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It is great to see "The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level: Twenty Years On" published as an open access book by Brill. This book is dedicated to the memory of late Professor Christof Heyns. I am proud to have contributed to this leading study with a chapter on Turkey co-authored with Professor Başak Çalı and İlayda Eskitaşçıoğlu, PhD. Our chapter sheds light on the human rights developments of Turkey in the last twenty years 👇 https://lnkd.in/dZZ8_wjG

🔴 First-Ever DNC Panel on Palestinian Rights: We Need to “Restore the Soul of the Democratic Party” | Democracy Now! Productions Description: This year, the 2024 Democratic National Convention Committee held its first-ever panel on Palestinian human rights. The panel came after persistent grassroots organizing against U.S. support for Apartheid Israel’s assault on Gaza. We play excerpts, including from the Arab American Institute’s James Zogby, a former executive member of the Democratic National Committee; Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care surgeon who recently worked in Gaza; and Layla Elabed, co-chair of the Uncommitted National Movement. ___ We are all on a collective journey towards Decolonization, De-Globalization, and the dissolvement of all forms of capitalized state wealth consolidation { individual and collective corruption }. Thus the necessity of shifting towards #BRICS Multipolarity and Multilateralism, and actively shifting away from Collective Western Hegemony. ___ Apartheid Israel is occupying and colonising Palestinian land, discriminating against Palestinian citizens of Israel and denying Palestinian refugees the right to return to their homes. Inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, the BDS call urges action to pressure Apartheid Israel to comply with international law. BDS is now a vibrant global movement made up of unions, academic associations, churches and grassroots movements across the world. Since its launch in 2005, BDS is having a major impact and is effectively challenging international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism. Learn more about the Global movement at the following link: https://lnkd.in/d4R5GpEj ___ Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. ___ The Collective Standoff of Humanity | Humankind against Oppression, Occupation, Colonization, Western Imperialism, and Collective Punishment ( Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, War Crimes ) is the way forward into the Multi-Polar Age. #BDS , #BDS_Movement , #Sanctions , #Divestment , #MilitaryEmbargo , #StopArmingIsrael , #StopFundingGenocide , #BRICS , #NewWorldOrder , #MultiPolarAge , #UNReform , #GenocideByVeto ... #InvokeArticle6 #FreePalestine , #EndZionism , #EndApartheid , #NOW , #OrElse , #FreePalestineNow , #EndZionismNow , #EndApartheidNow https://lnkd.in/dwBYCzQn

🕊️ Human Rights Day 🕊️   "Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now" – Human rights are a powerful tool to prevent harm, protect dignity, and drive transformative change.   Yesterday, we celebrated the International Day of Human Rights Defenders. Today, on Human Rights Day, we continue to honour those who tirelessly fight for justice and equality.   The UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders adopted by the General Assembly underscores the importance of protecting those who promote and protect human rights. We encourage governments to engage constructively with civil society activists.   Let's stand together and support human rights, and the ones who defend them, everywhere.   #BelgiuminSingapore #StandUp4HumanRights #OurRightsOurFuture #HumanRightsDay Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium United Nations Human Rights

“Since Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory in 1967, it has systematically targeted Palestinians, including children. They blatantly violated the rights of the Palestinian children in violation of the Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC), which they have ratified. It has violated the Convention through several measures, laws, practices and daily violations of the Palestinian child's right to a decent life. The patterns of these violations are multiple and have had an adverse impact on the rights, life and well-being of the Palestinian children. Below are some of the violations and practices committed by Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) against Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during 2014.” Read below for more information from the United Nations Human Rights Council.

In this latest Peace Insight article, Sawssan Abou-Zahr asks: 'are human rights really universal?' Since the article’s publication, we’ve all seen the horrific, indescribable images of human suffering and devastation resulting from Israel’s strikes on #Rafah. The continuing mass movement calling for an end to this suffering is vital peacebuilding work in action, as Sawssan says. But it is time for Western governments to do their part to protect civilians, defend human rights and safeguard justice and accountability. As a peacebuilding NGO, we're calling for all governments to demand a #CeasefireNow and to suspend arms transfers. Peace is only possible with the full respect of the rights and freedoms of all. We can’t let the answer to Sawssan’s question be ‘no’. ✍ Add your voice to the demands for the UK to act: https://lnkd.in/gvZUhj52 ✉ Read our letter to President Biden, demanding the US respect international law and not undermine the ICC: https://lnkd.in/g58Cwxvn ➡ Learn more about the actions we're taking, and how you can get involved, here: https://lnkd.in/gSmwRHDg #CeasefireNOW #AllEyesOnRafah

🔔 #UNGA Update: Another Step Towards Justice and Inclusion On Wednesday, the #United #Nations #3rd #Committee adopted several resolutions with global significance, including one addressing the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (#DPRK), passed without a vote. This consensus reflects a strong international commitment to protecting fundamental rights and ensuring #accountability in the face of ongoing challenges. Korea Future | 한미래 is proud to have supported this process, amplifying the voices of those affected and advocating for meaningful international action. Such occasions are a reminder of the collective responsibility we share in shaping a just and sustainable future. 🌍 #HumanRights #DPRK #GlobalAdvocacy #UNResolutions https://lnkd.in/ehNUCjsc

At the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of North Korea's human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council on 7 November, states raised significant concerns with the use of torture, arbitrary detention, forced labour, rights to freedom of expression and movement. In a draft report, circulated just a few days later, on 11 November, North Korea effectively rejected 88 recommendations. This rejection demonstrates the government’s utter disregard for international human rights standards and the rights of the North Korean people. Human Rights Watch and Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) made a submission to the UPR process in April, highlighting the government’s increasingly harsh controls and human rights violations, which maintain the country’s climate of fear and obedience. As Ethan Hee-Seok Shin, legal analyst at Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) states: “The international community must not turn a blind eye any longer. UN member states should engage with the North Korean government directly and at UN forums and work to hold it accountable to its international human rights obligation." #NorthKorea #humanrights #UPR #UN #HRC

Invite you to read about the shifting tides of global human rights advocacy in my latest paper ‘ Human Rights Under Siege’ published by The Wilson Center . The paper exemines erosion of multilateralism, the rise of nationalism, and the role of the US in shaping this landscape. The paper does scrutiny of human rights situations in South Asia ( Myanmar, Bangledish, India, Pakistan) as will as Afghanistan vs US measures or lack thereof for protection of human rights. The paper looks in to sanctions by US, and examines how UN sanction regimes and the UN Security Council lacks impactful outcomes in favor of human rights globally. The paper presents sets of detailed practical recommendations on the way forward. The time for U.S. and the leadership of UN to act is now. Read more:

#Israeli occupation - The elephant in the room. What does that mean? 🐘 a major problem or controversial issue which is obviously present but is avoided as a subject for discussion. Exactly it’s easier for you to #avoid it United Nations 🇺🇳. You see the issue - but it’s easier to write #empty statement rather than actions. Sad reality for #Palestinians. It seems that law doesn’t apply to #Palestine 🇵🇸. Shameful United Nations Office at Geneva and Office of the President of the General Assembly, United Nations. We demand invoking #GenocideConvention now The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) United Nations Human Rights UN Human Rights - Asia.

I am delighted to participate in drafting this important joint submission for the Universal Periodic Review of the DPRK, scheduled for this November. Since 2019, which marked the last UPR of the DPRK, the human rights situation regarding the rights to food, health, adequate standard of living, and to freedom of expression and movement has deteriorated notably. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the North Korean government enforced stringent measures, placing extreme and unnecessary restrictions on peoples’ most basic freedoms. Measures included enhanced border controls, regional lockdowns, and severe restrictions on trade and movement, ultimately strengthening its control over the population. For over 75 years, the North Korean government has imposed harsh controls, perpetuating human rights violations such as arbitrary detention, torture, and unfair trials, fostering a climate of fear and obedience. The implications of the unintended impacts of international sanctions, coupled with the impact of measures implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic, further deepened the nation’s severe isolation from the rest of the world, disrupting cross-border movements, trade, and aid, and exacerbating the country’s already existing humanitarian crisis and the population's hardships, reminiscent of the famine of the 1990s. During its previous UPR, North Korea received 262 recommendations from United Nations member states. North Korea accepted 132 of the recommendations but has not implemented basic human rights related to the acceptance of international norms, fair trial, freedom of movement, thought, religion, and expression, rights to food, health, education, and an adequate standard of living, equality and non-discrimination, and the rights of women, children, and persons with disabilities DPRK should: ✵ Relax excessive travel requirements within the country, including official permits to travel between provinces or regions, and overbroad restrictions on commercial activities to facilitate imports of essential food, goods, and medicine, as well as movement of food and goods. ✵ Recognize the right of citizens to leave, enter, and return to North Korea, both in law and in practice, and ensure that those who are forcibly returned are not subjected to punishment upon repatriation. ✵ Decriminalize the act of individuals returning to the DPRK, whether involuntarily or by their own volition, after having departed the country. ✵ Decriminalize actions that infringe upon North Korean citizens’ ability to exercise the rights to freedom of speech.