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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF OPAC
2020 marks 20 years since the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC). Ratified by 170 States, OPAC is an indispensable complement to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). To celebrate this milestone, the Center for Children’s Rights Studies and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child planned a commemorative conference in Geneva on September 29, 2020. Regrettably this was cancelled due to the pandemic related public health situation. This led us to ask several of the distinguished speakers to record brief statements instead and to post them on this dedicated website.
Pope Francis Wades into Institutional Investing, Calls for Changes in Capitalism
Posted on 12/10/2020
The Council for Inclusive Capitalism with the Vatican is a new partnership between some of the world’s largest investment and business leaders and the Vatican. In this unusual pairing, big business and Pope Francis are coming to terms on how businesses should operate. The pontiff has on numerous occasions criticized capitalism in blistering terms. In October, Pope Francis said that the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the “magic theories” of market capitalism have failed. He added that the world needs a new type of politics that promotes dialogue and solidarity and rejects war at all costs.