Students from St Joseph’s College, Alafua, Samoa, have helped bring the voices of young people in Samoa to the global stage through a formal submission to the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a key international process that assesses the human rights record of UN member states. The submission was facilitated by the Star of the Sea Province through their Secretariat of Solidarity and their international NGO, Fondazione Marista per la Solidarietà Internazionale

The Marists, through the Secretariat of Solidarity and their NGO Fondazione Marista per la Solidarietà Internazionale (FMSI), are amplifying the voices of Kiribati's youth on the global stage. This initiative is part of the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, a mechanism that allows civil society organisations to highlight human rights challenges and propose solutions to UN member states. By collaborating closely with local young people aged 16-17, these