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Learn more about environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) working at the interface of human rights and environmental protection - often at great personal risk.
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Big Brother is watching: Spyware exports pose unprecedented threat to democratic leaders and human rights defenders
by Kerry Pearson, Universal Rights Group
‘Never has the human right to privacy been more important and more under siege,’ suggested the UN Special Rapporteur on Privacy, Joe Cannataci, when presenting his recent report on ‘artificial intelligence and privacy’ to the Human Rights Council’s 47th session (HRC47). His words seemed especially prescient this week as news broke that spyware developed by NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance company, called Pegasus, has been sold to some of the world’s most authoritarian governments to extract private data from citizens, including human rights defenders and elected officials, record calls and obtain personal messages, track internet searches, and monitor social media…
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Foro Generación Igualdad – Edición de París: Más compromisos ambiciosos, menos promesas vacías
by Vany Cortés, Universal Rights Group Geneva
El 30 de junio, el Secretario General de la ONU, António Guterres, inauguró la segunda sesión del Foro Generación Igualdad (GEF por sus siglas en inglés) junto con la Directora Ejecutiva de ONU Mujeres, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, y el Presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron. El GEF es un encuentro mundial coorganizado por ONU Mujeres y los gobiernos de Francia y México en estrecha colaboración con activistas juveniles y organizaciones de la sociedad civil de todo el mundo. El GEF 2021 fue conformado por dos sesiones, cuyo objetivo fue revisar los progresos realizados desde la adopción de la Declaración y Plataforma de…
President Biden commits to protecting the right to vote and revitalising American democracy
by Daniela Kyle, Universal Rights Group NYC
On 13 June, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, President Joe Biden delivered a fiery speech on the importance of protecting voting rights in America. The president emphasised the need for free and fair elections in order to uphold American core values as well as to strengthen democracy domestically and abroad. The speech was directed both at the American people and at their congressional representatives, with many Republican office holders seeking to limit ballot access across the United States in what has been called a ‘21st Century Jim Crow assault’, while Democrats have largely pushed to restore and expand…
From apartheid South Africa to the Euro 2020 football championship: how sport and human rights make for natural teammates
by Mathis Limon
Competitive sports and the athletes who compete in them, can have an enormously positive impact on the enjoyment of human rights. The global reach and popularity of sports such as football, rugby, cricket, basketball, golf, athletics, and Formula 1, mean they can be used as a vehicle to either promote human rights (e.g., soccer training camps for disadvantaged children), or – in some cases – leveraged to whitewash human rights abuses (see the popularity of hosting Formula 1 races amongst the world’s autocracies). Moreover, the voices of elite athletes reach millions every day, and can – and often are –…
Report on the 47th session of the Human Rights Council
by the URG team
Quick summary The 47th regular session of the Human Rights Council (HRC47) was held from Monday 21st June to Tuesday 13th July 2021. On 21st June, H.E. Ms. Michelle Bachelet presented her annual report on the human rights situation around the world. This presentation was followed by an interactive dialogue on her report on the role of States in responding to pandemics. The presentation of her annual report provided the basis for an interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner on 22nd June. Seven panel discussions were held during the session. More than 60 reports were considered under the Council’s various…
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In her first address to the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) Third Committee as High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2018, Michelle Bachelet urged States…#El Momento Es Ahora - El caso para el reconocimiento universal del derecho a un ambiente sin riesgos, limpio, saludable y sostenible
Este nuevo informe de políticas públicas cuenta la historia de los debates internacionales sobre derechos humanos y medio ambiente, derechos humanos y cambio climático, y…OSLO+Digital – International support for the national implementation of UN human rights recommendations, including as a contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals during the COVID-19 pandemic
On 9 and 10 June 2020, the Permanent Missions of Denmark and The Netherlands to the UN in Geneva, in cooperation with the Universal Rights…eventos URG
Towards a new accountability? The role of UN-mandated investigative mechanisms in securing accountability for human rights violations at the national, regional and international level’
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The Universal Rights Group (URG), in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the United States to the UN in Geneva, is organising a virtual policy dialogue focusing on 'Towards a new accountability? The role of UN-mandated investigative mechanisms in securing accountability for human rights violations at the national, regional and international level'. The policy dialogue ...próximos eventos
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