A Rights-based Approach to Advocacy in Oceania
Human Rights are inscribed in the heart of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their proclamation. (Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) Through an invitation…
ERI Seeks Action Following UPR of the United Kingdom
In a statement to the Human Rights Council on the occasion of the adoption of the UPR Report for the United Kingdom, ERI again raised the plight of asylum seekers…
Past Students Form Advocacy Group in Tanzania
Around sixty former students of Edmund Rice Secondary School Sinon in Arusha, Tanzania, who are currently studying in various universities and educational institutions, responded to an invitation to gather at…
The Wretched of the Earth
Aidan Donaldson is Chaplain at St Mary’s Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Belfast. He also plays a key leadership role in the Edmund Rice Network particularly in ‘Project Zambia’ part of…
An ERI Internship in Geneva
When I arrived in Geneva to start my work as an ERI intern I did not know what to expect. Would I be getting coffee for four weeks, or perhaps…
The Best Interest of the Child – Australia’s Challenge
Afghan refugee children Photo UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe The Committee on the Rights on the Child held its 60th session in Geneva May 20 – June 15. The Australia Government reported…
Finding Voice in the Corridors of Power
Photo shows an Afghan family in a UN refugee camp. UN Photo/Luke Powell On June 4th & 5th the 60th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child…
Edmund Rice Society Pioneers Earth Hour Campaign in Zimbabwe.
Preparations to mark the Earth Hour in Zimbabwe started with a workshop at St Patrick’s, CBC Bulawayo. Thirty representatives from different stakeholder groups including local government, churches, schools, environment agencies,…
Indian Children Press for Children’s Rights in Geneva
Anne-Tamara Lorre from the Canadian Permanent Mission with members of the children’s delegation from India. Also pictured are (at back l-r) Br Steve Rocha, Aditya Garg and Vijay Kumar. In…
Global Campaign Launched to End Children in Immigration Detention
To listen to a series of sad-eyed social scientists list the cruel and degrading treatment of children held in detention centres is a harrowing way to spend two hours in…