February 7, 2013
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We share the pain of the Institute for the loss of Mother Marinella Castagno
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February 4, 2013
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Meeting of the NGO Platform on Right to Education in preparation of the High Level Panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming
The Platform on the Right to Education is composed of NGOs committed to this Right. On 29th of January, the platform met to prepare a statement for the High Level Panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming which will be held on March 1st, 2013, during the 22nd session of the HRC. This Panel will focus on human rights and the post-2015 development agenda, with a particular focus on the right to education. The NGOs agreed to say that the failure to achieve education for all is in part due to the politics surrounding education in developing countries. Several activities will be...
February 1, 2013
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Preserving the Integrity of the Universal Periodic Review: The Case of Israel’s Non-Cooperation
On January 29, 2013, the State of Israel was scheduled to undergo its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR), but the Israeli Mission to the UN did not present its report to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), or attend the designated session. Other States made statements regarding this unprecedented occurrence. Many shared the concern that by breaking the pattern of cooperation, Israel has opened the door to non-cooperation by others. All States present expressed enormous respect for the UPR, but disagreed about how to respond to the situation in order to preserve the universality and integrity...
January 31, 2013
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IIMA delivers an oral statement on Peace Education during the CSO meeting on the Right to Peace (January 24, 2013)
On 24 January 2013, the Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Coalition on the Right to Peace organized a meeting in preparation for the first session of the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on the Right to Peace to be held from 18-21 February 2013. Established by the Human Rights Council in July 2012 through resolution 20/15, the OEWG has been charged with “progressively negotiating a draft UN declaration on the right to peace on the basis of the draft submitted by the Advisory Committee, and without prejudging relevant past, present and future views and proposals.” The meeting was moderated by Mr. Ricardo Espinosa, Chief, Non-governmental...
December 11, 2012
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10 December 2012, Human Rights Day
On 10 December we celebrated the International Human Rights Day. The date was chosen to remember the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 in Paris. The Declaration was the first universal enunciation of human rights which posed the basis for the development of human rights globally. For further information please visit: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Day2012/Pages/HRD2012.aspx and http://www.cgfmanet.org/_21_.asp?sez=21&sotsez=1&detSotSez=1&doc=679&Lingua=2...
November 27, 2012
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – 25 November
In 1999, the UN General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is an occasion for governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations to raise public awareness on violence against women. This campaign reminds us that violence against women and girls remains a serious problem since it is one of the most widespread human rights abuses in all countries. Therefore, individuals, organizations and institutions across the world are being called on to organize awareness campaigns...
November 27, 2012
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – 25 November
In 1999, the UN General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is an occasion for governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations to raise public awareness on violence against women. This campaign reminds us that violence against women and girls remains a serious problem since it is one of the most widespread human rights abuses in all countries. Therefore, individuals, organizations and institutions across the world are being called on to organize awareness...
November 22, 2012
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International day of the Child
(ANS – Rome) - On the occasion of the World Day for Prayer and Action for Children around the world the Rector Major invites every Salesian community in the world to strengthen its commitment to promoting and safeguarding the right of every child in the world to be registered at birth. My dear brothers and sisters, Salesians, Salesian Sisters, members of the Salesian Family, young people involved in volunteer movements. On 20 November Universal Childrens Day will be celebrated, commemorating the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Since 2009, the 20th of November has...
November 20, 2012
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International Children’s Day
Today, 20 November, we celebrate worldwide the International Children's Day , the anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Adolescent (CRC), 1989. ...
November 15, 2012
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“Offering our lives to promote life” – XXV Anniversary of VIDES International
Young people gathering from all over the world under the flags of 34 countries, the sharing of concrete experiences in the field, and the joy to be together to discover again and re-read through today reality the mission of VIDES. These were the ingredients for the success of the X International Conference of VIDES (International Volunteerism Organization for Women, Education and Development) under the title “Recall, Rejoice, Renew”, which took place from November 1st to 4th, in Trevi (Italy). Almost 200 hundreds VIDES volunteers and Salesian Sisters met to share their work on the ground, as well as to renew...