July 2025

Dear Sisters and Friends,

I hope that this July Justice Desk Update finds you all well. There will be no update in August and this might explain why this edition is so full of news which we hope catches your attention. There has been a lot on! We would be so grateful if you could bring this update to those whom you know would like to be kept in the loop but who might not have the gift of the internet. You need only engage with that which catches your attention.

In this issue you are being invited to learn a little more about how we collaborate in areas of justice that are relevant to our Presentation Charism and our IPA commitments. Below there are reports from:

IPA Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Prayer Service August 8th. You can register to attend this event HERE.
Homework! Will you help to support the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive? Sample hand-written Letters below. (apparently hand written letters are the most worrying to politicians and so worth the extra effort).
Global Citizenship School and our work in preparing school based videos for presentation to President Michael D Higgins in late May.
The ongoing APT (Act to Prevent Trafficking) campaign and the new leadership team for 2025 - 2027.
Presentation Sisters and Friends of Nano/Associates (US) - are participating in the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)100 Days of Prayer and they are encouraging us to take an active part in this campaign.
"Bring the Stolen Children Home" - We attended with members of APT a protest to highlight the number of children being trafficked from Ukraine into Russia.
RENATE marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Registration. HERE Wednesday July 30th at 4pm
Altogether in Dignity Ireland: AGM - Newsletter and events.
A crash course on the Oceans Conference that includes a very informative newsletter from Edmund Rice International.
A new landmark research study by the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) published by the Policing Authority reveals that people of African descent and Brazilians in Ireland report widespread discriminatory policing, racial profiling, and a deep lack of trust in An Garda Síochána. (We are members of INAR)
The 'Household Finance and Consumption Survey" of 2023 as produced by the Central Statistics Office.
Throwing Open the Doors to a Sustainable World for Future Generations. National Justice and Peace Network (NJPN UK) in-person event accompanied by CAFOD. Some of the presentations and conversations can be found below.
AEFJN Ireland will host an event in September 2025 that will look at the impact of reduced Overseas Development Aid (ODA) from the US and EU countries and how this is manifesting itself in the global south and the faith based response to the conversion of ODA into defense spending.
Preparations are underway by the October 17th Committee for the 25th Anniversary of the commemoration of the UN International Day for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty in Dublin.
Climate Justice Campaigning June / July 2025 (UK)
The UK asylum statistics un-spun!
Coalition 2030 and the revised work plan and the need to prepare for the forthcoming High Level Political Forum (HLPF) at the UN in July.

There will be no Justice Desk Update in August

Save the Date: IPA Prayer Service

Dear All,

Greetings of peace and justice to you all.

We warmly invite you to save the date for a special Prayer Service in celebration of World Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Day, hosted by the International Presentation Association.

This sacred gathering will be a time to honour the resilience, wisdom, and dignity of Indigenous and Tribal communities across the world. We will join together in prayer and reflection, lifting up the voices and experiences of those who continue to defend their cultures, lands, and identities — often in the face of deep injustice.

Date: Thursday, 8 August

Time

1:00 PM GMT

To help you find your local time, feel free to use this Time Zone Converter.

In the meantime, you are invited to fill in this Google Form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc45c4oz27l8aXaf1rqTuqs1kD75ghfNK5uPaKtG5zjYxsDRw/viewform?usp=dialog ) to indicate your interest or participation.

Let us come together in spirit and solidarity to celebrate, pray, and recommit ourselves to walking alongside Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in their ongoing journey of healing, protection, and empowerment.

You’ll receive more details and a registration link closer to the time — for now, please mark your calendars and share the attached Save the Date image with your communities.

With hope and gratitude,

Lané Ferreira
Administration & Communications Coordinator
International Presentation Association

Homework!

Will you help?

Last year the hard won EU Corporate Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) was enacted, to ensure that large companies checked their supply and value chains for Human Rights and Environmental Rights infractions. They are mandated to outline how they will deal with any such infractions as well as to publish policies that show how they would mitigate the occurrence of such infractions in the first place.

To cut a long story short, there is a newly published set of proposals entitled Omnibus 1 that claims to simplify the CSDDD when in actual fact it waters it down to ensure that there remains a 'competitive' advantage to EU companies. There has been no negotiation in this regard. It is likely that the Irish government will support this EU Omnibus legislation and so I wrote four letters similar to the letter below to create a little bit of fuss with respect to the ongoing issues.

Recently the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights have tackled the government on their stance relative to the forthcoming Omnibus 1. You can read about their efforts here in the Irish Times and if you choose to pen your own letter this article may indeed be of help to you.

Maybe you will let us know if you take this action and more particularly if you get a reply. I will publish any replies that I get.

I sent four Handwritten Letter to those named below. Two to local representatives and two to the ministers with direct responsibility for Ireland's response to the Omnibus 1 Legislation.

One Minute Video Campaign 2024 - 2025 at Áras An Uachtaráin with President and Sabina Higgins.

On May 21st last (2025) 12 schools were invited to Áras an Uachtaráin as guests of President Michael D. Higgins and Sabina Higgins to showcase the Global Citizenship One Minute Video Campaign. Below you will find some photos (and a gallery of more). Above is a compilation video that was shown to the President with clips from all the videos submitted. We have taken some time to share all of the videos that were sent in with other schools and teachers as the inspiration for those schools yet to take their action.

Why not take some time to check out over 35 of the One-Minute Videos that have been sent to us for consideration for presentation at this year's event at the Áras. They are from all all over the country (including Northern Ireland) and are representative of all ages attending schools in Ireland. They are indeed truly uplifting! Click HERE to view.

Reminder: APT Ireland Campaign (HERE) Would you be free to put posters / calling cards in Garda Stations, Churches, Chemists, Doctor's Surgeries or other healh care settings? If so contact me and I will make sure that you get as many as you need to take up this important challenge.

Nine out of ten human trafficking victims use health services while in captivity.

Studies from the US, UK and Canada indicate that 87% of human trafficking victims will attend a health facility during the first year being trafficked. Less than 1% are identified. The most common services attended are accident and emergency units, maternity services and general practice.

A Health & Social Care Education and Human Trafficking group (HSCEHT) has been established to unite representatives around a call for delivery of awareness training to all students in healthcare disciplines.

The group includes representatives from a wide cross-section of interested persons from national regulatory, policy, non-governmental agencies and education including RCSI’s Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery.

Read the full article HERE

Your invitation to 100 days of prayer and fasting as has been posted by the Presentation Sisters in the US.

Today, June 13th, we - Presentation Sisters and Friends of Nano/Associates - are participating in the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)100 Days of Prayer, Fasting, and Advocacy in response to the times here in the US. Please join us. #peace #peacefulprotest

Bring the Stolen Children Home

On National Children's Day, at the invitation of the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) Teachers Union we attended a protest in O' Connell Street and we encouraged members of APT Ireland (Act to Prevent Trafficking) to attend also. We had 4 from APT in attendance. You can read a little more about this issue and what it means for upwards of 20,000 children who are affected.

Justice for Ukraine have published a short document on the issue of Ukrainian Children who have been trafficked from Ukraine into Russia and the need to highlight this little understood or known issue. You can read this below or HERE.

Justice for Ukraine June 1st 2025[1].pdf

RENATE marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

Join us on Wednesday, July 30th as RENATE marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons with a powerful online gathering of solidarity, reflection, and action.

We will come together in prayer, hear voices from across our network, and witness the strength of our collaboration. We’re also proud to launch two of our latest films:

Against the Shadows (Albania) and Fragile Life (Ukraine)

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

4 p.m. BST | 5 p.m. CET

Registration HERE only – link in bio to receive your Zoom access. Let us stand united against trafficking and shine a light in the shadows

Altogether in Dignity (ATD) Annual Report

Below (or HERE) you can read the ATD Annual Report that was presented to members at the ATD AGM on May 15th 2025. I was invited to the speak to the Oct 17th event that we helped to organise in 2024 as this was one activity included in the report.

ATD Annual report 2024-1.pdf

Please find our All Together in Dignity - ATD Ireland Community Newsletter for June 2025 below.

Thank you to all who support our work.

https://mailchi.mp/62eca08777f6/june-update-6425381

The colour! The heart The content! The people! What a great newsletter! What a great organisation All Together in Dignity - ATD Ireland!

A crash Course in the 2025 UN Ocean Conference from Kevin O' Sullivan at the Irish Times.

ERI Newsletter June 2025 - https://mailchi.mp/b82d6b1c5fe0/vjua1pamk3-11041244

As members of INAR (Irish Network Against Racism we have been alerted to the following report published by them. Empower roadmap for racism.

“Still Not Heard, Still Not Safe”

New Report Reveals Experiences of Unequal Treatment by Gardaí amongst African and Brazilian Communities

A new landmark research study by the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) and published today by the Policing Authority reveals that people of African descent and Brazilians in Ireland report widespread discriminatory policing, racial profiling, and a deep lack of trust in An Garda Síochána.

The study presents the most detailed evidence to date of the negative experiences of policing among these communities including accounts of traumatic stop-and-search incidents, including strip searches, wrongful arrests, and property damage, with long-lasting psychological effects and ongoing impacts on employment, study, and family life. The findings also note the prevalence of vexatious charges brought after traffic stops, particularly against Black drivers. Full report HERE but the headlines and infographic of the topline concerns can be read below and HERE

Pabi-findings-and-recommendations.pdf

Executive Summary

𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 in Ireland 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

Median household net wealth up 29% between 2020 and 2023 For a more in depth examination of what the graphic below entails click HERE.

At this May 10th National Justice and Peace in-person event we were accompanied by CAFOD and some of the presentations and conversations can be seen below.

So far, in this Year of Jubilee, we have had several very successful online events under our 'Opening Doors' theme, plus a fantastic in-person event in London on the 10th May, covering environmental issues and celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Laudato Si'. If you want to catch up with what was spoken about a couple of weeks ago, you can watch videos of the various speakers on our YouTube channel.

AEFJN Ireland will host an event in September 2025 that will look at the impact of reduced Overseas Development Aid (ODA) from the US and EU countries and how this is manifesting itself in the global south and the faith based response to the conversion of ODA into defense spending. We will keep you in the loop in this regard.

Trump's cuts to humanitarian aid around the world impacts the most vulnerable of our sisters and brothers. Read more at https://bit.ly/3FYkQxQ

Preparations are underway by the October 17th Committee for the 25th Anniversary of the commemoration of the UN International for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty in Dublin. In early July I will attend the minister's office to discuss the grant funding and the role that the minister might hold on the day itself. We are meeting monthly with ongoing work in between times to be sure that all are ready.

Climate Justice Campaigning June / July 2025

We are encouraging churches and Christians to contact their MP about Climate Justice this summer.

CAN Climate webinar with Operation Noah, Wednesday 26th June, 1-2pm https://jpit.uk/can/can-webinars

Climate Coalition Mass Lobby of parliament on the 9th of July https://www.theclimatecoalition.org/mass-lobby-2025

We will have further resources to equip you to speak to your MP coming out over the next two months, watch this space! https://jpit.uk/environment

Friend of Nano June 2025 Edition HERE

The UK asylum stats unspun: No media narratives. No politicians spin. Just the facts as published by Care for Calais in the UK

Coalition 2030 and the revised work plan and the need to prepare for the forthcoming High Level Political Forum (HLPF) at the UN,

In early June I attended the Coalition 2030 Plenary at the Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun, Dublin. (Below are some of the photos of the day.) One of the tasks at hand is to review the current SDG implementation work plan to ensure that it remains on point. A number of points were made and appropriate and timely changes have been made and we are currently voting on this document HERE. This is an ambitious set of actions and proposals and the hope is that with the support of the Coalition members we will be able to achieve as much as possible. It is important to remember that the Irish Government is not prioritising the SDGs and this is more than disappointing.

We have also worked to prepare a plan of work for the two Coalition 2030 delegates who will represent us at the UN HLPF in July in New York. (Neither Ireland nor the UK will be presenting on their SDG progress this time around through the UN Voluntary National Review process.)

There will be no Justice Desk Update in August

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