RightON

RightON is a new digital initiative that aims to keep the #HumanRights dialogue going during the #COVID19 crisis. It is supported by NGOs, States, UN & academia

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.@PhilipGAlston:'The system has a number of ways of facilitating access by individuals. There are very good organisations like @ISHRglobal who facilitate direct engagement but UN not only about big meetings in GVA. Consists of broader network i.e access to 44 Special Rapporteurs'

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Bruno Giussani of @fifdh discusses how loss of possibility of doing film festival did not undermine mission of promoting #HumanRights stories. "Stick to the mission and do not focus on the tool. Don't shift the content, but create new ways of engaging your audience"

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.@FrisoRosAb discusses @EURightsAgency report reflecting on HR com strategy w/ epistemologists, marketing experts etc. Main conclusions: 1. Messages need to be simple, visual and contain drama 2. Need business case for #HumanRights 3. Embrace hope 4. Reach out to unusual suspects

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.@JuanaKweitel discusses need to critically reflect on communication and composition of #HumanRights organisations and stresses need for composition that is more racially & religiously representative of local populations. "In majority black Brazil, organisations need to be black"

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.@JuanaKweitel of @conectas re strategies to counter populist discourse: "First we have a limited role. The answer to populism will come from politics. It is not our arena. We have to assume our limitation, defend rights of vulnerable & counter 'authoritarian legalism'.

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.@PhilipGAlston of @NYULaw @HumanRightsNYU discusses challenge of writing impactful @UN_SPExperts reports and highlights need for original and tailored content & framing, carefully selected themes and quotable phrases that go beyond "boring, mundane, UN diplomatic language".

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.@PhilipGAlston of @NYULaw @HumanRightsNYU: "Debates that take place in #Geneva and #NY will never resonate with the broader public. That is why we need to have interlocutors and translators. That is where @UN_SPExperts come in and where @UNHumanRights should come in"

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.@marc_limon of @URGthinktank launches the new #RightOn series on 'Communicating #HumanRights' by recalling the crucial nature of communicating #HumanRights better to counter the negative narrative and create public trust

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The first of the #RightOn 2.0 series is about to start! 🤩

Today’s debate will discuss solutions to improve #HumanRights communication w/ @PhilipGAlston, Bruno Giussani @fifdh, @JuanaKweitel & @FrisoRosAb

Links to Facebook and Youtube live streams here: https://t.co/7qrYgl2iT0

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Last survey of #RightOn asks which will be most disrupted by #COVID19 :
1. Social system 14%
2. Political system 59%
3. Financial system 27%

Until return of #RightOn in September, let's start to #BuildBackBetter and #BuildBackGreener!

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Dr Michael K. Addo @notredame @UNDLondon @ndlaw
'Before health became a business, it was a pubic service. We are losing that dimension. If we regain that dimension we can see health as a #HumanRight and ensure businesses put human-centered service over profit'

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Mr Jean-Yves Art @microsoft says guiding principles apply to all companies but asks how we incentivise them to respect them? He suggests soft incentive such as #HumanRight education in administration courses, peer example and having investors demanding respect for human rights

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.@eelwr of @humanrightsDK discusses #HumanRights clauses in recovery packages (e.g Denmark refers to UN Guiding Principles). "Human rights due diligence is a way for companies to transform economy to a more #HumanRights compliant one but need to know what this means in practice"

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Dr Michael K. Addo @notredame @ndlaw argues #COVID19 makes us reexamine where we should be going and whether we need to look beyond label of 'Business and #HumanRights'. "As a label it has good pedigree and traction. But we also know progress is pretty awful due to sensitivity."

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Dr Michael K. Addo @notredame @UNDLondon @ndlaw argues business and human rights have come a long way from when #HumanRights were thought of as interference in market but says: "When it comes to talking it’s great but when it comes to walking it’s not so easy."

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Do companies know how to develop business models that respect #HumanRights?

@DoroBauPau @unigenews says not really but gives examples of business models making #HumanRights integral part of activities including in supply chains (e.g. sourcing not exclusively based on pricing)

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.@DoroBauPau @unigenews "If the pandemic has shown one thing is that companies need to be ready. Cosmetic fixes subsumed under label of #CSR won’t do the break. Additions to business as usual will not help make supply chains more resilience or increase employee motivation."

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Mr Jean-Yves Art @microsoft argues there is a disconnect between companies having been encouraged to expand on international level over past 20-30 years, facilitating globalization of economy while in parallel State claims on territorial sovereignty have increased.

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Mr Jean-Yves Art @microsoft argues
1. Recovery will need collective effort
2. IT companies and digital tech has been and will be continue to be enabler in recovery (business, education, public health monitoring)
3. Recovery will make issue of multinational taxation more pressing

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Ms Deborah Greenfield @ilo"#BuildingBackBetter means #BuildingBackGreen. We have an opportunity to dispel false polarity between environmental sustainability and economic sustainability. Our analysis show they are not at odds. Working together we can employ everyone productively"