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Press release: Government’s “Injustice Bill” prices poor victims of overseas human rights abuses out of the courts

Amendments to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill to safeguard justice for victims of corporate human rights abuses in developing countries were narrowly defeated in the House of Lords yesterday. Crossbench peers had argued that an exemption was needed to make sure than poor communities harmed by UK-based companies could still afford to bring cases to court.

Press release: UK must urge G20 to focus on long-term global poverty reduction rather than economic quick fixes, demands CAFOD

In the shadow of the Eurozone crisis and elections in Greece, the G20 once again risks squandering the opportunity to deliver long-term structural change that shores up the global economy and improves the lot of poor people

Press release: New report launched by Catholic alliance puts small farmers at heart of food system that can feed the world and reduce climate change

CAFOD calls for urgent changes to agriculture to tackle poverty

Catholic Church in Africa outraged by Congo violence

African Catholic Church leaders meeting in Kinshasa say that escalating violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing a major humanitarian tragedy.

Caritas Social Action Network and CAFOD: “We must not allow a trade off between the needs of the poorest at home and overseas.”

In response to the Chancellor’s Autumn statement, the social action arm and the official development agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales have said a consistent approach is needed to protecting people in poverty both in the UK and overseas from a recession they did not create.