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Lund University Student (Sagar Chandrakant Zende) TESTIFIES AT THE UN

socialsagar wrote 5 days ago: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24890&news_item=5450 LUND STUDENT TESTIFIES AT THE U … more →

Tags: Dalit Human Rights, Human Rights Council, united nations geneva, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sagar Chandrakant Zende, Sagar Zende

Suggestions on the issues to be raised in 16th HRC (Human Rights Council), Geneva

socialsagar wrote 5 days ago: Dear all, Jai Bhim. Hope you all are doing fine. The 16th Human Rights Council (HRC) session has alr … more →

Tags: Dalit Human Rights, Human Rights Council, united nations geneva

Announcement: OHCHR seeks senior indigenous fellow

Elsa Tsioumani wrote 2 weeks ago: Senior Indigenous Fellow Position OHCHR Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section, February 2011 The … more →

Tags: Funding Opportunities, Culture, News Alerts, Public awareness, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities, Education

Haiti: UN human rights chief offers help to address crimes under Duvalier

Conversations With The Living wrote 1 month ago: The United Nations human rights chief has offered Haitian authorities technical assistance for prose … more →

Tags: World News, Haitian Government, UN, US, US/UN Influence, Haitian Infrastructure, Haitian dictator, News, Haiti Reconstruction

Space for civil society is being contracted in India: UN Human Rights expert

makanaka wrote 1 month ago: Rights activist Binayak Sen. A Division Bench of the Chhattisgrah High Court has begun hearing Dr Se … more →

Tags: India, Civil Society, Kashmir, adivasi, Human Rights, maoist, Naxalite, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Binayak Sen

This week in review … Climate Frontlines post on projects on climate and TK in the Pacific

Elsa Tsioumani wrote 1 month ago: Climate Frontlines: Project Profiles Climate Frontlines, 15 January 2011 This post by Climate Frontl … more →

Tags: development, CBD, UNPFII, UNESCO, News Alerts, climate change, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities, Disaster Risk Reduction

This week in review … OHCHR underscores universal endorsement of UNDRIP

Elsa Tsioumani wrote 2 months ago: Indigenous rights declaration universally endorsed OHCHR release, 23 December 2010 GENEVA, SWITZERLA … more →

Tags: development, Culture, News Alerts, language, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities, Education, customary law

Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Press Release on Guinea Violence

magbana wrote 3 months ago: Please click here to go to OHCHR press release.       … more →

Tags: Guinea, International Organizations, United Nations, election, Human Rights, red berets, FOSSEPEL, extrajudicial killings

Meeting review: TK at the UN Human Rights Council

Elsa Tsioumani wrote 4 months ago: UN Human Rights Council adopts two resolutions related to indigenous peoples’ rights International W … more →

Tags: development, Culture, Meeting Documents & Reports, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities, Education

UN Press Release: Guinea - Excessive Force Used Against Demonstrators

magbana wrote 4 months ago: Guinea: Excessive Force Used Against DemonstratorsSaturday, 23 October 2010, 12:32 pmPress Release: … more →

Tags: Guinea, International Organizations, United Nations, election, Ethnic, Demonstration, Guinea security forces, United Nations Office for the high Commissioner for Hum, Excessive Force

Navi Pillay Explains the Mapping Report and Justice Implications

Alana Tiemessen wrote 5 months ago: … more →

Tags: News, Rwanda, DRC, Pillay, Congo, mapping report

israel guilty of 'summary execution" of flotilla activists: UN

mtrtmk wrote 5 months ago: UN Human Rights council has found “clear evidence” of israel’s crimes in the floti … more →

Tags: News media, Pakistan, USA, Terrorism, Palestine, zionism, Israel, Gaza, UN

UN fact-finding mission: Israelis executed American citizen4 comments

moraloutrage wrote 5 months ago: The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Hum … more →

Tags: Israel, u. s. government, Palestine, U. S., American, Troops, Gaza, media, Israeli

Funding opportunity: UN Voluntary Fund for indigenous populations 2011 applications

Elsa Tsioumani wrote 5 months ago: UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations applications for 2011 OHCHR, September 2010 The United … more →

Tags: Funding Opportunities, UNPFII, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities

Meeting review: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

Elsa Tsioumani wrote 6 months ago: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 9 August 2010 (Worldwide) The focus of this year’ … more →

Tags: development, CBD, UNPFII, UNESCO, Culture, News Alerts, Meeting Documents & Reports, IFAD, Public awareness

Welcome assurances regarding court verdicts in caste based discrimination cases in Far West Nepal

humanrightsnepal wrote 7 months ago: The National Dalit Commission, a body in Nepal to protect and promote the rights of the Dalits, one … more →

Tags: human rights situation, nepal, Discrimination, National Dalit Commission

Equality for all... except you lot

H&V wrote 7 months ago: We are constantly told that we are living in an age where bodies like the Equality and Human Rights … more →

Tags: volleys, Catholic Church, Church of England, DHRL, Don't Ask - Don't Tell, EHRC, Harriet Harman, obama, pope

Funding opportunity: UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations2 comments

Elsa Tsioumani wrote 8 months ago: United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations OHCHR, June 2010 The forms for representati … more →

Tags: development, Funding Opportunities, UNPFII, Culture, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities

Concerns raised at limiting mandate of OHCHR

humanrightsnepal wrote 9 months ago: On Sunday the government announced that the mandate of the UN Human Rights Office in Nepal will be e … more →

Tags: human rights situation, nepal


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