Oct 21, 2021 | Derechos humanos, Human Rights, News
Six years after the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, it’s critical to assess progress while ramping up pledges and laying out a clear plan of action for achieving climate action goals in the short, medium, and long term.
Oct 18, 2021 | Derechos humanos, Human Rights, News
During this pandemic, advocacy work was challenging. Franciscan International has the difficulty of bringing partners from outside Europe. On that note, they maximized the opportunity that Br. Angel Cortez, OFM was there with them.
Oct 15, 2021 | Derechos humanos, Human Rights, News
The OFM – JPIC Office represented by Br. Angelito A. Cortez, OFM, went to Geneva, Switzerland last October 3 to 9, 2021, to visit Franciscan International for future collaboration and prepare for the preparation of Franciscan Participation in COP 26.
Jul 30, 2021 | Climate Action, Derechos humanos, Human Rights, Justicia climática, Migración, Migration, News
It recounts the engagements of FI’s team and of sisters and brothers on the ground who, throughout the pandemic, still found ways to stand up against injustices and to bring these to the attention of decision-makers
Mar 15, 2021 | Derechos humanos, Human Rights, News, Paz, Peace
Our Franciscans in Myanmar have witnessed firsthand the brutality of the security forces and the insecurity this has created.
Feb 18, 2021 | Derechos humanos, Human Rights, News, Paz, Peace
The JPIC Commission of the Korean OFM Province and 17 civil society organizations were running a campaign to stop the coup in Myanmar.
Jan 13, 2021 | Derechos humanos, Human Rights, Migración, Migration, News
The International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking 2021 brings into the spotlight one of the main causes of human trafficking: the dominant economic model of our time, whose limits and contradictions are exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nov 27, 2020 | Derechos humanos, Human Rights, Migración, Migration, News
This publication aims at deconstructing predominant myths about migration and human mobility more generally, from a human rights perspective.
Jul 10, 2020 | Derechos humanos, Human Rights, News, Paz, Peace
It is with great joy that I present our annual report for 2019. In it you will find an overview of the work done by the many Franciscans who have come to the United Nations
Jun 14, 2020 | Derechos humanos, Human Rights, News, Paz, Peace
While our country continues to agonize because of the pandemic, we are terrified to know that our lawmakers have turned their attention more to the anti-terror bill (House Bill 6875) certified urgent and priority bill by our President Rodrigo Duterte on June 1, 2020, to amend the Republic Act 9372 (Human Security Act of 2007).