Climate Change Conferences
The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 17 / CMP 7, 28 November – 9 will take place in Durban, South Africa in December 2011 (This article appeared in the…
New Appointment to ERI Team
It has recently been announced that Peter Harney, currently the Deputy Province Leader of the Christian Brothers’ Oceania Province and a member of the ERI Board, has been appointed as…
Papua New Guinea Accepts Further UPR Recommendations
Immediately after its UPR session in May, the government of Papua New Guinea indicated its acceptance of seventy five of the one hundred and forty six recommendations put to it…
Br Denis Reflects On His Time With ERI
As reported in a recent newsletter Br Denis Claivaz has been appointed to the Congregational Leadership Team of the Presentation Brothers and will finish in Geneva and move to Toronto…
UN Reports Major Progress Towards Millennium Development Goals But The Most Vulnerable Are Left Behind
“Already the MDGs have helped lift millions of people out of poverty, save countless children’s lives and ensure that they attend school” said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the…
Call for Ratification of ILO Convention on Domestic Workers
“After adoption, ratification!” was the call of over 70 NGOs and labour groups from 5 continents, including domestic workers themselves, at a conference hosted by the International Catholic Centre of…
ERI Lobbying on Saint Lucia Proves Fruitful
Br Barry Noel pictured with the Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia to the UN in New York, Dr. Donatus (Keith) St. Aimee. The Universal Periodic Review of Saint Lucia took…
ERI Puts the Hard Questions to Australia
The day following Australia Day (Jan 26th), Australia faced the Human Rights Council in Geneva on its record on human rights, as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This…
Group of Children Makes a Submission as part of UPR
Children from Lebanon, through an initiative of the non-governmental organisation World Vision, came together in order to write and submit a submission to the Human Rights Council as part of…
“Criticism is Not a Crime” – High Commissioner for Human Rights
Speaking at a Human Rights Day Event (10th December) in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called on Governments “to acknowledge that criticism is not a…