Objective : To encourage the integration of homeless persons, through a free distribution of meals and a moral support. To restore the human dignity for homeless persons over the 2016 summer months. Location of the action : AIX-EN-PROVENCE (13), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : June 2016 : Our Association sent out a Team of volunteers to organize a free distribution operation of meals to persons…

▶ 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…

Objective : To encourage the integration of persons facing material and moral difficulties, especially homeless persons, through their professional integration and their social promotion. Means and resources deployed : Location of action : VANNES (MORBIHAN, 56), FRANCE. June 2nd 2015 : Our Association has sent a team of volunteers in VANNES (Morbihan, 56). We met…

1/ The painful journey of pregnant homeless women in the street. ▶ « The 115 for cradle? » With this question, the Abbé-Pierre Foundation warns the public authorities and denounces, in its 21st Report devoted to poor housing in France, the situation of many pregnant and precarious women in France. « We regret the lack of follow-up upstream…

The DIRECTIVE 2011/36 / EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, April 5, 2011, “recognizes that human trafficking has a dimension related to gender equality and that, in many cases, women and men are not victims of human trafficking for the same reasons. It is therefore appropriate that assistance and support measures…

Objective : To encourage the integration of of Roma and Romanian persons, and their young children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in FRANCE. To provide for free distribution of meals and moral support. To restore the human dignity of Roma and Romanian persons, with their young children. To promote children’s rights and their right to education. Location…

FRANCE, PARIS 🇫🇷 ✅ “Sleep merchants”: on March 10, 2021, the Correctional Court of Paris handed down prison sentences against two sleep merchants, one conditional sentence of imprisonment, and one sentence of 3 years’imprisonment,  with immediate implementation, which is an extremely rare thing. The State Prosecutor had asked for the exceptional sentence up to four years’…

Objective : To support homeless persons in the Area of PERPIGNAN, FRANCE. Location of the action : Area of PERPIGNAN, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : August 2019 : A OENDDF Mobile Team on patrol was in the Area of PERPIGNAN to meet homeless persons, to discuss with them, to give them clean and new clothes, to…

▶ Mickey MEJI founded in South Africa the abolitionist movement of women survivors of prostitution « KWANELE ». ▶ Having experienced prostitution for 9 years, she has especially campaigned with the sex work Lobby before becoming an abolitionist.  ▶ Today, she fights for the voices of the survivors (700) and their true wishes for their future. ▶…

✅ In France, Government face to 70 murders of women, by their husbands, known as feminicides,  since the 1st January 2019. ✅ The minimisation of violence due to « parental conflict » with children, the lack of training of police services and the lack of an emergency protection order contribute to this situation. Learn more :www.LeParisien.fr. Murders of women. 29-06-2019

Working with Roma: Participation and empowerment of local communities  There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to local inclusion but four key elements can boost the chances of success, finds the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ latest report. “Roma are subject to persistent discrimination, marginalisation and are shunned by society,” says FRA Director Michael…

Objective : To encourage the social and professional integration of young homeless persons, through an emergency housing activity, for their access to sustainable and stable housing. Means and resources deployed :  partnerships with Hotels for emergency housing activity, funded by our Organisation. Location of action : ANGERS (Maine-et-Loire), FRANCE. June 2015: implementation of an emergency housing activity in a hotel structure for homeless persons. Geoffrey is 29 years old and is…

The DIRECTIVE 2011/36 / EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, April 5, 2011, « recognizes that human trafficking has a dimension related to gender equality and that, in many cases, women and men are not victims of human trafficking for the same reasons. It is therefore appropriate that assistance and support measures are also, if necessary,…

Our approach to homelessness: “Housing first” Our approach is based on the provision of a complete support package for homeless people. Our approach is: a field-based one, ranging from meeting homeless people to carrying out advocacy activities vis-a-vis the European Union’s institutions; and vice versa, i.e. taking full account of studies, reports and working documents…

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…

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…

1/ The European Charter of Fundamental Rights sets out the basic rights that must be respected both by the European Union and the Member States when implementing EU law. The European Charter of Fundamental Rights is a legally binding instrument that was drawn up in order to expressly recognise, and give visibility to, the role…

Objective : To encourage the integration of of Roma and Romanian persons, and their young children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in FRANCE. To provide for free distribution of meals and moral support. To restore the human dignity of Roma and Romanian persons, with their young children. To promote children’s rights and their right to education. Location…

Objective : To encourage the integration of homeless persons through free distribution operations of meals and a human and moral support. To restore the human dignity of homeless persons. Location of the action : DOWNTOWN OF LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Means and resources deployed : March 2016 : A Team of volunteers of our Association flight to LONDON. Thanks to the French newspaper…

Objective :  To promote assistance to migrant people, living in tents or in very precarious conditions, in significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for free meals, moral and human support. Location of the action : CALAIS, PAS-DE-CALAIS (62), FRANCE. In a few years, the City of CALAIS has become a significant international migration platform. A team of volunteers of the European…

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…

Belgium 🇧🇪. ▶ The violence of the Belgian police against migrants, including minor migrants (around 30%) comes to light  : dog bites, fingers returned, strip searches in front of hilarious female staff, threats of execution, simulations of prostitution scenes. ▶ International survey with 440 witnesses. ▶ The violation of the Fundamental Rights for migrants that…

In the field of ​​children’s rights and unaccompanied minors, we have published on Twitter information on the fact that an unaccompanied minor is above all a child and that the International Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989 (sources : CRC.aspx) applies :  Mineurs isolés et Convention des droits de l’Enfant : un mineur étranger…

1/ The painful journey of pregnant homeless women in the street. ▶ « The 115 for cradle? » With this question, the Abbé-Pierre Foundation warns the public authorities and denounces, in its 21st Report devoted to poor housing in France, the situation of many pregnant and precarious women in France. « We regret the lack of follow-up upstream…

17 Mai 2018 : Journée internationale contre l’homophobie, la transphobie et la biphobie. ➡ 25 % des jeunes qui sont sans-abri sont identifiés comme étant LGBTQI, ce qui inclut les personnes nées avec des chromosomes XXY, pour lesquelles notre Association a développé une expérience spécifique. ➡ L’amitié, la discussion, la paix et le logement sont les…

France 🇫🇷, February 1st 2019. ▶ The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights (OENDDF, in French) was present at the Meeting of social actors organized by the Abbé Pierre Foundation for the publication of its 24th Report on « The state of poor Housing in France – 2019 ». ▶ The issue was:  » At the gates of…

 in the worldAccording to the Annual Report of the United Nations Refugee Agency, wars, violence and persecution have pushed forced displacement around the world to a new record, with 68.5 million people uprooted in 2017, an all-out two seconds, about the population of Thailand. The term « refugee » refers to anyone who, « with a well-founded fear…

✅ The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights shares the findings of the surrogacy and sale of children study presented by Mrs Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children at the 37th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. ✅ Most of the surrogacy agreements practiced, including in…

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…

 HATE CRIME Our Association collects good practices to improve the reporting and the recording of Hate Crime, or serious incidents related to hate crime or hate speech, especially against refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, or against persons with disabilities, or serious incidents related to islamophobia, antisemitism or christianophobia in the Member States of the European Union….

✅ On 13th June 2019, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court provisionally criminalizes homophobia pending adoption of an appropriate Law by Congress.  The Federal Supreme Court (STF) has provisionally ruled that homophobia is equivalent to the crime of racism. ✅ « Any prejudice is violence (…). Discrimination is a cause of suffering, » said Judge Carmen Luzia. Learn more : www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/06/14/Brazil/Brazil’s Federal…

Objective : Encourage the integration of persons experiencing material and moral difficulties, through an emergency housing activity, for their access to housing. Means and resources deployed :  partnerships with Hotels for emergency housing activity, funded by the Association. Location of action : NANTES, FRANCE. May 8 2015: implementation of an emergency housing activity in a hotel structure for Ludovic and Daniel, homeless persons and street…

Access to Justice : founded in February 2017, the French HANDILEX Network brings together Lawyers and Experts around a mission : to help persons with disabilities to enforce their rights. Actually, its mission is to relieve persons with disabilities and those around them from the administrative and legal disability management, from their accident, so that they…