ERI Active During the 58th Human Rights Council Session
ERI delivered and co-sponsored several statements in the recent session of the UN Human Rights Council. A statement in response to the UN High Commissioner’s report on Myanmar was delivered…
ERI Active During UN 57th Human Rights Council Session
ERI delivered a number of statements during the recently concluded Human Rights Council session. Topics included :-– a joint statement as part of the discussion of the Secretary General analytical…
ERI Active in 56th Human Rights Council Session
ERI was again active during the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council (June 18-July 12). A number of oral statements were delivered and several statements of ERI’s partners…
ERI Participation in 55th UN Human Rights Council Session
ERI delivered several statements during the recent session of the UN Human Rights Council.The statements made include:- – a joint statement with PRATYeK highlighting the issue of housing in India.…
CRC Review of South Africa: Concluding Observations Released
During its 96th Session, the Committee on the Rights of the Child reviewed South Africa. As part of this process, Edmund Rice International and the Student Edmund Rice Volunteers (“SERV”)…
Review of Human Rights in Nigeria
All of the issues raised in ERI’s joint submission (drafted in partnership with Vivat International, the Daughters of Charity and the Dominicans for Justice and Peace) were the subject of…
ERI Active in 54th Session of UN Human Rights Council
ERI delivered or co-sponsored ten statements during the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council.The statements included:-– a statement on homelessness in India read by Sr Dorothy Fernandes during…
ERI Active During 53rd session of UN Human Rights Council
ERI delivered a number of statements and co-sponsored several others during the recently concluded 53rd session of the Human Rights Council. Two statements were delivered in response to the report…
ERI Activity in 50th Session of UN Human Rights Council
ERI delivered six statements during the 50th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. Five of the statements were read by participants in the recent ERI training course in Geneva…
ERI Activity in 49th Session of UN Human Rights Council
The ongoing crisis in the Ukraine caused a re-scheduling of the agenda of the 49th Human Rights Council Session. As a result, at the time of circulating this newsletter, this…