Topic: Human Rights
Ireland seeks UN rights body role
January 1, 2012 · , irishtimes.com
Ireland is to seek election to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the first time, based on its commitment to justice and peace, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has announced.
Read More...Palparan draws support from generals
December 29, 2011 · By By Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Norman Bordadora, TJ Burgonio
Fugitive retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan Jr. has finally found succor and comfort from among his own. The organization of the country’s past and present military and police generals has called for a halt to the “undue trial by publicity” of Palparan who carries a P500,000 bounty on his head, even as they urged […]
Read More...New Year Hope and Happiness for 2012
December 28, 2011 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The year 2011 is passing and it’s a good time for us to ask ourselves what we did in 2011 to make a difference for the good in the life of even one person. Mindful that our life is quickly passing us by, we are carried on the river of time towards our final inescapable […]
Read More...International Criminal Court convicts Rawandan politicians
December 27, 2011 · By Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson, Washington, DC
CTR Judgment Against Former Officials Press Statement Mark C. Toner Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC December 27, 2011 On December 21, 2011, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted Mathieu Ngirumpatse, former National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND) President, and Edouard Karemera, former Minister of Interior and former MRND […]
Read More...Drug Legalisation: An Evaluation of the Impacts on Global Society
December 21, 2011 ·
The flawed proposition of drug legalisation Various well funded pressure groups have mounted campaigns to overturn the United Nations Conventions on drugs. These groups claim that society should accept the fact of drugs as a problem that will remain and, therefore, should be managed in a way that would enable millions of people to take […]
Read More...Irish Ministers Appointed
December 20, 2011 · By MARY MINIHAN, irishtimes.com
Cabinet promotes O’Sullivan Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan has been promoted to the so-called “super junior” position vacated by Willie Penrose last month. Mr Penrose resigned as minister of state for housing over the closure of his local Army barracks in Mullingar. Ms O’Sullivan (61), who represents Limerick City, was until today the junior minister […]
Read More...What Would Jesus Do?
December 19, 2011 · By Columbans Ireland, columban.com
The appearance of the slogan “What Would Jesus do?” at the Occupy London Protest prompted Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to consider what exactly we might mean when we use the phrase.
Read More...The Roots of Philippine Poverty
December 15, 2011 · By Roderick T. dela Cruz
WEAK government spending and political uncertainty are just some of the reasons why the Philippines has been outperformed by most of its Asian neighbors, a study sponsored by the International Monetary Fund showed.
Read More...The Christmas That Has Yet to Come
December 14, 2011 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Christmas is about birth, new beginnings, new life and it is a time to think about the dignity and value of our own life and others. It’s a special time to honor and help needy children. The best Christmas story is like that of the Holy Family seeking shelter from the cruel weather and the […]
Read More...Syria should be referred to ICC, UN's Navi Pillay says
December 13, 2011 · , BBC News
The top United Nations human rights official has told the Security Council that Syria should be referred to the International Criminal Court over its crackdown on anti-government protests.
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