of minorities in Iraq (in French)

Submitted by on 30 March 2005

Insécurité Deux ans après l’intervention armée des forces de la coalition, l’Irak reste la proie de violences extrêmes. Ces violences n’épargnent aucun secteur de la population mais touchent...

Conceptual clarifications on the right to development and the link with other human rights

Submitted by on 22 March 2005

After attending the Right to Development Task Force and 6th Session of the Working Group, Franciscans International and the Dominicans for Justice and Peace support the shift towards implementation and operationalization, and also to highlight cru...

The situation of human rights in Papua, Indonesia

Submitted by on 21 February 2005

Introduction Franciscans International, a non-governmental organization in General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), together with other NGOs in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC, including Catholic Institute f...

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