Tag Archives: United Nations
Petition to Protect Rights of Children
It is time for the U.S. to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child Urge President Obama to send the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to the United States Senate for ratification. The CRC sets the … Continue reading
Advocacy: Living a Public Faith
Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations By the Rev. W. Mark Koenig View and print article as PDF “We are ambassadors for Christ.” Those words took on new meaning for me on March 11, 2011—when a tsunami and earthquake … Continue reading
Occupy Human Rights, Not Us: Indigenous Rights for Human Rights Day
Dec 2011 Issue Table of Contents Editor’s Corner “Who Gets to Speak: A Word of Caution for Human Rights Day,” Patrick David Heery Indigenous Land Rights “Introduction to Indigenous Peoples’ Struggles for Land Rights,” Carol Robb “Justice Occupied, The Blood … Continue reading
Indigenous Voices at the United Nations
How the United Nations Addresses Indigenous Rights December 7, 2011 by Mark Koenig, Director of the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights notes that: Indigenous peoples across the world experience the … Continue reading
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