Promoting Human Rights in Timor Leste
The freedom to gather and speak openly about human rights was not possible for the people of Railaco Kraic under the Indonesian occupation of Timor Leste which only ended a…
Some Reflections on the ERI Training Program
“Our sessions included and covered an overview of the UN Human Rights System, Spirituality of Justice, Treaty Body systems, Legal statuses of various UN conventions, how NGO’s can engage with…
Students Raising Awareness About Modern Day Slavery
An estimated 27 million people are presently enslaved around the globe as a result of trafficking, debt bondage, illegal contract labour and prostitution – more than the total figure of…
Advocacy and Human Rights training in the Philippines
ERI Team member Peter Harney visited the Philippines in February to conduct two training workshops, one in Maasin and the other in Kabankalan. The latter was held at the San…
High Commissioner Reflects on Human Rights Progress
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré At the commencement of the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council on 25th February, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, acknowledged the…
Balancing Free Speech and Incitement of Hatred
Following a two-year process and a series of workshops around the world on how better to implement Article 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the…
Climate Change – the Biggest Human Rights Challenge of Our Time
“Climate change is the biggest human rights challenge of our time” says former Irish president and UN Human Rights High Commissioner Mary Robinson following the conclusion of the recent UN…
Where? Small Places Close to Home!
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the…
A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
When I first heard of Edmund Rice, as an excited young recruit into Eddie Rice camps in Perth, I had no idea that my involvement with the Network would incite…
Threats to Religious Freedom Highlighted in Report of Special Rapporteur
“In some States, converts may face criminal prosecution, at times even including the death penalty, for offences such as ‘apostasy,’ ‘heresy,’ ‘blasphemy’ or ‘insult’ in respect of a religion or…