Posts Tagged "dignity & rights"
Our Dreams Matter Too
April 25, 2012
On June 11th, come out and walk for culturally based equity for First Nations children! The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada is recruiting walkers and letter-writers for its June 11th event. Check out their youtube video!…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Take Action on World Water Day 2012!
March 22, 2012
Today, March 22, is World Water Day. Yet Canada has still failed to implement a National Water Policy which would ensure the safety of Canadian water. Canada is also one of only two countries at the United Nations General Assembly…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
International Day for the Elimination of Racism: UN Committee calls for an end to discrimination against Indigenous peoples in Canada
March 21, 2012
In 1966, to commemorate the killing by police of peaceful anti-apartheid demonstrators in South Africa, and to promote an end to racism in all its forms, the United Nations designated March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
UN Committee calls for “comprehensive strategy” to uphold the human rights of Indigenous peoples in Canada
March 15, 2012
The United Nation’s highest body for combating racism is urging Canada to take comprehensive action to end discrimination against Indigenous peoples. In a report released this week, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed concern over Canada’s…
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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
Attawapiskat: a hard look at the federal government’s response so far
December 2, 2011
1 December 2011 KAIROS Urgent Action Background information As of November 30, federal leaders and the Red Cross have now visited the northern Ontario Cree community of Attawapiskat, which is a step forward. The Red Cross is flying in emergency…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Honouring the Children: Executive Summary
October 24, 2011
For the full version of “Honoring the Children” click here >> Executive Summary of “Honouring the Children” submitted by First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives October 2011 “For far too…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
KAIROS joins call for investigation into the murder of yet another mining activist in El Salvador
June 27, 2011
KAIROS is deeply saddened and concerned to learn that another environmental and community activist has been murdered in El Salvador. We join civil society organizations in El Salvador and Canada in calling for a full investigation into the murder of…
Post filed in: Latin America
Drawing a Line in the Sand
December 15, 2010
Why Canada needs to limit tar sands expansion and invest in a green economy
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
UNDRIP Factsheet on Canada’s commitment to endorse the Declaration
November 3, 2010
Download the Factsheet (PDF) “The time is now for Canada to join the overwhelming majority of states that have endorsed the UN Declaration and who are establishing a practice of implementing this Declaration as an important international legal instrument.” This…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Humanized Globalization: Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and Migrant Workers from Guatemala to Canada. A conversation with Bishop Ramazzini
October 28, 2010
“ This gathering is an expression of our desire to humanize globalization. I want to thank you for that”. This is how Bishop Ramazzini from the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marcos in Guatemala, began his talk to a group…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Latin America, Migrant Justice
The Land Our Life
October 28, 2010
A reflection given in worship at the BC/Yukon Regional KAIROS meeting at Sorrento, BC, October 3, 2010, by Janet Gray Scriptural readings: Isaiah 11:1-9, Mark 10:17-22 —————————————- The Land we stand on is sacred ground. We acknowledge this territory is the land…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Sudanese and Canadian church support historic South Sudan self-determination referendum on January 9, 2011
October 10, 2010
South Sudan will hold an historic self-determination referendum on January 9, 2011 called for in the historic 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement ending the North-South civil war in Sudan. A Sudanese ecumenical delegation lead by the Sudan Council of Churches, a KAIROS-funded…
Post filed in: Africa
Update on the fate of Congolese human rights defender Golden Misabiko
October 6, 2010
On August 31st, KAIROS issued an urgent appeal for the release of Golden Misabiko, the 53-year-old President of the Katangan branch of the Association africaine de defense des droits de l’homme, ASADHO-Katanga, a respected Congolese human rights organization. Click here to…
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Rights orgs support publication of UN report on human rights abuses
September 10, 2010
Human rights organizations in the DRC call on Congolese government to respond to report in an effort of true reconciliation fileadmin/fe/files/PDF/countires/congo/CongolaiseSurlLeRapportduProjetMapping-Eng.pdf
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
L’Onu doit endosser et publier le rapport concernant les violations les plus graves des Droits humains et du Droit international humanitaire commises RDC.
September 10, 2010
LES ORGANISATIONS DE DEFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS DE LA RDC SOUTIENNENT L’EFFORT DE L’ONU DE REHABILITER LA MEMOIRE COLLECTIVE CONGOLAISE ET INVITENT LE GOUVERNEMENT A SAISIR L’OCCASION POUR UNE RECONCILIATION SINCERE. fileadmin/fe/files/PDF/countires/congo/CongolaiseSurlLeRapportduProjetMapping.pdf
Post filed in: En français
The First National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
June 18, 2010
While Huntsville and Toronto gear up for the G8/G20, Winnipeg is hosting an event of comparable if not greater significance—the first National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. For two days I have been at the forks of the…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
KAIROS commends new Amnesty International report revealing extent of oil and gas development on Lubicon Cree traditional territory
June 18, 2010
For decades, eleven churches and religious organizations have joined together in KAIROS to support the Lubicon Lake Cree in their struggle for recognition and justice. In 2003, then-federal negotiator professor Bradford Morse said it was his intention to be the…
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KAIROS attending Truth and Reconciliation Commission national event in Winnipeg
June 16, 2010
KAIROS welcomes and honors the opening of the first national event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and hopes that all Canadians will engage in this profound opportunity to renew our nation in truth, reconciliation and justice. KAIROS…
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Another human rights defender killed in the Congo
June 4, 2010
(PDF version of this article) KAIROS is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Floribert Chebeya Bahizire earlier this week in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Floribert was the executive director of La Voix des Sans-Voix (Voice of the…
Post filed in: Africa
Sudan Clings to Precarious Peace
May 6, 2010
“For the first time in 24 years, Sudan has held multiparty elections. The vote, which took place between April 11 and 15, fulfilled one of the key conditions of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which ended Africa’s longest running…
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Canada Should Embrace UN Declaration without Conditions or Qualifications
May 4, 2010
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Ninth Session United Nations, New York 19-30 April 2010 Agenda item 5 Half-day discussion on North America April 22, 2010 Joint Statement by Assembly of First Nations; Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada; Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; Native…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Il faut protéger les droits des lubicons
April 6, 2010
« Ma grand-mère et ma mère ont leur sentier de piégeage où elles vont chasser et tendre leurs collets mais il est bien rare qu’elles rapportent du lièvre, de l’orignal, du chevreuil, du coq de bruyère ou même de l’ours……
Post filed in: En français, Indigenous Rights
Proposed Amendment to Canada- Colombia Free Trade Agreement no replacement for Independent Human Rights Assessment
March 30, 2010
KAIROS analysis, 30 March 2010 Since Prime Minister Harper announced the Canada-Colombia Free trade Agreement in July 2007, KAIROS and our partners have repeatedly expressed grave concern about signing such an agreement with a country which continues to have the…
Post filed in: Latin America
Canada’s endorsement of the UN Declaration must be consistent with human rights
March 18, 2010
Indigenous Peoples and human rights and faith based organizations welcome the announcement in the Speech from the Throne that the Canadian government is taking steps to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We urge the…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Elections in Sudan: A Step Forward?
March 17, 2010
Despite concerns, including doubts raised by one of the major parties from Darfur, the National Election Commission of Sudan has continued planning for national elections in April 2010. Three days of polling are set to begin in Sudan on April…
Post filed in: Africa
KAIROS partnership with Héritiers de la Justice cited in Globe & Mail
March 15, 2010
This March 15 Globe & Mail article by Geoffrey York cites the work of KAIROS as giving “strength and courage” in a country where aid has gone astray. The text below, written by Geoffrey York, is available only in the…
Post filed in: Africa