Archive for 2012
JOINT MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Committee urged to examine discrimination against Canadian Indigenous peoples
February 17, 2012
“On February 22 and 23, Canada’s record on combating discrimination will be examined by a high level body of the United Nations. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) is the independent expert body that monitors compliance with…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Canada must urge Israel to resume negotiations for peace within International Law
February 13, 2012
Download PDF of this article >> Recently, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs travelled to the Middle East, an admirable thing to do in a region so in need of peace. KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives believes that the government of…
Post filed in: Middle East
Thoughts and prayers go out to the families following road accident in Southwestern Ontario
February 7, 2012
On the evening of Monday February 6, eleven people died as a result of a traffic accident near the community of Hampstead, ON when a truck collided with a van at an intersection. The driver of the truck and 10…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
Canada Lutheran December Issue dedicated to their social justice work through KAIROS
February 7, 2012
Uniting, Deliberating, Advocating. War, hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation. These are just some of the reasons we support Kairos.
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Ontario Chiefs Letter to CRC in support of Youth Ambassadors to UNCRC
February 6, 2012
“Dear Committee Member: I am writing to demonstrate my support to both the delegation of Indigenous youth ambassadors from Canada travelling to Geneva this week, and to their request that a Special Rapporteur be appointed to address ongoing human rights…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
AVIS AUX MÉDIAS: Le Canada doit accorder des droits égaux aux enfants des Premières Nations, affirment des jeunes autochtones au Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies
February 3, 2012
Pour diffusion immédiate le 1er février 2012 Toronto ― Six ambassadeurs de la jeunesse autochtone des quatre coins du Canada rencontreront le Comité des droits de l’enfant des Nations Unies (UNCRC) la semaine prochaine afin de lui demander instamment…
Post filed in: En français, Media Releases
Kairos Times: February 2012
February 2, 2012
Read the February 2012 issue.
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada Must Give First Nations Children Equal Rights Indigenous Youth Tell United Nations Committee on Rights of the Child
February 1, 2012
For Immediate Release 1 February 2012 (Toronto) Six Indigenous youth ambassadors from across Canada will meet with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) next week to urge to the UNCRC to pressure Canada to end…
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Fundamental Justice Issues at Stake in Gateway Pipeline Debate
January 25, 2012
Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project, comprising two 1,170 kilometre pipelines from northern Alberta across Indigenous lands to Kitimat, BC, would carry 525,000 barrels a day of diluted bitumen from the tar sands to the west coast for export, and return 193,000…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Fate of Tar Sands Pipelines Crucial for Climate Justice
January 12, 2012
KAIROS’ August 2011 paper outlines the key issues in the controversy over both the Gateway and Keystone pipelines. Both violate the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent as enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Remembering Bishop Samuel Ruiz: Justice and Indigenous Rights in Mexico and Canada
January 10, 2012
On January 24, 2011 Bishop Samuel Ruiz of Chiapas, Mexico died at the age of 86. He had been bishop for 51 years, including 40 in Chiapas. With his death, the church lost a great leader; his ministry was a…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Les élections congolaises – Un pas en arrière
January 9, 2012
Si l’Union africaine et les pays voisins ont accepté les résultats des élections présidentielles et législatives tenues récemment en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), la plupart des observateurs nationaux et internationaux y ont relevé de graves irrégularités qui ont entamé…
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