Migration & Human Trafficking
Promoting and defending best practice in the areas of labour, migration and anti trafficking.
- Address of Aloysius John at the International Conference entitled The Church’s Response to trafficking and Unsafe Migration (23-26 January 2020 – Yangon, Myanmar)
- Conclusions and proposals from the Conference on the Pastoral Orientation on Trafficking in Human Beings, April 2019
- Concluding remarks for the Conference on the Pastoral Orientations on Trafficking in Human Beings
- Interfaith declaration on the human rights and dignity of migrants and refugees, Interfaith Conference on the Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees, 3 May 2018 (Available in Arabic)
- Caritas Statement for the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on the implementation of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons
- Global Compacts on migrants and refugees – Caritas vision and red lines
- Joint oral statement of CI, PCMI and other organziations at UNODC COP 8.
- Final statement from the International Conference on Human Trafficking within and from Africa.
- Christian Commitment Paper on human trafficking “Created in the image of God, treated like slaves”
- Caritas Statement submitted for the Seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on Trafficking in Persons Protocol – October 2014
- Caritas statement for the Forced Labour Committee of the 103rd International Labour Conference, May 2014
- Caritas contribution for the GFMD in Stockholm, May 2014,
International cooperation in the spirit of solidarity for protecting and promoting the human person - Migration for Development – Message by His Eminence Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga at Global Forum on Migration and Development, Stockholm, 13-16 May 2014
- Right to Health for Migrant Children – Statement at the 22nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council (March 2013)
- The female face of migration – Advocacy and best practices for women who migrate and the families they leave behind
- “Created in the image of God, treated like slaves” – Advocacy statement for COATNET affiliates
- Child Migrants: Their Rights and Our Duty
Food
Establishing access to food and water as a human right, promoting investment in agriculture and rural development and developing policy to address the root causes of food security.
- WorldFoodDay 2017 – Ensure the Right to Food, protect Human Dignity everywhere: make Migration a free choice, not a necessity
- What climate change means for feeding the planet: A Caritas Internationalis reflection paper
- Hungry for Justice! Caritas reflection on today’s Food Security imperatives in an unsustainable Climate
- The Caritas demand for “A Future without Hunger”
- The CIDSE-CI statement on the G20 summit
Climate Change
Campaigning for protection of the environment and a robust response to climate change.
- “Climate as a Common Good of the Common Human Family“, Sept 2016
- The CI and CIDSE position paper for COP20
- The CI advocacy statement for COP18
- What climate change means for feeding the planet: A Caritas Internationalis reflection paper
Health & HIV
Promoting better treatment and prevention of pandemic diseases, notably HIV and tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
- Pandemic influenza: Guidelines for planning and response by Caritas organizations
- Faith-based Responses to the Global HIV Pandemic: Exceptional Engagement in a Major Public Health Emergency
Sustainable Development Goals
Caritas will monitor the implementation and progress of the SDGs. On behalf of the poor and of our common home, Caritas will hold those responsible to account.
- Sustainable Development Goals: Action Towards 2030
- Caritas Internationalis Perspectives on the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Our “Non-Negotiables”
- Rio+20 – The future from the Caritas perspective: We’re all hungry for justice, equity, ecological sustainability and joint responsibility!
- Statement of Catholic-Inspired Organizations on Decent Work and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Migration and the Post-2015 agenda – Intervention at the UN
Humanitarian Policy
Holding the UN and governments to account to protect vulnerable communities and to create ‘humanitarian space’ in crises. Promoting the prevention of physical, psychological and sexual violence.
- Caritas Commitments to Strengthen Localisation and Partnership in Humanitarian Action
- Caritas Internationalis Children and Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding policy
- CI anti-harassment policy
- CI Complaints Handling Policy and Procedure
- “A common home where everybody can live to an adequate standard of living” – Caritas position paper for the Habitat III
- World Humanitarian Summit 2016: Caritas Internationalis position paper
- Funding at the sharp end: Investing in national NGO response capacity
Peacebuilding
Providing tool kits and guidance for advocates who strive to build peace and prevent conflict between communities.