Human Rights

By encouraging members of all religions and faith traditions to work together to achieve fundamental human rights for all, Cooperation Circles lay the groundwork for a world of equality and justice.

Examples of our work in this Action Area:

• URI members in Jordan attended an intensive training on the international legal and policy framework of children's rights, to better protect children living in conflict zones.

• URI Bulgaria marked International Roma Day with social justice and Holocaust awareness training, helping an interfaith crowd understand more about a history of human rights abuses, while helping Roma youth feel more connected to their traditions.

• Karickam International Public School CC, in Kottarakkara, India, educates all children regardless of their caste, creating a culture of equal opportunity.

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Recognition for Neighborhood Work

Last Monday, January 25, 2021, Marina Tirado, the first member of the Para El Diálogo CC from Caracas, Venezuela received an Acknowledgment for her neighborhood work during 2020.

Declaration of the Community of Reflection and Ecumenical Spirituality

With deep pain and indignation, we invite our compatriots to reflect on the events that occurred in the Community of Temucuicui, Region of Araucanía, where, in an unwise police operation, the 7-year-old girl with the initials G.P.C.A. was subjected to repressive actions. daughter of the Mapuche leader Camilo Catrillanca, also victimized in another police proceeding outside the law. The aforementioned minor was arrested along with her mother and her grandmother by PDI personnel last Thursday, January 7; An action that, shielded in legality, had contradictory spaces that violated the Rights of the Child guaranteed by international agreements signed by Chile in 1990.

Ritual of closing and beginning of the new year

The members of Quinaroa CC perform a ritual to close the year and which in turn welcomes the new year. It is a ritual that, days before the end of the year, begins with the elaboration of the Arch of La Abundancia in La Casa Quinaroes, which is the community family home.

Food Delivery Report

It is reported that the food delivery activity was held on November 13, 2020 with the participation of 4 people from the board of directors of the FEMAS Cooperation Circle: Elmer Inocencio Renderos, Inocencio Vásquez, Héctor David Cruz and Lucio Flores.

Gathering of Communities of Faith in Thanksgiving

The Association of Leaders of Communities of Faith - Teusaquillo Territory of Peace CC of Colombia is the last CC created in the region in this year 2020 and is the first CC created in Colombia, which adds another country to the Latin American region. The network continues to grow and we are very happy.