1 BATCH 22 United Nations E/C.2/2018/CRP.25 Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 06 February 2018 Original: English Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations 29 January–7 February and 23 February 2018 Quadrennial reports for the period 2013-2016 submitted through the Secretary-General pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31* Note by the Secretary-General Addendum Contents 1. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary 2. Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights 3. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung - Gesellschaftsanalyse und Politische Bildung e.V. 4. Rotary International 5. Rural Health Care Foundation 6. Sadguru Sadafaldeo Vihangam Yoga Sansthan 7. Save the Children International 8. Scholars at Risk Network 9. Science of Spirituality, Inc. 10. Shushilan 11. Sign of Hope e.V. - Hoffnungszeichen 12. Simply Help, Inc. 13. Sisters Inside Inc. 14. Sisters of Charity Federation
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BATCH 22
United Nations E/C.2/2018/CRP.25
Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 06 February 2018 Original: English
Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations 29 January–7 February and 23 February 2018 Quadrennial reports for the period 2013-2016 submitted through the Secretary-General pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31* Note by the Secretary-General Addendum Contents
1. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
2. Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
3. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung - Gesellschaftsanalyse und Politische Bildung e.V.
4. Rotary International
5. Rural Health Care Foundation
6. Sadguru Sadafaldeo Vihangam Yoga Sansthan
7. Save the Children International
8. Scholars at Risk Network
9. Science of Spirituality, Inc.
10. Shushilan
11. Sign of Hope e.V. - Hoffnungszeichen
12. Simply Help, Inc.
13. Sisters Inside Inc.
14. Sisters of Charity Federation
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1. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
(Special; 2013)
Introduction
The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) is an international apostolic institute of
Catholic women religious serving in 14 countries on 5 continents. RSHM’s mission is to know
and love God, to make God known and loved, - so that all may have life.
Aims and purposes of the organization
RSHM promotes the life and dignity of those who are marginalized, especially women and
children, focusing where life is vulnerable and helping people to work effectively for their
own development. Mission is expressed through educational programs at all levels, social
projects, legal assistance and pastoral / spiritual ministries.
Significant changes in the organization
There have been no significant changes.
Contribution of the organization to the work of the United Nations
RSHM contributed primarily through work on the ground with women and children in
vulnerable situations, providing educational and related support services and empowerment
opportunities. Members worked to eradicate poverty and promote environmental
sustainability, took initiatives to end trafficking in persons, and advocated for a just, equitable
socio-economic order.
At the UN, RSHM collaborated actively in the work of NGO Committees on Social
Development, Financing for Development, Mining Working Group, Migration Committee,
Working Group on Girls and the Committee to Stop Trafficking in Persons. RSHM networks
channeled grassroots voices to prepare joint submissions, co-organized side events and used
social media.
RSHM raised awareness on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), producing monthly
thematic newsletters circulated to collaborators including faculty and students of RSHM
Network of 19 schools in 9 countries. Workshops / presentations were given in six countries.
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Examples include four day-long sessions engaging 500 faculty and staff of RSHM Institutions
in Portugal and a week-long Social Forum on Sustainable Development engaging 800
students and faculty in Brazil.
Participation in meetings of the United Nations
RSHM representatives have participated extensively in the following meetings:
• 58th, 59th and 60th sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
• 52nd 53rd and 54th sessions of the Commission on Social Development (CsocD). RSHM
co-sponsored 9 Side Events side events during CsocD and CSW sessions; three featuring best
practices from the grassroots. They collaborated in submitting several written statements.
• Sessions 6 – 12 Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
contributing through joint submissions of NGO Committees.
• The High Level Political Forum (HLPF) in July 2016, and co-authored a publication
featuring best practices from a survey of community based economies which was launched at
a joint side event.
• HABITAT III Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in Quito,
Ecuador 17 – 20 October 2016.
14th and 15th Sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
RSHM presented Oral Statements at the High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
- 7th October 2013; the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development
Financing, 5 December 2013 (2nd Session) and the High level Political Forum – 20 July 2016.
Cooperation with United Nations bodies
RSHM cooperated with United Nations bodies globally through their campaigns and
observances of international days including International Women’s Day, 16 days of Activism
against Gender based violence, Earth Day, Day of the Girl and International Day of Peace.
Cooperation in the field included UNICEF (schools in Portugal; Social projects in Brazil),
UN AIDS (Zambia) and IOM (Mexico). Drawing on RSHM field experience, RSHM
submitted a paper on child-headed households to UNICEF, contributing to a report.
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Initiatives taken by the organization in support of the Millennium Development Goals
MDG2 and SDG4 Education provided to more than 7,500 children at risk of being left behind
in marginalized settings of 8 countries. Services included basic education, tutoring and social
inclusion programmes for immigrant children as well as literacy and language programmes
for parents. MDG 2 & SDG 17 Partnerships through “twinning” RSHM institutions in the
North and global South have helped to offer scholarship support, upgrade school facilities and
provide library resources, benefitting 2,500 needy children in Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Mozambique and Timor Leste. A school for 250 children with disabilities in Choma,
Zambia was upgraded to secondary level.
MDG 6 SDG 5 Through RSHM partnership with Diocese of Mutare Community Care
Programme, funding and administrative support was accessed to run outreach and women’s
empowerment programmes serving more than 10,000 people living with HIV AIDS in
Manicaland, Zimbabwe.
SDG 13 An RSHM school in Paris, France, co-organized and hosted a “Mini COP 21”,
involving children from international schools in learning and action on climate change during
COP21. Solar panels were installed in many RSHM institutions.
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2. Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
(Special; 1993)
Introduction
The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights (RFK Center), established in 1968,
is dedicated to advancing human rights by engaging in long-term partnerships with its
laureates: activists who have won the RFK Human Rights Award.
Aims and purposes of the organization
RFK Center staff work with laureates to initiate and support sustainable social justice
movements, using innovative tools including: litigation; technical initiatives; advocating with
governments, the United Nations and other international entities and NGOs; and launching
consumer awareness campaigns aimed at fostering corporate responsibility.
Significant changes in the organization
In 2015, the organization changed its name from “Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and
Human Rights” to “Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights” (RFKHR).
Contribution of the organization to the work of the United Nations
RFKHR hosted and helped facilitate an expert meeting and consultation with the UN Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and organizations across the world on
the main challenges that human rights defenders face while working on land rights and the
environment. (Florence, Italy 5-6 July 2016).
In coordination with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),
RFKHR held a consultation by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of
peaceful assembly and of association (10-11 December 2015)
RFKHR hosted and coordinated meeting on the use of litigation to develop the human rights
to water and sanitation in the Americas, which included experts from the United Nations.
Later that day, RFKHR also hosted a meeting for civil society with UN Special Rapporteur
on Human Rights and the Environment, John Knox (Washington, DC, United States, 6 April
2015).
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RFKHR organized an international conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General
Assembly, which brought together Gambian civil society actors to discuss human rights (New
York, United States, October 2015).
RFKHR organized a two-day consultation with human rights organizations from Europe, the
United States, Canada, Australia, Israel and New Zealand, on the situation of the Human
Rights Defenders Globally with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR), producing a document that was included in the final report of the Special
Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders presented to the UN General Assembly in October
2015 (Florence, Italy 22-23 June 2015).
RFKHR convened 20 experts from the different countries, including the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations working group for discrimination
against women and via teleconference from Pakistan the UN Special Rapporteur in the Field
of Culture Farida Shaheed (Florence, 2-3 December 2015).
RFHR staff participated in a workshop in Guatemala that was convened by Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as a result of the urgent need for Guatemalan
HRDs to analyze and develop a joint strategy to address the threats and obstacles they face in
their work defending human rights and particularly with regard to the exercise of their rights
to peacefully protest (Guatemala, 16 September 2014).
In partnership with Mr. Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of
Expression and Information convened an expert meeting, in preparation for his report on
children’s rights (13 June 2014).
Participated in the 3rd Annual Jakarta Human Rights Dialogue, organized with the support of
the European Union and the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights on
Jakarta, Indonesia. November 10-11, 2013
RFKHR developed the curriculum for a course along with President of the United Nations
Committee against Torture. The participants for the training included Frank La Rue, United
Nations special rapporteur on promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and
expression, and Martin Scheinin, former United Nations special rapporteur on the promotion
and protection of human rights while countering terrorism (Florence, September 2013).
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Representatives from RFKHR went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the invitation of United
Nations special rapporteur on promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and
expression, Frank La Rue, to participate as an expert on a panel regarding the freedom of
expression and political communication, to the Dominican Republic to share his views before
the First International (Rio de Janeiro, 2013).
Participation in meetings of the United Nations
Submitted report to UN Human Rights Council for Morocco’s UPR review (2016) and to the
UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights for Morocco’s state review (2015).
Worked with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR) in Guatemala on a report on the human rights impacts of hydroelectric projects on
indigenous communities (2016).
Pressured the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights to
recognize Morocco’s human rights abuses against the people of Western Sahara. Submitted a
detailed report to the Committee laying out numerous ways that Morocco is failing to live up
to its commitments under the treaty (2015).
Filed five petitions before the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) during
this period.
Cooperation with United Nations bodies
No cooperation was specified.
Initiatives taken by the organization in support of the Millennium Development Goals
No activities were specified.
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3. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung - Gesellschaftsanalyse und Politische Bildung e.V.
(Special; 2013)
Introduction
The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung – Gesellschaftsanalyse und politische Bildung e.V. is a
progressive non-profit institution for civic education affiliated with Germany’s “Die Linke”
(Left Party), which runs 20 offices worldwide and is active in more than 80 countries.
Aims and purposes of the organization
The organization works on democratic and social participation, empowerment of
disadvantaged groups, alternatives for economic and social development, conflict prevention,
and peaceful conflict resolution by means of academic analyses, public programs, etc.
Significant changes in the organization
There have been no significant changes.
Contribution of the organization to the work of the United Nations
The organization has published studies on the United Nations, including “The Struggle for a
UN Treaty,” (August 2016), “Reinventing Development. Reforming the UN for People and
Planet” (June 2016), “We the Peoples? The United Nations on Its Seventieth Anniversary”
(October 2015), and “Confronting Development. A Critical Assessment of the UN’s
Sustainable Development Goals” (December 2014).
The organization initiated Trade Unions for Energy Democracy to address climate change.
The organization initiated Urban Convergences, bringing together housing justice advocates
and present/former UN special rapporteurs on adequate housing to share visions of a socially
just city.
Participation in meetings of the United Nations
The organization has brought representatives to these meetings and has sponsored side events:
• The 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Sessions of the United Nations Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues (New York, United States, 20-31 May 2013, 11-16 May 2014, 19-
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24 April 2015, and 8-13 May 2016).
• The 21st and 22nd Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (Paris, France, 30 November-12 December 2015 and
Marrakesh, Morocco, 7-18 November 2016).
• The 58th, 59th, and 60th Session of Commission on the Status of Women (New York,
10-21 March 2014, 7-13 March 2015, and 14-24 March 2016).
• The second session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on
transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights
(Geneva, Switzerland, 24-28 October 2016).
• The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development
(HABITAT III, Quito, Ecuador, 17-20 October 2016).
Cooperation with United Nations bodies
With the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Southern
Africa Trade Union Co-ordination Council, the organization co-sponsored a workshop on
statelessness in the Southern African Region, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 – 12
July 2016.
The organization sponsored a conference in collaboration with UNRISD, the International
Labour Organization, and the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service on “The
Potential and Limits of Social and Solidarity Economy in Geneva, Switzerland, 6-8 May,
2013.
Initiatives taken by the organization in support of the Millennium Development Goals
The organization’s activities outlined above contributed to MDG 3 and 7 as well as SDG 5,
7, 11, 13.
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4. Rotary International
(General; 1993)
Introduction
Rotary is an organization of 1.2 million business and professional leaders in more than 34,000
clubs around the world united to provide humanitarian service and promote goodwill and
peace. Operating in more than 200 countries and geographical areas, Rotary clubs are
nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
Aims and purposes of the organization
Rotary’s top philanthropic goal is the global eradication of polio. Since 1985, Rotary members
have contributed more than US$1 billion and committed countless volunteer hours to help
immunize more than 2 billion children in 122 countries from the wild polio virus. In addition
to polio eradication, all Rotary clubs implement at least one local and one international service
project annually. Through these projects, Rotary members volunteer their time, expertise, and
financial support to address local and global challenges such as illiteracy, disease, hunger,
poverty, and environmental concerns.
Significant changes in the organization
Rotary changes its leadership annually.
Contribution of the organization to the work of the United Nations
A network of 30 Rotary leaders is appointed annually to serve as Representatives to the United
Nations and Other Organizations. The RI Representatives facilitate communication between
Rotary and United Nations entities at the highest levels, while encouraging collaboration on
joint projects locally. Representatives to the UN in New York, United States, annually
organize Rotary-UN Day which brings more than 1200 Rotary members and guests to United
Nations Headquarters for a day of discussions and presentations between key UN officials
and Rotary leaders. Similar events have been organized at UNESCO in Paris, France and the
United Nations Institutions in Rome, Italy. in 2017 Rotary Day at the UN will be in Geneva,
Switzerland.
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Participation in meetings of the United Nations
To support the work of the Economic and Social Council Rotary participated in many United
Nations conferences and meetings as panelists, moderators, presenters, and exhibitors,