Joint Written Statement on the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in West Papua (Indonesia). Indigenous Papuans are forced to leave their houses due to expansion of the security force operation. Two groups are very vulnerable, [read…]
VIVAT International, a network of 12 faith-based organisations condemns the killing of George Floyd and stands against all forms of racial and other forms of discrimination. VIVAT Statement Say no to Discrimination [read…]
Fr. Robertus Mirsel, SVD, the Executive Co-director, completed his term in in New York Office. on 31 May 2020. He joined the Executive team in January 2015 and worked tirelessly on advocacy actions at UN, [read…]
Side Event during 58th Session of the Commission for Social Development VIVAT International in New York marked the 20th Anniversary with a side event, “Migration and Homelessness: Hope from the Margins” on 18 February 2020 [read…]
CSocD58 took place from 10 to 19 February 2020, at the UN Headquarters in New York and deliberated on the priority theme, “Affordable housing and social protection systems for all to address homelessness”. As we [read…]
Every year on February 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita. The Unions of Superiors and Superiors General of Religious Institutes have set this day as the Day of Prayer and [read…]
The COP25 climate negotiations concluded on 15th December afternoon, 48 hours after the originally scheduled time. There were negotiations, closed door deliberations between interest groups. Likewise, civil society groups constantly engaged in advocacy and making [read…]
From 7 – 12 October 2019, over 40 participants gathered in Dili, the capital of East Timor (officially: Democratic Republic of Timor Leste), to attend the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) workshop organized by VIVAT International. [read…]
From 25 – 27 September 2019, 36 people participated the JPIC and Mining Seminar organized in Rome. They are the JPIC promotors from different Catholic religious congregations and organizations, who work to protect the rights [read…]
VIVAT Brazil made a statement to support Cimi Declaration on Indigenous Peoples and the Amazon. It expresses its solidarity with those affected by the burning of the Amazon Rainforest that destroyed lives of the creation [read…]
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