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Climate change: facing the challenge
Climate change is a reality and it’s affecting our work worldwide. Here, two CAFOD staff reflect on how the communities they work with are coping with extreme weather.
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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.
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TAGS: 302.Human Rights, 282.media, 263.News, 328.Press release
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Press release: Xstrata mine protests: Aid agency CAFOD welcomes release of Peruvian partners
Two CAFOD partners who had been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata‟s new Tintaya site in Peru have been released along with six others. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges came following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.
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TAGS: 287.Extractives, 218.Peru, 328.Press release
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The true test of a fair society is the degree to which it fulfils human rights - and human rights groups play a crucial role in protecting the rights of ordinary people and promoting development
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Heidi Thorsen reflects on why helping communities rebuild after the tsunami is about more than just building houses, and asks what it really means to be someone's neighbour
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Key to happiness is helping others, say most Brits
New survey shows the environment and world poverty are priorities, as our new report into wellbeing is released
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CAFOD director Chris Bain explains why, wherever we put our cross on the ballot paper this election, we must look for a vision of a future based on the common good.
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Congolese Bishops call for calm ahead of Democratic Republic of Congo elections
Millions of Congolese are voting in their country’s second elections in 40 years. A delegation of Catholic Congolese Bishops (CENCO) is calling on all candidates to keep the peace and when the result is known, to respect it, without turning to violence.
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Afghanistan ten years on: building a future on equality
On the tenth anniversary of the international military intervention in Afghanistan, CAFOD is joining Afghan women’s rights activists to call for more positive change in years to come.
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TAGS: 190.Afghanistan, 264.International news, 263.News
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Reflection by Archbishop Pedro Casaldaliga
Not yet beatified but still a saint to many. "Celebrating the Anniversary of our Saint Romero of the Americas is to celebrate a testimony that fills us with prophecy," reflects Archbishop Pedro Casaldaliga.
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