Why Dominicans & Human Rights?

“The focus on human rights touches and unifies every aspect of our work to respect and defend the inherent dignity and freedom of each and every person which is at the heart of the Good News that Jesus, the Incarnate Word, came to preach”
- From the final statement of the Salamanca International Congress of the Order of Preachers, September 2016

Here's an illustrated version of the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights.

We are also commited to the rights of Earth. Learn more here.

Our Commitments to Human Rights

Corporate Stance on Migration
Consistent Ethic of Life
Opposition to Human Trafficking
Dismantling Racism
Nuclear Disarmament
Moratorium on Planting Genetically Modified Organisms
Opposition to the War Against Iraq
Abolition of the Death Penalty
Closing the School of the Americas
Housing Justice in Springfield, Ill.
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