Edmund Rice International

On the evening of the 19th of April 2014, the Pax Romana conference on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) commenced. It was a five day conference aimed at creating awareness on the current situation in Kenya on five thematic areas: Education, Health, Water and Sanitation, Food security and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The goal was […]

Earth Hour has grown to be the world’s largest mass participation event involving more than 7,000 cities, 7 continents and millions of people. Earth Hour’s mission is three-fold. To bring people together through a symbolic hour-long event. To galvanise people into taking action beyond the hour. And to create an interconnected global community sharing the […]

 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 resolutions and thematic resolutions. The UNHRC approved an international investigation into the alleged serious human rights violations and war crimes committed during the final stages […]