After the tragedy in the Levante of the country caused by DANA [1], we state our concern for all those people who have seen how their lives were destroyed within a few minutes. We are sorry for the worsening of these phenomena, which are a visible side of global warming that is also affecting our country.
We are full...
Inspired by the recently celebrated 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we have gathered for the annual conference of the Spanish Commission for Justice and Peace in the "Santuari de Lluc". This is an emblematic place where beauty, silence and contemplation come together. We are aware of the need to build a world where...
There are limits that cannot be crossed under the risk of being branded as a murderous state. Today's events, which involved attacking the population with firearms, already starved from the long siege, on their way to fetch food from the humanitarian aid trucks, have no justification under any circumstances.
You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger (Deuteronomy 24:17). Justice and Peace is dismayed by the outcome of the political agreement reached last December 20 on the reform of asylum procedures in the European Union, which gives the final green light to the implementation of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum.
Every year is demonstrated by the lack of political ambition at the Climate Summits that the environment is as much a little brother as the poorest people on the planet.
We face increasingly populist politics and growing authoritarianism. We suffer from an avalanche of misinformation online and offline, and an alarming spread of conflict and violence. All of these factors impede our progress toward a freer and more just world. For this reason, the General Commission for Justice and Peace addressed ethics in...
We express our deep dismay at the resumption of the war between Israel and Palestine, with its aftermath of death and destruction, especially in the territory of Gaza.
The European Conference of Justice and Peace Commissions -Justice and Peace Europe- raises its voice against the inhumane and degrading treatment that human rights defender, Amparo Carvajal of Spanish nationality and President of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia (APDHB), is currently enduring.
We propose the following reflections, summarised in seven points, which may contribute to a mature and independent opinion of the citizenry with a view to the exercise of the vote in the General Elections on Sunday 23 July 2023.
On 18, 19 and 20 November 2022, around sixty people from Justice and Peace, together with sister organisations Cáritas Española and CONFER; D. Romà Casanova, Bishop of Vic; and D. Javier Vilanova, accompanying Bishop of the General Commission, gathered at the Cave of St. Ignatius in Manresa. We have chosen this place for the annual...
