5 June, 2018 Corruption has major negative implications, both direct and indirect, for the enjoyment of human rights and the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals’ ‘leaving no one behind’ Findings from new policy paper presented in Geneva on 22 May provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an empirical basis to tackle corruption from a human rights perspective Corruption is …
5 de junio de 2018 La corrupción tiene importantes implicaciones negativas, tanto directas como indirectas, en el disfrute de los derechos humanos y la realización de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible “sin dejar a nadie atrás”. Las conclusiones del nuevo informe de políticas públicas presentado en Ginebra el pasado 22 de mayo proporcionan a los responsables de formular políticas y otras partes interesadas una …
Note: This article is based on a Joint Statement by UN Environment and the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment ahead of World Environment Day. Speaking ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June, the head of UN Environment, Mr Erik Solheim, and the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Mr John Knox, issued a …
Note: This article is based on a keynote address delivered by H.E. Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights, on Wednesday 30th June 2018, at the opening plenary of the fifth Glion Human Rights Dialogue, hosted by the Government of Switzerland and supported by the Universal Rights Group. First, let me make a few points about the Secretary General’s ongoing plans for reforming …
On Friday 18th May 2018, the Human Rights Council held a special session on ‘the deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem’. The special session was requested, via an official letter dated 15th May 2018, signed by H.E. Mr Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Group of Arab States and H.E. Ibrahim …
17 de mayo de 2018, Bogotá Uno de los propósitos principales de Universal Rights Group (URG) es generar un cambio tangible y un impacto real en terreno, en temas de derechos humanos relevantes y urgentes en todo el mundo. Teniendo esto en cuenta, en 2015, URG tomó la decisión de explorar la apertura de oficinas regionales en diferentes lugares, incluyendo …
17h May 2018, Bogota One of the primary purposes of the Universal Rights Group (URG) is to deliver real change and real on-the-ground impact on human rights issues of immediate relevance and importance around the world. With that in mind, in 2015, the URG took the decision to explore opening regional offices in different regions of the world, including Latin …
On 17thApril the Universal Rights Group (URG) was granted special consultative status by the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Consultative status provides NGOs with access to UN bodies that are open to NGOs, including ECOSOC and the Human Rights Council, and the various UN human rights mechanisms. Commenting on the news, URG Executive Director Marc Limon said: ‘It has …
L’interdépendance entre le changement climatique et les droits de l’homme est désormais établie. L’idée que le premier engendre des violations de ces derniers, et qu’à l’inverse, les droits humains peuvent renforcer l’élaboration des politiques internationales sur le climat (notamment en portant une plus grande attention sur les besoins des plus vulnérables) est désormais communément acceptée. Pourtant, cela n’a pas toujours …
Cet article est également disponible en français . The idea that climate change undermines and may contribute to the violation of human rights, and that human rights obligations and principles can guide improved international and national climate change policy by focusing attention on the needs of the most vulnerable, is now well established. Yet it was not always so. Back in …
