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ICCL's and Ireland's examination under the ICCPR in Geneva and companion website
www.rightsmonitor.org This week (14 & 15 July), Ireland’s performance under the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) will come under formal examination by the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) in Geneva. In preparation for this Free Legal Advice Centres, the Irish…
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VN extends operational time for foreign NGO
Vietnam has extended the operational time for Atlantic Philanthropies (AP), a non-government organisation operating in the country. Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), Permanent member of the Committee for Foreign Non-Government Organisations Affairs, Vu Xuan Hong handed over the three-year extended permit…
Author: Vietnam Plus
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The Global Financial Crisis and Philanthropy: Altering Course in a Perfect Storm
The roots of the global financial crisis, and the paths out of it, are matters for debate. But what no one disputes is that the landscape in which foundations like Atlantic are working has been dramatically altered, and likely will be for some time to…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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UN to look at State's human rights record
By JAMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs Correspondent THE UNITED Nations has said it will investigate the Government’s failure to establish clear immigration rules and the impact of steep cuts to the public funding of State bodies protecting human rights. At a two-day hearing due to start…
Author: The Irish Times
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Cuts 'impairing' efforts to gather evidence of human rights abuses
By Jamie Smyth. GOVERNMENT PLEDGES to protect human rights are being broken due to cuts in services and support groups, a campaign has claimed. Reporting on the rights abuses is also being affected by budget cuts, according to the “Your Rights. Right Now” campaign. The…
Author: Irish Times
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New Magnum Fund Pays Out for Deep Photo Stories
The Magnum Foundation has launched a new initiative called the Emergency Fund to offer support for photographers working on thoughtful, long-form stories around the world. This new resource is a bright spot on a bleak horizon, as traditional media financing for documentary projects dries up.…
Author: Wired
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MOLISA Vice-Minister and colleagues from Viet Nam visit Melbourne
By Harry Minas. During the week of 23-27 August 2010 a 10-person delegation from Viet Nam’s Ministry of Labour Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) visited Melbourne to learn about the Victorian approach to provision of community mental health services, with a focus on arrangements for…
Author: Centre for International Mental Health
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'Poor Can't Pay' campaign launched
Original Source Age Action, Barnardos, Focus Ireland, and St. Vincent de Paul are Atlantic grantees. by ELAINE EDWARDS TRADE UNIONS and non- governmental organisations (NGOs) have formed a joint campaign group to oppose proposed cuts in social welfare payments or the minimum wage. The move…
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Victims denied any say in political pardons
Original Source by Hugo van der Merwe Political parties are helping to review applications for pardon from individuals who have committed politically motivated crimes. In this de facto re-enactment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) amnesty process, the president has created a “reference group”…
Author: The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
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How dare the UN take us to task on human rights
Original Source by D. Quinn When the Catholic Church was still the major power in the land, what incensed many of its critics was its claim to have a monopoly on morality. Today, the shoe is firmly on the other foot and it is the…
Author: The Irish Independent