Human Rights Council Concludes 25th Session
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) concluded its twenty-fifth session on the 28th March. The Council adopted 42 resolutions on a wide range of issues, including several country specific…
Human Rights Defenders Under Threat
A major issue of concern raised at the recent meeting of NGOs the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay was the growing threat of reprisals against human rights defenders…
Interns – a Farewell and a Welcome
This month sees us say farewell to Drew Gibbons and a welcome to Madelaine Curnow and Ben Taylor (pictured at left). Ben, a former student of St Josephs, Gregory Terrace…
Welcome to our Latest Intern
My name is Drew Gibbons and I’m studying a Bachelor of International Relations majoring in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland in Australia. Currently I am undergoing…
A Step Forward for Children’s Rights – UN Committee Now Able to Receive Complaints About Rights Violations
Children whose rights have been violated will soon be able to complain directly to Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) after Costa Rica became the 10th country to…
Ending Violence Against Women
Up to 70 per cent of women experience violence in their lifetime. Between 500,000 to 2 million people are trafficked annually into situations including prostitution, forced labour, slavery or servitude,…
Seeing Another Way of Making a Difference
On the 17th October, we started our journey to Geneva, Switzerland, to visit the United Nations. We stayed with the Christian Brothers community in Gaillard – just outside of Geneva.…
Human Rights Committee Determines 46 Refugees Should be Released
The Human Rights Committee (HRC) has concluded that 46 recognised refugees facing indefinite detention in Australia due to adverse security assessments should be released and offered compensation and rehabilitation. The…
Edmund Rice International Welcomes Nine is Mine to New York
Edmund Rice International welcomed Nine is Mine to New York from September 18- September 27, 2013. Eleven students and nine chaperones composed the delegation under the direction of Br. Steve…
Alternatives to Immigration Detention Needed
As issues of asylum seekers and migration increasingly become a global concern an international panel has agreed that detention of children is not justified and that alternatives must be sought.…