Official Statements and Events

Since its foundation in 1998, Dominicans for Justice and Peace has intervened in meetings at the United Nations and other international organizations. Below is a list of meetings in reverse chronological order in which the organization presented or co-signed official statements in either written or oral form.

2022

49TH Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (28 February – 1 April, 2022)

Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Fr. José Ricardo Villalta OP
Interactive Dialogue: Cultural Rights
New Special Rapporteur On The Promotion And Protection Of Human Rights In The Context Of Climate Change
Appeal for Peace in Ukraine

2021

48th regular session of the Human Rights Council (13 September to 1 October 2021)

The Rule of Law in Guatemala
The creation of a new Special Procedures' mandate on Climate Change and Human Rights
The Human Rights and Humanitarian situation in Myanmar
Human rights in the mining sector in the DRC
The Impacts of logging activities on human rights in Solomon Islands
Establishment of a Special Rapporteur Mandate on Human Rights and Climate Change & Global Recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment

47th regular session of the Human Rights Council (21 June to 13 July 2021)

Adoption of UPR Report for Australia
Summary executions in the Philippines.
Right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association - Mexico.
Independence of judges and lawyers in Guatemala.
“Conditions of migrants on the Balkan route: humanitarian crises and violent push backs”
“Pushbacks” and their impact to the human rights of migrants: USA-Mexico-Guatemala
Interactive Dialogue on the Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Colombia
new UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change

30th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Vienna, 17-21 May 2021 )

Webinar: New approaches to Juvenile Justice in the African Context
Juvenile Justice in Ivory Coast. Advocacy paper.

Urgent Action

Israel-Gaza Conflict
Statement on the recent protests in Colombia

38th session Universal Periodic Review. (03-14 may)

Key concerns related to the impact of logging activities on human rights in Solomon Islands. Br. Lent.
Advocacy Paper. The impact of logging activities on human rights in Solomon Islands.

46th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (22 feb - 23 march)

Impunity for human rights violations in the Philippines remains
The case of Bernardo Caal, indigenous leader in Guatemala.
Establishment of a Special Rapporteur Mandate on Human Rights and Climate Change
Oral Statement: to establish a new UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change

14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Kyoto, 7-12 March 2021)

Wholesome Approaches to Juvenile Justice

2020

45th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (14 Sept - 6 October)

Global Call for the UN to Recognize the Right to a Healthy Environment
RD Congo – Revised mining code, new national governance and COVID-19: What impacts on the human rights of local communities?
DR Congo –Revised Mining Code, local governance, and COVID-19 - Webinair
UPR Outcome of Kenya
Our collective responsibility to act now to protect human rights from the impacts of the intersecting environmental, climate and Covid-19 crises
Governance of the mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Establishment of a special procedures mandate on Human Rights and Climate Change

67th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (19 - 23 Oct 2020)

Exam of Guatemala

65th session of the Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) - Vienna

Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls on the 25th anniversary of the Conference of Women in Beijing

COVID-19 Crisis

2021 UN Treaty Bodies reviews in the COVID19 context
Guaranteeing the right to participation of civil society in the meetings established on the occasion of COVID-19: contributions from the Latin American perspective (in Spanish)
Guaranteeing the right to participation of civil society in the meetings established on the occasion of COVID-19: contributions from the Latin American perspective
Faith-Based Organisations on World Refugee Day 2020 - In the context of the Covid-19 (in Spanish)
Faith-Based Organisations on World Refugee Day 2020 - In the context of the Covid-19 (in French)
Faith-Based Organisations on World Refugee Day 2020 - In the context of the Covid-19
Civil society contribution to the draft HRC President's Statement in the context of the Covid-19
Joint statement on the UN COVID-19 response

44th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (15 June - 03 July 2020)

Gender-based violence in South Africa
Covid-19, climate change and human rights

Preparation of the 5th Session of the UN Environmental Assembly in 2021

Input to the UNEA-5 Ministerial Declaration

43rd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (24 February - 20 March 2020)

The impact of mining on economic, social and cultural rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in French)
Civil society organisations in favour of extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
The human rights situation and the need to extend the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
The administration of juvenile justice in Ivory Coast (in French)
Establishment of the mandate of a Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change
Dominican contribution to the report on good practices of the UN Special Rapporteur on environment
The human rights situation in Brazil (in English and Spanish)

United Nations Human Rights System

Letter in defense of the UN Human Rights System

2019

42nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (09 - 27 September 2019)

Mining sector, the participation of women in political life and the massive internal displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in French)
The juvenile justice system in Ivory Coast (in French)
The criminal justice system and detention conditions in Ivory Coast (in French)

41st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (24 June - 12 July 2019)

Rule of Law, the 2018 Mining Code and internal displacement issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in French)
Women’s rights and climate change
Human rights policy strategy and statelessness in the Dominican Republic

40th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (24 February - 12 March 2019)

Enhancing multilateralism
The situation of human rights defenders in Mexico
Rule of law and implementation of the Mining Code in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2018

39th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (10 - 28 September 2018)

The rule of law and the respect to human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in French)

38th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (18 June - 06 July 2018)

A renewed commitment to a multilateral approach to Business and Human Rights
Migration, gender equality and climate change
Detention and deportation: violation of the right to protection in Mexico (in Spanish)

37th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (26 February - 23 March 2018)

Colombo International Financial City, formerly known as Colombo Port City (Sri Lanka)
Transitional justice, human rights defenders and internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka
Right to Food in context of natural disasters
Human Rights mainstreaming

2017

36th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (11 - 29 September 2017)

The impact of climate change on human rights
The situation of human rights in Colombia (in Spanish)
Implementation of fundamental principles on the right to development

35th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (06 - 23 June 2017)

Conflicts and human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (in French)
Compliance with the Universal Periodic Review recommendations
Unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights
The activities of corporations and human rights in Mexico
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and human rights
Implementation of the Peace Agreement in the Pacifico Nariñense of Colombia (in English)
Implementation of the Peace Agreement in the Pacifico Nariñense of Colombia (in Spanish)

34th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 February - 24 March 2017)

The need for an independent and victim-based approach to the transitional justice process in Sri Lanka
The protection of indigenous peoples and of a gender-based approach on the Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights (in Spanish)
Transitional justice in Sri Lanka
Maternal mortality and morbidity in the world

2016

33rd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (13 - 30 September 2016)

Right to Development at 30: time to act!

32nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (13 June - 01 July 2016)

Implementation of UPR recommendations at the national level
Barriers to the implementation of the right to development

31st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (29 February - 24 March 2016)

The security crisis in Burundi (in French)
Human rights violations against minorities in Iraq
Inclusive growth and Sustainable Development

2015

28th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (02 - 27 March 2015)

The relevance of social protection floors
The human rights situation in Iraq in the light of abuses committed by the so-called Islamic State, the Levant and associated groups

2014

European Commission (24 November 2014)

EU Member States must include migrants and migration-related targets in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals agenda

20th Special Session on the Human Rights Situation in the Central African Republic (20 January 2014)

Human rights situation in the Central African Republic: conflicts and transitional justice (in French)

2013

22nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25 February - 22 March 2013)

Follow up on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka
Pediatric HIV prevention and treatment and social determinants of health
The situation of children’s rights, women’s rights and education in Pakistan

2012

13th Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development (7 - 11 May 2012)

Criteria and sub-criteria for the implementation of the right to development

21st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (10 - 28 September 2012)

Declaration on International Solidarity at the United Nations

20th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (18 June - 06 July 2012)

For a fair treatment of faith-based organizations fighting HIV-AIDS

8th Session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (20 - 24 February 2012)

Right to peace: an emerging concept

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (20 - 22 June 2012)

Dominican contribution to the Rio+20 process

2011

16th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (28 February - 25 March 2011)

The right to education of children living and/or working on the street
Freedom of religion is a fundamental path to peace

17th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (30 May - 17 June 2011)

The right to education: follow-up on the Human Rights Council Resolution 8/4 (in French)
Social protection floors to fight extreme poverty
New developments of the human right to peace at the United Nations
Equality of opportunities in education and the need of a rights-based approach (in French)

15th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (13 September - 01 October 2010)

International solidarity and the right to peace
Extreme poverty: a new path to the adoption of Draft Guiding Principles

2010

13th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (01 - 26 March 2010)

Draft Guiding Principles on Human Rights and Extreme Poverty
Extreme poverty: Dominicans call the United Nations to action
Fighting for freedom of religion or belief of minorities in Pakistan
Placing the human person in the heart of Haiti’s reconstruction (in French)
Access to medicine for children living with HIV and HIV/TB co-infection
Education and training on human rights (in French)

13th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Support to the Recovery Process in Haiti (27 January 2010)

Humanitarian response to Haiti after the earthquake

2009

12th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (14 September - 02 October 2009)

Communal violence affecting religious minorities, India and Pakistan
Blasphemy laws and human rights of religious minorities in Pakistan

11th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka (26 May 2009)

The human rights and humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka and steps forward

10th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (02 - 27 March 2009)

The situation of the human rights of children
Thematic procedure on the field of cultural rights: an independent expert’s mandate (in French)

10th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the impact of the global economic and financial crises on human rights (20 February 2009)

The impact of the global economic and financial crisis on the effective and universal implementation of human rights (en français)

9th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the grave violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (09 January 2009)

The growing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip

2008

8th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (02 - 18 June 2008)

Human Rights in West Papua

7th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council on the worsening of the world food (22 May 2008)

The human right to adequate food in the face of the food crisis (in French)

7th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (03 - 28 March 2008)

The eradication of extreme poverty as an indispensable condition to the enjoyment of the human right to peace (in Spanish)
Better protection for children exploited at work and children in conflict with the law
Humanitarian and human rights concerns in the post-election context in Kenya

2006

2nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (18 September - 29 November 2006)

Criteria for a successful outcome of the review of Special Procedures

1st Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (18 - 30 June 2006)

Joint statement on the occasion of the UN International Day in support of victims of torture
A new era in the promotion and protection of human rights?
A new era in the promotion and protection of human rights? (in French)
Press Release – Christian International Organizations welcome the new Human Rights Council (in French)
A new era in the promotion and protection of human rights? (in Spanish)
Joint statement on the mandate and work of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

62nd Regular Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (16 January 2006)

Effective functioning of human rights mechanisms: adaptation and strengthening of the UN machinery for Human Rights
The right to education in Pakistan
The situation of human rights in Papua, Indonesia
Migration, human rights and development (in French)
Human rights situation in Papua, Indonesia (in Spanish)
Effective functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms: adaptation and strengthening of the UN machinery for Human Rights (in French)

2005

57th Regular Session of the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights (25 July - 12 August 2005)

Toxic waste and the right to a healthy environment in Vieques (Puerto Rico) and in the Philippines
Religious-based discrimination in Pakistan
Human rights concerns regarding death penalty: the exemple of the United States of America
The situation of systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Iraq

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
Human rights and death penalty
Follow-up on the situation of the toxic waste in former US Military Bases in the Philippines
Human trafficking and the human rights of migrants
Blasphemy legislation and the situation of religious freedom in Pakistan
Security concerns, the re-establishment of the rule of law and respect of minorities in Iraq
Security concerns, the re-establishment of the rule of law and respect of minorities in Iraq (in French)
Conceptual clarifications on the right to development and the link with other human rights
The situation of human rights in Papua, Indonesia
The situation of human rights in Papua, Indonesia (in French)
The situation of human rights in Papua, Indonesia (in Spanish)
The impact of toxic waste in Vieques, Puerto Rico
The impact of toxic waste in Vieques, Puerto Rico (in Spanish)
Considerations on the different existing forms of religious or belief-based discrimination
The importance of standing Invitations to human rights mechanisms

2004

56th Regular Session of the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights (26 July - 13 August 2004)

Reinforcing the fight against contemporary forms of slavery and human trafficking
Extreme poverty in the context of economic growth
Violation of human rights, humanitarian law and fundamental freedoms in Iraq
Violation of human rights, humanitarian law and fundamental freedoms in Iraq (in French)

60th Regular Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (15 March - 23 April 2004)

A call for the abolition of death penalty
The impact of toxic waste left by military forces on human rights in Vieques, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
The situation of the Christian minority in Pakistan
The situation of human rights in Occupied Iraq

2003

55th Regular Session of the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights (28 July - 15 August 2003)

Prevention of discrimination and protection of religious minorities in Pakistan
The administration of Justice in Bolivia: the unfair trial of Mr. Guillermo Roelants
The impacts of bombing on human rights and environment in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Towards universal criminalization of human trafficking
Children's human rights violations in Iraq
Discrimination on the use of death penalty: the urgency for abolition

World Social Forum (23 - 28 January 2003)

A briefing of the Dominican participation in the III Mondial Social Forum (en français)
The impact of war and economic sanctions on the human rights situation in Iraq

59th Regular Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (17 March - 25 April 2003)

Religious intolerance in Pakistan
The impact of war and the use of depleted uranium on the human rights of children in Iraq (in French)
The impact of war and the use of depleted uranium on the human rights of children in Iraq
The human rights situation in Vieques, Puerto Rico, after 60 years under United States bombardment (in French)
The situation of human rights in West Papua, Indonesia
The human rights situation in Vieques, Puerto Rico, after 60 years under United States bombardment

2002

54th Regular Session of the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights (July - August 2002)

Towards the abolition of the death penalty in the world (in French)
The impact of the war in Iraq on the human rights of children (in French)
Massacre of Christians and religious discrimination in Pakistan (in French)
The situation of human rights in Vieques, Puerto Rico (in French)
Human rights violations of asylum seekers and applicants for refugee status in Australia
The situation of human rights in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Towards the abolition of the death penalty in the world
Massacre of Christians and religious discrimination in Pakistan
The urgent need for universal criminalisation of human trafficking
The impact of the war in Iraq on the human rights of children

58th Regular Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (18 March - 26 April 2002)

The human rights situation of women and children in Togo (in French)
The situation of religious freedom in Pakistan
Human rights violations in Papua and Mexico
The urging call for a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine in the Holy Land
Evolving and implementing the human right to development

2001

53rd Regular Session of the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights (30 July - 17 August 2001)

Human rights situation in Mexico, Pakistan and Colombia

57th Regular Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (19 March - 27 April 2001)

The harmful impact of international sanctions on children's human rights
The human rights situation in Pakistan
The human rights situation in Pakistan (in French)

2000

52nd Regular Session of the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights

Contribution of faith-based organizations to the realization of economic, social and cultural rights
Threats to the human rights of indigenous peoples: the example of Mexico
Violations to freedom of religion and belief in Pakistan
Children's rights in Iraq in the face of international sanctions

56th Regular Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (20 March - 28 April 2000)

Contributions of faith-based organizations to the right to development
Discrimination of religious minorities in Pakistan
The urgent need to lift international sanctions to preserve children's rights in Iraq
Migration and human rights in Europe
Brazil's necessary adherence and compliance to human rights mechanisms
"Are the children well?": the human rights situation of children in Iraq
"Are the children well?": the human rights situation of children in Iraq (in French)
"Are the children well?": the human rights situation of children in Iraq (in Spanish)

1999

51st Regular Session of the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights (03 - 28 August 1999)

Torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Mexico
The situation of religious minorities in Pakistan and India

55th Regular Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (22 March - 30 April 1999)

The situation of internally displaced persons in Colombia
The situation of internally displaced persons in Colombia (in French)
The situation of internally displaced persons in Colombia (in Spanish)
The functioning of the Mexican National Commission of Human Rights
Paramilitarism and human rights in Colombia
The functioning of the Mexican National Commission of Human Rights (in French)
Human rights violations in Mexico, Pakistan and Colombia
The functioning of the Mexican National Commission of Human Rights (in Spanish)
Religious intolerance in Pakistan and India
Economic policies of international financial institutions and children's rights
The situation of internally displaced persons in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines
The situation of indigenous peoples in Mexico
The human rights situation in Mexico
The human rights situation in Mexico (in French)
The human rights situation in Mexico (in Spanish)
The Christian minority in Pakistan
The Christian minority in Pakistan (in French)
The Christian minority in Pakistan (in Spanish)

1998

50th Regular Session of the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights

Brazil’s non-compliance with international human rights treaties
Protection of religious minorities in Pakistan
The mismanagement of justice in Colombia
International debt as an obstacle to the realization of children's rights
the vital importance of ratifying and implementing the Ottawa Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel landmines
Brazilian Government has not complied with International Treaties on Human Rights
Brazilian Government has not complied with International Treaties on Human Rights (in French)
Brazilian Government has not complied with International Treaties on Human Rights (in Spanish)
The human rights situation in Mexico, Brazil and Pakistan
Human rights of indigenous peoples in Mexico

54th Regular Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (16 March - 24 April 1998)

The growing militarization problem in Mexico
The destruction of the Christian villages and religious discrimination in Pakistan
Torture, lack of rehabilitation of detainees and other issues related to the administration of justice in Mexico
The reconciliation process in Rwanda
Torture, lack of rehabilitation of detainees and other issues related to the administration of justice in Mexico (in Spanish)
Human rights, mass exoduses and displaced persons in Burundi, Brazil and Colombia
The grave human rights situation in Mexico, Colombia, Burundi and Rwanda
Freedom of religion and belief in Pakistan
The situation of human rights defenders in Mexico and Colombia
Child labour situation in the world and more particularly in India and Pakistan
In support of the creation of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples
In support of the creation of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples (in Spanish)
The deterioration of the human rights situation in the Great Lakes, especially in Burundi and Rwanda
The deterioration of the human rights situation in the Great Lakes, especially in Burundi and Rwanda (in French)
The deterioration of the human rights situation in the Great Lakes, especially in Burundi and Rwanda (in Spanish)
Brief on the campaign for the rights of landless people in Brazil
Violence by paramilitary groups in Colombia