Category: Advocacy

Category: Advocacy

A day of fraternity, a time for change

On this International Day of Human Fraternity, let us heed Pope Francis’s call to “promote a culture of peace” and work to ensure that no one can treat another’s territory like “a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered.”

Civil society organizations draw the Government of Canada’s attention to the Peruvian situation

Acting as a member of national and international civil society coalitions, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada apprises Canada’s minister of foreign affairs of the violence and repression with which the Peruvian state is responding to a deepening political crisis.

Les gens et la planète avant tout | People and planet first

People and Planet First: campaign successes

For more than a year, our members have been working to get Canada to adopt due strong diligence legislation to govern Canadian companies operating abroad. This is a look at our successes.

“The Rohingya must not be forgotten or de-prioritized”

Caritas Internationalis agencies issue a joint statement calling the Government of Bangladesh and the international community to continue supporting Rohingya refugees while working toward their safe and voluntary repatriation.

Listen to the people of Peru!

As his country descends into violence, turmoil and repression, one of our Peruvian partners offers an astute analysis of the situation and calls for the political elite to heed the people.

The “World Cup” that really counts is the COP15 in Montreal

COP15 is an opportunity to remind our leaders of the urgency of acting to protect the environment and immediately instituting the essential changes that people everywhere, in the Global North and the Global South, are demanding.

The Honduran face of a predatory system: a reflection on the COP15 summit

As the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) gets underway in Montreal, Fr. Ismael Moreno, a long-time Development and Peace ally and partner, reflects on the interconnectedness of ecological and economic issues in Honduras.

People and Planet First Part 2

As we mark Development and Peace’s 55th year, growing our movement and continuing to advocate for strong corporate due diligence laws are the twin foci of the next phase of our campaign.

A call to Canada’s collective conscience

At a recent event, a Honduran human rights lawyer and a Canadian activist appealed for international solidarity and advocacy to end the abuses of our country’s mining industry.