The 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (Geneva, March 17 to April 25, 2003) NGO Joint Statement (Final version) Geneva, March 25, 2003 We, the undersigned Non-Governmental […]
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Social workers seeking justice, but not revenge
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictA Call to Action Global Threat & Social Workers Response Since the devastating attacks on the United States we have witnessed a profoundly disturbing response from governments, politicians and sections […]
Urgently needed: Multi-faceted, non-violent approach to resolving world conflict
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictInternational Federation of Social Workers International Association of Schools of Social Work The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) and the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) call […]
Citizenship and Social Work Education in a Globalising World
Information Type: StatementTopic: EducationIASSW CONFERENCE 15-18 JULY 2002 MONTPELLIER GREETINGS FROM IFSW IMELDA DODDS PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS Distinguished Guests Dear Colleagues all, It is both an honor and a pleasure […]
Indigenous peoples
Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human RightsBackground Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights According to the United Nations (UN), there are at least 5,000 indigenous groups composed of 300 million people living in more than 70 countries […]
Resolution on Administrative Detentions
Information Type: ResolutionTopic: Human RightsGeneral Meeting, Adelaide, Australia 29 September – 1 October 2004 The General Meeting of IFSW, representing more than 470,000 social workers in 80 countries throughout the world, deplores the use […]
The UN day of the elimination of violence against women
Information Type: NewsTopic: Human Rights, UNThe International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) is opposed to violence in all its forms. In recognising the UN Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women the IFSW calls […]
Letter of sympathy Sweden’s Foreign Minister Anna Lindh
Information Type: StatementTopic: IFSWWe cannot understand that a Swedish minister once more has been assassinated. The information yesterday evening that Anna Lindh had been stabbed at NK in Stockholm and the message this […]
Ensure that the needs of the poorest are not forgotten in Cancun
Information Type: StatementTopic: Social ProtectionIFSW letter to the WTO and the G8 members in connection with the WTO-Meeting in Cancun, Mexico September 2003 We are writing to you as trade ministers from 146 countries […]
Post War Iraq
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictDear Colleagues, We believe that it is important now that we focus on and turn world attention to what will occur once hostilities cease in Iraq. Many countries – and […]
Go on using your voice for peace
Information Type: NewsTopic: ConflictDear Colleagues The events of the past 24 hours bring a profound sadness over what will lay ahead for the people of Iraq and all those affected by this war. […]
Appeal to the UN Security Council on the Iraq Crisis
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictPresident and members United Nations Security Council Dear Sirs We write to you on behalf of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) representing 450,000 social work practitioners in 78 […]
The Iraq Crisis – A Peaceful Approach is Brave, Forward-looking and Wise
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictDear Friends and Colleagues We need not tell you that the current world situation is very serious. The prospect of a war against Iraq moves closer by the day. The […]
Letters to Bush, Blair and Howard
Information Type: StatementTopic: ConflictOPEN LETTER TO President George W Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington DC 20500 United States of America The Hon Tony Blair Prime Minister 10 Downing St […]
Displaced persons
Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human RightsIntroduction The displacement or forced migration of people within their own countries is today a common international phenomenon. Such migration may be caused by internal armed conflicts, situations of general […]
Refugees
Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human RightsPolicy Issue The physical needs of refugees, for food, clothing, health care and shelter, have to be met. However, policies also need to focus on the psychosocial needs and related […]
Human rights
Information Type: PolicyTopic: Human RightsHistory of human rights The history of human rights is that of the struggle against exploitation of one person by another. It is based on the recognition of basic rights […]