Ressources DESC
The Fundación para el Desarollo de Políticas Sustentables (FUNDEPS) proposes quotas as a way to ensure that males to not have a majority in politics in comparison to female politicians. This issue of unequal political representation arises after the recent resolution officially ruled by the...
Publié: 20 juil 2017 - 3:12pm
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On 29 June 2017, Kituo cha Sheria collaborated with the Kisumu Maximum Prison - Kodiaga Prison Justice Center in Kenya to commemorate the Access to Justice Day. This day was not only a celebration, but also meant to empower the prisoners to enable them with the access to justice and include an...
Publié: 20 juil 2017 - 2:57pm
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Ekta Parishad is preparing to launch a new campaign for poor and marginalized people called Jai Jagat 2020. “Jagat,” in Hindi, means “all people in the world”.
Ekta Parishad has, since its inception, focused on the lives of poor people and organization of marginalized communities and their...
Publié: 20 juil 2017 - 12:21pm
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The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) recently published a report, Capacity and Consent: Empowering Adolescents to Exercise their Reproductive Rights, highlighting the importance for countries to acknowledge that their human rights be fully recognized and realized within global arenas and at the...
Publié: 18 juil 2017 - 12:28pm
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As part of a coalition engaging in advocacy action with the European Parliament, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) contributed to the development of a letter to the members of the European Parliament regarding the right to energy for all Europeans.
The letter informes that up to 125 million...
Publié: 13 juil 2017 - 11:42am
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On 28 and 29 June 2017, the Dullah Omar Institute, with the help of funding from the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA), hosted a training workshop for community leaders on the access to justice as part of their Socio-Economic Rights Project. This was a continuation of the Community...
Publié: 11 juil 2017 - 2:01pm
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The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) has sent its alternative report on the rights of persons with disabilities to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Bulgaria has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in January 2012. The first review of...
Publié: 11 juil 2017 - 1:42pm
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The Corporate Responsibility Coalition (CORE) collaborated with Anti-Slavery International, Unicef UK, and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre to produce three short briefings for businesses explaining the expectations of businesses in reference to modern slavery legislation. These brief...
Publié: 11 juil 2017 - 1:15pm
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Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) collaborated with Indigenous Women’s Network of Thailand (IWNT) to submit a joint shadow report on behalf of indigenous women in Thailand for the upcoming July 2017 session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
The...
Publié: 23 juin 2017 - 1:31pm
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On 9 June 2017, a law student, Stalin, was detained in India for 18 hours under suspicion of being part of a smuggling network. According to the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), he was falsely accused and continuously beaten and tortured by the police in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. This incident...
Publié: 23 juin 2017 - 12:17pm
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