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IFSW Human Rights Commission: Concern on Imprisonment of Social Worker
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, IFSWMunther Amira, the former President of the Palestinian Social Workers Association has been convicted by the Israeli authorities for peacefully protesting against the detention of Palestinian minors. Mr Amira was sentenced […]
La Comisión de Derechos Humanos de FITS pide la liberación inmediata de Munther Amira
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights
La Comisión de Derechos Humanos de FITS pide la liberación inmediata de Munther Amira, un trabajador social Palestino que fue arrestado el 27 de Diciembre, mientras protestaba pacíficamente para defender […]
Release Social Worker Munther Amira Immediately! Statement by IFSW Human Rights Commission
Information Type: StatementTopic: Human Rights, IFSWThe IFSW Human Rights Commission calls for the immediate release of Munther Amira, a Palestinian Social Worker who was arrested on the 27th December while peacefully protesting to defend the […]
Statement on World Human Rights Day by IFSW Human Rights Commission
Information Type: StatementTopic: Human Rights
From IFSW’s standpoint human rights stands at the heart of social work, and from its very beginnings social work has been …a human rights profession, having as its basic tenet the intrinsic value of every human being and as one of its main aims the promotion of equitable social structures (United Nations, 1994:3)[i]
IFSW Human Rights Commission Supports Yemeni Social Workers
Information Type: StatementTopic: Human Rights
The IFSW Human Right Commission supports the initiative of the General Union for Sociologists, Social Workers and Psychologists in Yemen in assisting deprived children in the country, supported in part […]
Statement from the Human Rights Commission of IFSW on World Social Work Day 2015
Information Type: NewsTopic: World Social Work Day, Human Rights
International Social Work Day is recognised on March 17th and this year the Global Agenda theme Promoting the Dignity and Worth of Peoples speaks very much to the human rights […]