The Edmund Rice Justice Bulletin is a regular bulletin of news, information and invitation to action on current issues of social justice for members of the Edmund Rice Network.
A HOPEFUL STEP TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL WEAPONS CONTROL An estimated 2000 people die as a result of armed violence and over 1,000,000 guns are lost or stolen in the world every year...
FURTHER MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY Recently more than 4,000 prisoners facing execution in Kenya had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment in the largest commutation in history. There have been no executions carried out in Kenya for 22 years...
UN RAPPORTEUR URGED TO SUPPORT RESTORATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT Groups of church leaders, religious and lay people in Australia that have been closely following the issues associated with the Northern Territory Intervention are writing to the United Nations' special rapporteur on indigenous human rights Professor James Anaya to ask for his support to ensure that the Racial Discrimination Act will be reinstated...
SUGGESTIONS TO MARK ANTI-POVERTY WEEK The United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is held in October each year. In Australia this day is extended into a full week...
