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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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Greenbelt: Hands up for climate justice
Indie-rock heavyweights Athlete, award-winning Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and Israeli peace-activist Jeff Halper, joined hundreds of others at the Greenbelt Festival this August bank holiday weekend in putting their hands up for climate justice
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“Helping women gives me strength”
Founding Avega East, a Rwandan women’s association, helped Odette Kayirere find new meaning to life after the murder of her husband in the 1994 genocide.
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TAGS: 319.Gender, 264.International news, 263.News, 220.Rwanda
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DRC: New report questions benefit of AngloGold Ashanti mine project to communities
As protracted negotiations over mining contract awards draw to a close in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new joint report reveals the potential environmental and social impacts of a new mine on local communities.
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CAFOD warns government: Do not end legal protection for victims of UK multinationals
New laws will make it impossible for people in poor countries to seek justice in British courts for human rights breaches by UK multinationals.
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El Salvador: Murdered Jesuit priests receive highest honour
We applaud the Salvadoran government’s decision to posthumously award six Jesuit priests murdered in San Salvador in 1989 the prestigious Order of José Matías Delgado on the 20th anniversary of their deaths
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First LiveSimply parish gets award
Reading parish celebrates living more simply
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TAGS: 17.Campaigning, 267.Campaigning news, 26.Climate Justice, 300.Creation, 304.Faith in Action, 27.LiveSimply award, 263.News, 121.Portsmouth, 266.UK News
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New LiveSimply video celebrates parishes taking action
Four parishes have now received awards for living more simply, protecting the planet and tackling poverty.
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TAGS: 17.Campaigning, 267.Campaigning news, 109.Clifton, 175.Climate change and environment, 26.Climate Justice, 112.Hexham and Newcastle, 27.LiveSimply award, 263.News, 259.Parish, 121.Portsmouth, 266.UK News
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Indonesia: local activist wins international prize
CAFOD is thrilled by news that Aleta Baun, an indigenous Mollo leader from Indonesia, has been awarded the prestigious 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize – the world’s largest prize honouring “grassroots” environmentalists.
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TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 26.Climate Justice, 287.Extractives, 264.International news, 263.News
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Apply for funding for your project
Our Development Education Fund supports the work of projects, groups and organisations involved in global justice education work in England and Wales to further CAFOD's strategic goals and education priorities.
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TAGS: 90.Chaplains, 342.Development Education, 19.Education, 243.Justice, 33.Young People, 57.Youth group, 77.Youth leaders
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