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Copenhagen: Delegation of Pacific Islanders and Australians depart for UN Summit
December 04, 2009
Representatives from the Pacific Island communities most threatened by rising sea levels, will travel to the Copenhagen UN summit this week, together with Australian human rights advocates, to ensure that the human face of...
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October 30, 2009
The Edmund Rice Centre (ERC) today called for a definitive end to the sort of debate that treats asylum seekers as political footballs - wilfully tossed around with the sole aim of gaining a...
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October 21, 2009
The emerging practice of the Australian Government in seeking close cooperation with Indonesia and other neighbouring states to deal with asylum seekers must focus primarily on the protection of those who are in fact...
Read More ShareHuman Rights – the Essence of Democracy
October 10, 2009
“The Edmund Rice Centre (ERC) welcomes the Report from the National Human Rights Consultation Committee,” said Dr. John Sweeney, who co-ordinates the Centre's research.
Read More ShareEdmund Rice Centre calls for climate change debate to go beyond emissions targets only, as Kiribati visit begins
October 07, 2009
Edmund Rice Centre (ERC) issued a call today for the people of the Pacific whose lives are daily affected by the impact of climate change and rising sea levels, not to be excluded when...
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