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Members of European Parliament support Berta Cáceres petition
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are giving their support to the cause of murdered indigenous rights activ...
Read ArticleHow Donald Trump’s Executive Order counters international law
By Julian Waagensen, Trócaire Policy & Advocacy Adviser President Trump’s Executive Order on refugees and immigra...
Read ArticleBethlehem: The Capital of Christmas
The Separation Wall in Bethlehem cuts the city’s residents off from their agricultural land, while illegal Is...
Read ArticleHuman Rights Day 2016 – Standing up for human rights
Today on International Human Rights Day 2016, I feel privileged that I get to defend human rights and support the fight ...
Read ArticleNovember 12, 2016 On November 12, 2016, in Guatemala City at around 5:30 pm, Jeremy Abraham Barrios Lima was shot twice ...
Read Article‘A serene madness’: Daily life in Gaza
Trócaire’s Eoghan Rice writes about his visit to Gaza with John McColgan earlier this year. John’s new exhi...
Read ArticleThis week’s UN Summit must lead to greater political engagement on the refugee crisis
By nightfall this evening 34,000 people will have fled their homes because of violence and persecution. That is the numb...
Read ArticleGaza: Reconstruction slow in highly pressurised environment
A Trócaire programme officer reports on a recent trip to Gaza where she met with partner organisations and pr...
Read ArticleRemembering Berta Cáceres in Dublin
Last Saturday, April 16th, we remembered the fearless environmental activist and indigenous leader, Berta Cáceres who w...
Read ArticleTrócaire nominated to share $1m human rights prize
Trócaire has been nominated for a prestigious new human rights award in recognition of the organisation’s work to era...
Read ArticleHow Trócaire has fought for justice around the world
A 1980s Trócaire poster against Apartheid. The Proclamation read out by the leaders of the 1916 Rising envisaged a...
Read ArticleHistoric victory for women’s rights and justice in Guatemala
The plaintiffs at the trial. Photo: Mujeres Transformando el Mundo The accused and their lawyers at the Su...
Read ArticleWe must speak the truth to achieve justice in Israel and Palestine
Trócaire’s Séan Farrell in the village of Susiya, where Palestinian families live under the threat of displaceme...
Read ArticleNew settlement labelling guidelines a boost for human rights
Keep a close eye on the labels on products in your local supermarket over the coming months. A small but significant shi...
Read ArticleFinding hope amidst the chaos and devastation in South Sudan
Report from Trócaire’s Head of Humanitarian, Noreen Gumbo, South Sudan On Wednesday 25th November, I set out from Jub...
Read ArticleWe welcome EU Labelling Guidelines for Israeli Settlement Products
Arabiya Shawamreh, Anata, West Bank, 2012. Photo: Alan Whelan. Trócaire has welcomed the EU guidelines released th...
Read ArticleToday we remember environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa
On November 10th 1995 the world learned of the devastating execution of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Nigerian ...
Read Article‘Life is a nightmare’ – Gaza human rights lawyer speaks out
He has been jailed and tortured, lived through wars and spent over 30 years documenting human rights abuses, so when Raj...
Read ArticleTime of change in Guatemala: a new era of justice and democracy
The 2nd of September 2015 will be remembered throughout Guatemala as an historic victory for the Guatemalan people in th...
Read ArticleNew targets for a broken world
The world may have a new set of idealistic goals, but the global system is utterly broken, writes Éamonn Meehan. R...
Read ArticleGlobal targets must breathe new life into battle against poverty
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) summit which begins in New York on Friday, September 25th, could breathe new lif...
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