✊ 100 organisations have joined the call to States to #PayYourDues as the #UN is facing a financial liquidity crisis, preventing key international human rights mechanisms from fully functioning.
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🚨Amidst an unprecedented liquidity crisis, the 🇺🇳 UN's ability to uphold human rights is at risk. Civil society calls on Member States to #PayYourDues now and uphold human rights. Read the full statement ➡️https://t.co/Ohc3uLGiPi
Governments must pay their UN membership fees in full and on time to avoid a worsening human rights crisis, says @ISHRglobal and over 90 other NGOs from all regions https://t.co/EX1KrlsATc #PayYourDues@volker_turk@UNHumanRights
My colleague @KSaloomey asked #UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights @NiAolainF a question about lessons learned from the response to 9/11 attacks & how they apply to the situation in #Gaza/#Israel. Worth a watch.
Delighted to host a dynamic panel from Chile, Ireland, Sierra Leone and Geneva to discuss the achievements and strengths of civil society @UN_HRC
As highlighted by Deputy HC @NadaNashif, protecting and promoting civil society space is indispensable for responses to 🌎 challenges
7️⃣5️⃣ years after the #UDHR, how have civil society contributed to the promotion of human rights and development?
Join us, @NadaNashif and civil society from 🇺🇳🇮🇪 🇨🇱 and 🇸🇱 to discuss civil society’s achievements and the future for civil society space 🗣
#HumanRights75
🇺🇳Bolsonaro atacou a democracia brasileira, conclui relatório da ONU
Jair Bolsonaro contestou eleições sem apresentar provas, sinalizou apoio ao regime militar no Brasil entre 1964 e 1985, reduziu o espaço da sociedade civil e atacou as instituições democráticas.
🔴 Starting NOW #HRC53 l Opening of the 53rd session of the 🇺🇳 @UNHumanRights Council
☑️@UNHumanRights chief's annual report
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Civil society organisations have made it clear in a letter to the SG, HRC & GA Presidents: Hybrid modalities of engagement with🇺🇳mechanisms are essential!
Together with HRCNet and partner orgs, we urge for these to be permanent!
#NoCouncilWithoutUs
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Silvio Almeida (@silviolual), ministro dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania, discursou hoje pela primeira vez no Conselho de Direitos Humanos da ONU. Confira os principais pontos abordados:
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21 years ago today, I was sent to #Guantanamo gagged, hooded & shackled to the floor of a military plane. I remember the heaviness of the heat, the salty smell of the sea & the ISN they gave me as my name: 0441. I was 19 years old.