New Humanity in Geneva: 4 interventions to Human Rights, Education and Development
New Humanity Office in Geneva has actively participated in several processes within the United Nations system, reinforcing the organization’s commitment to promoting human rights and the dignity of every person across multiple fronts.
Take a closer look at our most recent contributions and joint actions:
1. Advancing children’s rights: New Humanity’s proposal to the UN Working group on an optional protocol on the Rights of the Child
New Humanity submitted an official contribution to the Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, emphasizing the importance of a family-centered and human rights-based approach to early childhood care and education.
📄 Access the full contribution
2. Right to Development: interventions at the 26th session of the intergovernmental working group
During the 26th session of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Right to Development, the New Humanity co-sponsored three oral statements delivered in plenary, in collaboration with the Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII and other Catholic-inspired NGOs.
These interventions addressed key issues such as:
The impact of coercive measures on the right to development
📄 Access the full statementThe collective dimension of the right to development
📄 Access the full statementGeneral considerations on the right to development
📄 Access the full statement
3. Expanding the Right to Education: New Humanity and OIDEL defend educational pluralism in public funding
New Humanity also co-sponsored two written contributions submitted by its partner NGO OIDEL to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education. The texts highlight the importance of ensuring the right to education through adequate public funding for non-governmental schools, especially when they best serve the cultural, pedagogical, or linguistic needs of specific communities.
📄 Public Education and Funding – Access the full contribution
📄 Framing the Right to Education – Access the full contribution
4. New Humanity and partners urge international action in Syria
New Humanity joined Caritas Internationalis, OIEC, and VIVAT International in signing a joint appeal on the dire humanitarian situation in Syria. The document calls for respect for minority rights, the safe return of displaced populations, reconstruction of the country, and the lifting of sanctions that hinder recovery efforts.