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Learn about the advocacy and demands from our members in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:

Kenya Human Rights Commission

Statement: "Inclusive call for prevention and management of coronavirus that is reflective of the realities of Kenyans"

27 March 2020

>> https://www.khrc.or.ke/2015-03-04-10-37-01/press-releases/709-inclusive-call-for-prevention-and-management-of-coronavirus-that-is-reflective-of-the-realities-of-kenyans.html

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Right to Education Initiative

Opinion: "Pandemic shakes up world’s education systems"
19 March 2020

>> https://www.right-to-education.org/blog/pandemic-shakes-world-s-education-systems

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Spaces for Change

Policy Brief: "Covid-19, human rights and the civic space"
27 March 2020

>> https://spacesforchange.org/covid-19-human-rights-and-the-civic-space/

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Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

Statement: "Credit to government for measures to combat spread of coronavirus, but protecting individuals’ income and mitigation of economic and social impacts of the virus prevention are necessary"
24 March 2020

>> https://eipr.org/en/press/2020/03/credit-government-measures-combat-spread-coronavirus-protecting-individuals%E2%80%99-income

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AWID

Statement: "Unchecked corporate porwer paved the way for COVID-19 and globally, women are at the frontline"
17 March 2020

>> https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2020/03/17/unchecked-corporate-power-paved-the-way-for-covid-19-and-globally-women-are-at-the-frontlines/

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Kairos Center

Statement: "The Coronavirus Crisis and the Crisis of Poverty: A Message from Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis"

March 2020

>> https://kairoscenter.org/coronavirus-crisis-of-poverty/

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International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific

Statement: "COVID-19: Capitalism’s Mask Has Slipped"
March, 2020

>> https://www.iwraw-ap.org/covid-19-capitalisms-mask-has-slipped/

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Al-Haq

Statement: "Al-Haq Statement on the Health Conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Declaration of a State of Emergency"

10 March 2020

>> http://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/16569.html

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World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)

Statement: "Dignity in the time of COVID-19"
March, 2020

>> https://www.omct.org/assistance-to-victims/statements/2020/03/d25747/

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FTDES

Statements:

19 March 2020
Appel à la sécurité sanitaire et aux droits des travailleuses et travailleurs des industries à forte intensité de main d’œuvre face à la pandémie COVID-19
بيــــان: من اجل سلامة وحقوق العاملات والعمال في الصناعات ذات الكثافة العمالية
>> https://ftdes.net/ar/communique-ftdes-et-asf/

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Amnesty International

Statement: "Responses to COVID-9 and states' human rights obligations: preliminary observations"

12 March, 2020

>> https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol30/1967/2020/en/

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International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

Statement: "South Africa: authorities must take immediate measures to protect social and economic rights before nationwide lockdown commences"
25 March 2020

>> https://www.icj.org/south-africa-authorities-must-take-immediate-measures-to-protect-social-and-economic-rights-before-nationwide-lockdown-commences/

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