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In order to shed light on Honduras's under-reported mass migration, PCS organized a delegation of six international experts to investigate the situation. Taking their report to national and international authorities in the summer of 2015, PCS helped reveal these horrendous realities, pressuring local governments and international institutions to address those issues.

Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished with our counterparts around the world in 2015.

Here are some highlights of what we’ve accomplished together with our counterparts in 2015.

Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds have acquired farmlands in Brazil by way of a Brazilian businessman accused of using violence and fraud to displace small farmers. These pension funds are also using complex company structures that have the effect of evading Brazilian laws restricting foreign investments in farmland.

A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities.

From November 5-14, 2015, this year’s 19th JQSI edition will offer a wide variety of events and opportunities to discuss international solidarity issues that concern us all.

This bulletin is about the future of international solidarity, the importance of exposure trips in Inter Pares' approach, the role of political leadership in universal healthcare.

Funding universal healthcare in Canada is economically viable, but it requires political will and federal leadership.

In March of 2015, Inter Pares hosted a delegation of four women from Burma to meet with people facing similar struggles, and to share camaraderie and strategies.

Over forty years, we have witnessed incredible change in the countries where we work. While some rights have been gained, others become threatened.

Dans le cadre des Journées québécoises de la solidarité internationale (JQSI), venez prendre part à la conférence d'ouverture en présence de notre invitée internationale Mariam Nobre.

After months of campaigning, Up for Debate put four federal leaders on the record on women’s issues during this election campaign.

Canadians for Tax Fairness (CTF), an Inter Pares counterpart, is busting myths about taxes and calling for tax reform.

CCIC is calling for greater leadership from Canada in tackling global issues in 2015, and specific action on inequality, climate change and women's rights.

The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), of which Inter Pares is a member, is urging Canadians to use their vote to defend "Healthcare for All."

On the last day of the One World Film Festival, Inter Pares will hold a screening of La fièvre verte (The Green Fever).

From Sept. 24-27, the One World Film Festival in Ottawa will provide a series of documentaries on global issues that will inspire you to make informed choices about Canada’s future.

Hear what the party leaders have to say about issues affecting women.

For two years, over 500 farmers from the different cotton-growing regions in Burkina Faso documented their experience with Monsanto’s Bt cotton. This three-year farmer-led research initiative, called “Bt Cotton and Us: The Truth from our Fields,” provides an important counterbalance, as Burkina Faso was the first country in West Africa to adopt genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and industry often lauds its success when promoting GMOs in other countries.

Inter Pares works to support and promote food sovereignty and ecological agriculture. Here are a few of the reasons Inter Pares is concerned about GMOs.

The Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), of which Inter Pares is a member, invites you to join a Twitter Rally on September 9th, 2015, in support of pu

Join thousands of individuals and organizations across the country who want to make food a critical issue in the federal election this fall!

Fall is here, and so is a fresh crop of Inter Pares Film Nights!

For International Human Rights Day, we will screen Granito, a documentary that recounts the extraordinary story of how a film about the civil war in Guatemala helped a new generation of human rights activists tip the scales of justice in the trial against the country’s former dictator, Efraín Rios Montt.

The World According to Monsanto is a documentary about the controversial corporate operations of Monsanto, the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Inter Pares and partners will present The Price We Pay, an incendiary documentary by Harold Crooks on the disastrous impacts of offshore finance and tax avoidance on our society.

An arrest warrant and Interpol notice have been issued, in the hope of extraditing Col. Salloum to face justice.

This bulletin shows how Inter Pares is supporting communities to find justice in Bangladesh and Burkina Faso. It also examines the human abuses perpetrated against migrant workers here in Canada.

Inter Pares staff Eric Chaurette visited a cotton farmer group in Burkina Faso in February 2015. He got the latest news on the farmer-researcher project.

The vulnerable situation of migrant workers in Canada.

Nijera Kori landless groups in the communities of Charbata, Bangladesh, successfully led collective action to protect the land to farm and the river to fish.

The debate we had originally imagined will not happen. But, this is certainly not the end of the road. The issues we care about can, and will be, a major part of this federal election.

The Secret Trial 5 is a documentary that features the human impact of the “war on terror” in Canada. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Monia Mazigh, National Coordinator of the ICLMG and spouse of Maher Arar.

Press release.

Tiniguena, founded in 1991, is a courageous organization that over its history has managed to accomplish big things.

Four years ago this week, conflict in Kachin State, northern Burma, broke a seventeen-year ceasefire agreement.

Learn how ICLMG, Inter Pares counterpart, promotes and defends civil liberties and human rights here in Canada.

This bulletin is about the importance of promoting citizen's rights to defend rights around the world, with specific examples from Canada, Guinea-Bissau, and El Salvador.

Early 2015, staff member Patricia Charest Mugwaneza visited Inter Pares’ counterpart Tiniguena. She shares her experience.

El Salvador shows some signs of openness for dialogue between the government and civil society.

Inter Pares was a proud sponsor of the closing events of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Aboriginal residential schools.

Inter Pares welcomes the announcement of the reconstitution of the Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB).

Through five reports, the GMO Inquiry explores critical unanswered questions about the impacts of GMOs.

Dr. Melgar and Dr. Estrada Claudio are both co-founders of Likhaan, an Inter Pares counterpart in the Philippines.

For over 20 years, Inter Pares has collaborated with local groups in Burma and neighbouring countries.

This is our 5th edition of Inter Pares’ Free Film Nights, and we will be presenting a private screening of “Burma VJ,” a documentary by Danish filmmaker Anders Østergaard.

Over the twenty-five years that Peter worked for Inter Pares, he brought his passion, courage, talent, and deep commitment to social justice to many issues and struggles around the world.

We’re calling on YOU to join us on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. During a week of activities spotlighting justice for communities harmed by Canadian mining companies, we’re taking to social media to call on the government to make Canada #Open4Justice, not just open for business!

Live again or discover the highlights of Inter Pares 40th anniversary event by watching these videos.

On April 30th, over 100 activists from Ottawa-Gatineau and around the world joined Inter Pares for its 40th anniversary event.