Human Rights and Advocacy Training in Ghana
While most of our governments are being criticised for their inconsistencies in promoting and encouraging human rights and eco-justice in our respective states, I’m certainly convinced that you and I…
Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014 – 2024)
In June, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously declared the decade 2014‑2024 as the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL). The initiative, seeks to make universal access to renewable…
Inaugural UN Environment Assembly Calls for Decisive Action on a Range of Issues
“The air we breathe, the water we drink and the soil that grows our food are part of a delicate ecosystem that is increasingly under pressure,” said UN Secretary General…
How Does Climate Change Affect Human Rights?
On Thursday 19 June, a side event to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on “Climate Change and Human Rights – an Ethics perspective”, was organized by the…
ERI Team Ongoing Professional Development
I joined a group human rights defenders (advocates) from 19 different developing countries who gathered on Sunday afternoon June 8th, (2014) to learn how to better leverage the Human Rights…
Irish Ambassador to United Nations at Iona College
H.E. Mr. David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, was a guest at Iona College in April as part of the celebration of Columba Day at Iona.…
The Birth of a New Global Edmund Movement
Despite travel cautionary warnings 27 Edmund Rice Education leaders from North America, Latin America, India, Ireland, England, Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa, Zambia, East Africa, Ghana and Sierra Leone gathered…
ERI Geneva Training Program Builds Capacity
Participants in the training program: (l-r) Carolyn White (USA), Brian Bond (ERI), Edwin d’Souza (india) Chris Nolan (New Zealand) Guillermo Bullrich (Argentina) Moy Hitchen (ERI) Sara Pereira (Timor Leste) Passmore…
Talking Human Rights – 21 Civil Society Organisations, 1 Agenda
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…
Edmund Rice Schools Mark Earth Hour in Latin America
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…