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Syria: 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...
Read ArticleG8 needs real action to fix a broken system
In the lead up to the G8 summit in Enniskillen, Eoghan Rice reflects on the impact of the current global system of trade...
Read ArticleJustice in Guatemala as Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
By Elena Hermosa, Human Rights and Governance A tense silence gripped the room as Judge Jazmin Barrios began to read the...
Read ArticleTrócaire’s Power Up campaign protects human rights workers
By Trish Groves, Campaigns Officer “On 24 March 1980, Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered while celebrating Mass in t...
Read ArticleBy Lawrence W. Mwagwabi, Kenya Governance and Human Rights Programme Officer, 28 February 2013 On March 4th, Kenyans wil...
Read ArticleIf people don’t have a voice, then what is it all for?
By Tine Frank You can improve people’s farms, increase the number of children enrolled in schools, treat – and even ...
Read ArticleEquality in the balance as Obama visits South East Asia
By Suzanne Keatinge, 15 November 2012 The streets of Yangon and Phnom Penh are being hastily cleaned up – and blocked ...
Read ArticleParticipation and inclusion: celebrating Human Rights Day 2012
by Julian Waagensen This year’s Human Rights Day (10 December) highlights the importance of inclusion and the right to...
Read ArticleSecuring the right to education in Pakistan
Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old activist recently shot in Pakistan, is recovering from her injuries and reportedly mak...
Read ArticleWhy Ireland must ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements
By Justin Kilcullen, Executive Director of Trócaire.This article was first published in The Irish Times on 4 Octo...
Read Article‘There is no justice here’ – Waleed’s story
Waleed Abohanya was farming his land when the soldiers came. There were dozens of them, supported by dozens more policem...
Read ArticleBy Justin Kilcullen, Director of Trócaire, 15 March 2012 At the last count, 79 million people around the world have wat...
Read ArticleChristmas gifts bring hope for Palestinian farmers
As Christmas approaches and the weather gets colder, it is difficult to picture that in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, in the ...
Read ArticleTwo people, two thousand miles, one problem
Andrew Lodio has nowhere to go. Drought has ravaged his land, bringing dry desert all around him. A sea of dust stretche...
Read Article50 People, 1 Question: Jerusalem
This summer, we visited a busy marketplace in Jerusalem and asked 50 ordinary people 1 extraordinary question. Wat...
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