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How Ireland can help to bring peace to the Israeli and Palestinian people
By Éamonn Meehan, Trócaire Executive Director It is not enough to express horror at so many innocent lives having been...
Read ArticleIsrael’s military operations in Gaza strike me as ultimately self-defeating for their own security
“Making meaningful efforts towards ending violence and building peace will do far more to ensure security and safe...
Read ArticleA testimony of survival and dignity in the face of genocide
A CIDSE delegation of European bishops and priests has travelled to Guatemala to show their solidarity with survivors of...
Read Articleby Éamonn Meehan, Executive Director Europe has utterly failed to grasp the gravity of the Syrian exodus, and Lebanon i...
Read ArticleBreaking the silence about the occupation
Former Israeli soldiers will launch a striking photography exhibition in the Gallery of Photography, Dublin (June 1...
Read ArticleCelebrating life in Guatemala one year on from the historic genocide trial
By Sally O’Neill, Head of Region, Latin America “We truly believe that in order for peace to exist i...
Read ArticleRwanda genocide anniversary: are we ever going to make the words ‘never again’ mean something?
By Éamonn Meehan, Executive Director Twenty years ago I witnessed one of the fastest migrations in human history, as a ...
Read ArticleHave we learned any lessons from the Rwandan genocide?
By Eithne McNulty, Regional Manager, Trócaire Belfast Today (April 7th) marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genoc...
Read ArticleReclaiming historic memory and public space in Guatemala
by Aisling Walsh, Guatemala The 25th of February 2014 marked the 15th anniversary of the publication of ‘Memory...
Read ArticleFood Not Fuel: Evicted families in Guatemala still face an uncertain future
Manuel Laj Ical and his daughter Wilma at their house in 8 de agosto. Right: Juana Laj Ical finishing one of her handmad...
Read ArticleTrócaire makes submission to government on Ireland’s foreign policy
By Michael O’Brien, Policy Officer The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is conducting a review of Ir...
Read ArticleThere are few striding with confidence up the path to Geneva II
There are few striding with confidence up the path to Geneva II, but at least with attendance there is hope, and that is...
Read ArticleSupport ‘invisible children’ this Human Rights Day
Today, 49% of children in the world’s poorest countries are denied formal birth registration. Caption...
Read ArticleThe changing shape of human rights in Myanmar
By Catriona Knapman, Governance and Human Rights Officer, Myanmar Myanmar was once world renowned as a country wi...
Read ArticlePresident is dear friend of this once war-torn country
by Sally O’Neill, Head of Region, Latin America writing about President Michael D Higgins recent visit to E...
Read ArticleThe long journey to justice and peace in Colombia
Peace in Colombia is far from perfect but after decades of war farmers in the Caquetá region are speaking up for their ...
Read ArticleThe Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established at a UN Summit in 2000. The goals which aimed to tackle ...
Read ArticleWe must tackle the structural factors that inhibit development and produce poverty
By Justin Kilcullen, Executive Director of Trócaire Brazilian archbishop Hélder Camara once famously noted, “...
Read ArticleEnding poverty begins with listening to the people
How do we tackle poverty? It’s a question political leaders have grappled with for decades. Twelve years ...
Read ArticleSundays of Sorrow – One woman’s struggle through Colombia’s war
“A Saturday of joy and a Sunday of sorrow” was what the paramilitaries promised. That Saturday, the people...
Read ArticleSyria: a war that has lost any sense of humanity
By Maurice McQuillan, Trócaire’s Head of Humanitarian The images emerging from Syria this week have shocked the world...
Read ArticleThe Israeli Rabbi who pricks Israel’s conscience
Described as “the Rabbi who pricks Israel’s conscience”, Rabbi Arik Ascherman has made a name for himself as a man...
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