Highlights from Our Justice Desk 2021
2021 was a busy year on our Justice Desk. Here are some of the highlights:
It is Good for Us to be Here: Catholic Religious Institutes as NGOs at the United Nations
Book Review: It is Good for Us to be Here: Catholic Religious Institutes as NGOs at the United Nations, 2015. This book was a really useful find for me even if eventually, it remains as a Kindle edition of 80 pages costing around 2 dollars from Amazon. It is a...
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
This year is the 30th anniversary of the Global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. It was first launched in 1991, and is currently the most widely recognized and longest-running campaign for women’s rights in the world and is focused on...
OLA Ireland Supports the Make it Your Business Campaign
The Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights (ICBHR) is campaigning for new corporate accountability legislation to prevent abuses by making Irish-based companies accountable for a range of corporate human rights violations including forced labour, land grabs,...
COMECE releases the first report of its Interfaith Youth Convention
Press Release, 10/11/2021 COMECE releases the first report of its Interfaith Youth Convention The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) releases on Wednesday 10 December 2021 the first report of its Interfaith Youth...
OLA Joint Submission to UPR Shapes Stakeholders Summary
We are delighted to report that our UPR joint submission has definitely shaped the Summary of Stakeholders' Information report prepared by the OHCHR - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Our submission is referenced 18 times across 12 paragraphs in the...
Message from Irish Missionaries to Leaders at COP 26
Vocations Ireland and AMRI have put together the following video with messages from Irish Missionaries to the leaders at COP 26. OLA Justice Officer, John McGeady shares a message on our behalf. What is COP 26? COP stands for Conference of the Parties is...
OLA Sisters Co-Found New Irish Antenna of AEFJN
In July 2021, the OLA Sisters Irish Province, in collaboration with other Religious Congregations, co-founded a new Antenna, or branch, of the Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network - AEFJN. In September, the new Antenna decided to join the Irish Coalition on...
CELEBRATE CREATION: Season of Creation Draws to a Close
As we continue our journey to an Integral Ecology, we share with you Pope Francis’s video which invites us to join the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. Caring for our brothers and sisters means caring for the home we share. This responsibility is “essential to a life of...
Announcing the Cork Conference on Intergenerational Climate Justice 2021
PRESS RELEASE The second CORK CONFERENCE ON INTERGENERATIONAL CLIMATE JUSTICE “Hope for the Future: System Change, Not Climate Change” An dara Comhdháil Chorcaí faoi Cheartas Aeráide Idirghlúine “Dóchas don Todhchaí : Athrú Córais, Ní Athrú Aeráide” Date: Thursday,...