Voices of Promise

A Student-run Human Rights blog at UCLA School of Law advocating for the promotion and protection of human rights. Views and opinions are of the authors only.

[Erin Elizabeth Rubin @ErinElizabethRM]

The last day’s s hearings were as emotional, impactful, and critical as the first. Thanks to all who testified at @CIDH and to the @PromiseInstUCLA for allowing me to cover it. #IACHR2023 #IACHRhearings #HumanRights

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E. Tendayi Achiume Keynote:

There can be no meaningful undoing of ecological disaster without effective action to address the racial (colonial and slavery, notably) core at the heart of the ecological crisis. 🧵

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The hearings of the 186th Period of Sessions of @CIDH concluded today with three hearings. Our amazing staff wrote recaps for any hearings you may have missed. Check them out!
https://t.co/fqosxWMbOs

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Finally Wednesday was another full day with four hearings. Summaries can be found here: https://t.co/HUhb1x51dL

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We enter the last day @CIDH hearings for its 186th Period of Sessions. Catch up on yesterday's at the link below. Check out the thread to get the recaps from our amazing staff for each day of hearings this week!

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The fourth day of @CIDH's 186th Period of Sessions has wrapped up. Check out the summaries of each hearing below for any you may have missed!

https://t.co/9NSZVQPLqr

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Tuesday was the first full day with four hearings. The recap of each can be found here: https://t.co/ipKpsk1kEc

[Voices of Promise @VoicesofPromise]

The fourth day of @CIDH's 186th Period of Sessions has wrapped up. Check out the summaries of each hearing below for any you may have missed!

https://t.co/9NSZVQPLqr

[CIDH - IACHR @CIDH]

Sigue la transmisión en vivo de la #AudienciaPública: Caso 13.097 - Muertos en el Penal de Magdalena vs #Argentina, en el marco del #186PeríodoCIDH

Inicio: 16:45pm (Los Ángeles) #9Marzo 👇🏽 https://t.co/PxTQcSSz3Y

[The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA Law @PromiseInstUCLA]

Event details below! Be sure you're on time so you don't miss the beginning of the film:

https://t.co/8KdLsO9HnG

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Join us for our @ferguson_rises screening and panel tonight at Kaufman Hall!

(Note there are a lot of results when you look for Glorya Kaufman Theater. The link below is the one you should be navigating towards! 🚙🚶 🧭 🗺)

https://t.co/FiPRe1wISE

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ation (I am thinking of the egregious discrimination shown to Haiti). These structural inequalities form the foundation of compounded* issues such as lack of equal access to labor markets and housing, + these also undermine + impede participation in the democratic process itself.

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includes people in poverty, with disabilities, LGBTQI, and more. This limits socioeconomic development not just at the individual level but at the community and even yes the national level.

We can think of communities and countries who have experienced historical discrimin- /3

[The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA Law @PromiseInstUCLA]

Building and maintaining democracies is a continuous task and we can never be complacent in the need for everyone (even through meaningful access to representatives) to participate in governance.

We hear stories of impunity and denied rights even in functioning democracies. /1

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I want to end with the sentiments of Audre Lorde: None of us are free until all of us are free. That is our responsibility.

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negative ways. If we don't, we'll continue to see destabilization, poverty, and other conditions under which populist authoritarianism thrives. We must* address inequality (within and between!) countries as a way to stabilize the region. /7

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Commissioner Clarke continues: I am concerned about issues of freedom of expression, including the banning of books in schools. Most of those banned pertain to the rights of LGBTQI, issues of racism and others. "Every person ha a right to education, based on the principles /1

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IYKYK: TFW your event is low key, but also a really, really big deal

Like, say, this one:

⭐️Special Event: Ambassador Francisco Mora, Today! at 2:00 PM https://t.co/MVSeINScYJ

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Before today's full day of @CIDH hearings, catch up on yesterday's hearings!

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Today was Day 3 of @CIDH's 186 Period of Sessions here at @UCLA. If you missed any of the hearings and want to catch up, read our author's blurbs at the link below!

https://t.co/HUhb1x51dL

[Voices of Promise @VoicesofPromise]

Today was Day 3 of @CIDH's 186 Period of Sessions here at @UCLA. If you missed any of the hearings and want to catch up, read our author's blurbs at the link below!

https://t.co/HUhb1x51dL