Vatican Calls for Climate Change Commitment
From commencement of his Pontificate, Pope Francis stressed protection of the environment as against man’s greedy exploitation of it to the detriment of others. At the UN Climate Summit, Cardinal…
Understanding the UN – the International Labour Organisation
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) was founded in 1919, to pursue a vision based on the premise that universal, lasting peace can be established only if it is based on…
High Commissioner Calls for Renewed Dedication to Inalienable Human Rights
In his opening address to the 28th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, called upon representatives to…
Holy See Urges Greater Accessiblity and Affordability for Medicines and Diagnostic Testing
In a statement to the Social Forum of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, Archbishop Tomasi urged a…
Indian Students Rally For Children’s Rights
Five thousand children from various sections of Delhi joined representatives of 27 states and union territories who had gathered in the national capital for the culmination of the Global Action…
The Odd Couple – Business and Human Rights
In the first week of December 2014, the United Nations in Geneva hosted the third Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights. This is designed to showcase and review how…
Advocating for the Rights of Migrants
ERI recently joined more that 30 other NGOs in signing an Open letter to the European Commission,the European Parliament and EU Member States urging the inclusion of migrants and migration-related…
Bolivia Accepts Recommendations to Address Violations of Rights of Children
The issues of violence against children in the home, school and workplace; child labour and the right to education, featured prominently in the recently concluded UPR of Bolivia. A total…
Drumming Out Poverty
Oct 17th was the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Students and members of the Edmund Rice network around the globe responded to the invitation published in the October…
Australian Edmund Rice Schools Unite to Protest Asylum Policy that Detains Children
Students from thirty Edmund Rice schools around Australia recently took part in a protest against the detention of hundreds of children as part of Australia’s harsh asylum seeker policy. The…