✅ In Africa, BOTSWANA decriminalizes homosexuality and thus fights the frequent physical violence against LGBTQI persons in this country. ✅ Since 1965, same-sex relationships in Botswana have been punishable by up to 7 years in prison. The country’s High Court ended this on Tuesday 11 June 2019. An anonymous person, whose initials LM is known, was behind…

Current European Union legislative instruments on Data Protection.  1. European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights Articles 7 and 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights recognise respect for private life and protection of personal data as closely related but separate fundamental rights. The Charter is integrated into the Lisbon Treaty and is legally binding on the…

Conseil Départemental Monsieur le Président Michel DAGBERT Rue Ferdinand Buisson 62018 ARRAS Cedex  PARIS, le 16 Juin 2016 OBJET : mise en oeuvre des recommandations de l’UNICEF-FRANCE Nos réfs : CM/SJ/ Droits des enfants / UNICEF-FRANCE/ Enquête « ni sains, ni saufs » Monsieur le Président, Nous soutenons activement les actions de l’UNICEF, et notamment celles de…

Objective : To help all the homeless persons in the streets of NANTES (FRANCE) during Christmas period.  Means and resources deployed : December 2016 : thanks to his field of expertise in social exclusion, the OENDDF Association has developed a partenership with the UCPUC Association to meet homeless persons in the streets of NANTES during Christmas period, to offer warm clothes, to…

Current European Union legislative instruments on Data Protection.  1. European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights Articles 7 and 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights recognise respect for private life and protection of personal data as closely related but separate fundamental rights. The Charter is integrated into the Lisbon Treaty and is legally binding on the…

YAZDA – An International Yazidi Organization Yazda Organization is a US-based, 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, established to support the Yazidi ethno-religious minority group in the United States and the Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq and northeastern Syria. Yazda’s mission is to support the Yazidi community in the aftermath of the August 2014 genocide, committed by…

Objective : To encourage the integration of Roma and Romanian children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in FRANCE. To provide for free distribution of schoolbags. To promote children’s rights, living in discriminated communities, and their right to education. Location of the action : area of NANTES (44), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : September 2018 : Our Association sent out a Team of volunteers to…

Libya: Migrants have always been victims of rape in Libya both in official detention centers and in clandestine centers. Migrants have always been victims of rape in Libya in both official and clandestine detention centers. What has changed today is that we know it, whereas five years ago, public opinion was not ready to hear…

FRANCE, LA ROCHELLE 🇫🇷. ✅ The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights is on the ground and in action: we help those who are forgotten, by joining them where they are, whatever their social situation may be, in the streets. ✅ Hereby you will find some pictures of street patrols mission, to help homeless persons….

Objective : To help Iraqi refugees, asylees in FRANCE, suffering from significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for free meals, as well as moral and human support. Location of the action : Region of MIDI-PYRENEES, near TOULOUSE (31), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : May 22-23-24 2015 : Sending a Team of volunteers of the European…

Objective : To make a Street Work for homeless persons. Location of the action : MONTREAL, CANADA. Means and resources deployed : August 2017 : One of our Teams of volunteers has made a great Street Work, to meet homeless men and to face the challenges of their situation. The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights (E.O.N.D.F.R.) has developed an extensive and in-depth expertise in the field of understanding…

FRANCE 🇫🇷, NANTES. ✅ Pioneer and dynamic, the City of NANTES will transform into a “giant vegetable garden” to give vegetables to families in need, following the COVID-19 epidemic. ✅ With Operation « Nourishing landscapes », 25,000 m2 of land will be cultivated. Vegetables will replace flowers and green spaces will become vegetable gardens. This new experience…

Objective : to provide assistance to asylum seekers and unaccompanied migrant children, facing significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : free meals ; French classes ; detailed information  to unaccompanied migrant children on children’ s rights ; material support ;  emotional support. Location of the action : NANTES, FRANCE.  Means and resources deployed:  From December 2017 to March 2018 : OENDDF Mobile Teams on patrol…

Objective : To help very isolated homeless persons, thanks to actions of relocations.  Location of the action : DOWNTOWN of NANTES , FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : December 2016 –  January 2017 : During the 2016 winter, one of our Teams of volunteers of our Association was among very isolated homeless persons, living in the streets for many years, in emergency cases because of a severe cold…

MINISTERE DU LOGEMENT, DE L’EGALITÉ DES TERRITOIRES ET DE LA RURALITÉ Madame Sylvia PINEL 72 Rue de VARENNE 75007 PARIS – FRANCE NANTES, le 9 Juin 2016 OBJET : DEMANDE DE PROJET DE LOI MODIFICATIF EN DROIT DU LOGEMENT. Nos Réfs : CM/SJ/ HANDICAP ET PERSONNES SANS-ABRI / MINISTERE DU LOGEMENT Madame la Ministre, L’Association de l’Observatoire Européen…

27 September 2017 : The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a Global Charter to support business in the fight against discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTIQ) in the workplace. 1/ Facts : High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, called on the private…

1/ In the framework of Surrogacy (also : Surrogate motherhood, gestational Surrogacy), and according to a Transparency Market Research study, surrogacy market was expected to reach $ 4.8 billion in 2017 worldwide. A mother must not become a simple means to transfer international funds. Woman’s body is not for sale. 2/ Extract from the Website : « Justice…

UGANDA. Persecutions of homosexual persons. ✅ The government of Uganda has announced its intention to impose the death penalty on homosexuals and people promoting homosexuality. ⁣⁣ ✅ This type of law criminalizing homosexuality is outrageous and in practice gives rise to hate crimes by homophobia.⁣ ⁣ ✅ Homosexuality is still misunderstood in a number of…

Objective : To carry out a european campaign against hate crime and for access to justice for all.  Location of the action : European Union.  Means and resources deployed : During the year 2016 : Our Association has started a European campaign against hate crime and for access to justice, with posters recalling the importance of the European…

FRANCE 🇫🇷. ✅ The City of PARIS has around 6,000 traffic lanes. ✅ Among these, only 247 traffic lanes have a name referring to a woman (or a female community), according to the selection criteria. ✅ Names referring to a man are around 3,200 or 4,000, depending on the source. ✅ The City of PARIS,…

Objective : To promote assistance to migrant persons, such as refugees and asylum seekers, facing rooflessness, in significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : free meals ; moral and human support ; a free legal assistance, on the asylum procedure in Italian law and European law, for those who requested it. Location of the action : Esplanade in front of…

▶ In France, faced with hatred against homosexual persons on the Web, the Gay-friendly Lawyers Network, Stop Homophobie Association and Mousse Association decided to join forces to stop impunity on social Networks, especially on Twitter. ▶  200 criminal complaints were filed on January 17, 2019 by 20 Lawyers in 12 French Courts. Learn more : Hate against…

The European Court of Human Rights condemns the Croatian Government for failure to hold effective investigation into allegation of human trafficking and exploitation of prostitution.  Facts : The applicant lodged a criminal complaint against a certain T.M., a former policeman, alleging that in the period between the summer of 2011 and September of the same year…

Objective: Encourage the integration of persons experiencing material and moral difficulties, through the free provision of meals and housing aid, to encourage their professional integration and social promotion. Location of the action : PARIS, 14°, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed: May 11/ 12 2015 : We met Didier, who is a homeless person. He was sleeping down in the street,…

Objective : To help very isolated homeless persons in emergency, during cold nights of december, when the emergency number 115 is saturated. Location of the action : PARIS, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : December 2016 : Mobile Team on patrol, in PARIS, to support very isolated homeless persons, during cold nights of december, with food aid…

UNION EUROPEENNE 🇪🇺. ✅ 17 mai 2020 : la Journée internationale contre l’homophobie et la transphobie vise à promouvoir des actions de sensibilisation et de prévention pour lutter contre la lesbophobie, la gayphobie, la biphobie et la transphobie. ✅ Le siège de Bruxelles de l’Union Européenne s’est illuminé pour célébrer notre diversité et nos valeurs….

▶️ Surrogacy is a reduction to slavery. ▶️ Women’s bodies are not for sale. ▶️ The industry based on trafficking in human beings is a criminal offense. This article is an extract from the Collective for the respect of the person (CoRP), collectif-corp.com :   » Mesopotamia. The return. The first known historical occurrence of a form of surrogacy is a Mesopotamian…

In LAS VEGAS (NEVADA), 50,000 food service workers will go on strike if new contracts do not protect them against robotization / automation of their jobs. Among the worried, bartenders, waiters, doormen or even cooks. While this protest movement is the first in Las Vegas since 1984, the claim is formulated in these terms by…