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¿Cuándo se volvió ilegal defender los derechos humanos?
La comunidad internacional debe aumentar la presión sobre la región del Golfo y los países vecinos para que cumplan con sus obligaciones internacionales de proteger la libertad de expresión online y offline. Los gobiernos de todas las regiones del mundo están criminalizando el activismo por los derechos humanos.
When did it become illegal to defend human rights?
Several women take part in a protest, using a hashtag, against Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman's visit to the country in Tunis, Tunisia, in November 2018. EFE / Stringer Governments in every region of the world are criminalizing human rights activism.
¿Cuándo se volvió ilegal defender los derechos humanos?
En la era de internet, el activismo de los derechos humanos en línea debe ser apoyado —y protegido— como una parte vital del ecosistema de las cibercomunicaciones. Varias mujeres participan en una protesta, utilizando un hashtag, contra la visita al país del príncipe heredero saudí Mohamed bin Salman en Túnez, Túnez, en noviembre de 2018. EFE/Stringer Los gobiernos de todas las regiones del mundo están criminalizando el activismo por los derechos humanos.
El imaginario internacional de derechos humanos y el movimiento internacional de derechos humanos
Los grupos internacionales deben desafiarse a sí mismos para inventar nuevas prácticas para romper con viejos patrones que refuerzan los binarios de norte-sur. El movimiento internacional de derechos humanos se encuentra en un período de contestación y realineación interna, incluso mientras el proyecto de los derechos humanos sufre amenazas políticas externas por el aumento del autoritarismo, el nacionalismo popular, el extremismo religioso y similares.
Hacer investigación colaborativa en medio de la crisis. Observatorio sobre desaparición e impunidad en México.
Cómo el Modelo de Minnesota ayudó a esta organización a comprender su propia identidad y su papel en la defensa de las personas desaparecidas en México. Padres y madres de estudiantes desaparecidos en Ayotzinapa se manifiestan en Ciudad de México en 2020. El Gobierno mexicano prometió avances de justicia en una reunión en Palacio Nacional con padres de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos hace seis años en Ayotzinapa, en el sur del país.
The international human rights imaginary and the international human rights movement
International groups should challenge themselves to invent new practice forms that disrupt old patterns that re-instantiate North-South power binaries. The international human rights movement is in a period of internal contestation and realignment, even as the human rights project suffers external political threats from rising authoritarianism, popular nationalism, religious extremism and the like. The internal crisis is a crisis of legitimacy.
The international human rights imaginary and the international human rights movement
International groups should challenge themselves to invent new practice forms that disrupt old patterns that re-instantiate North-South power binaries. The international human rights movement is in a period of internal contestation and realignment, even as the human rights project suffers external political threats from rising authoritarianism, popular nationalism, religious extremism and the like. The internal crisis is a crisis of legitimacy.
Former UN High Commissioner Pillay Says It’s Time for the Human Rights Council to Act on Sri Lanka
(Editor’s Note: This is the sixth article of a series on the likely spotlight to be placed on allegations of war crimes and other abuses in Sri Lanka during the next session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, beginning Feb. 22. The series includes voices from former U.N. officials, international NGOs, human rights litigators, and researchers.
The Human Rights Council Must Establish an Accountability Mechanism for Sri Lanka’s Victims
(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article of a series on the likely spotlight to be placed on allegations of war crimes and other abuses in Sri Lanka during the next session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, beginning Feb. 22. The series includes voices from former U.N. officials, international NGOs, human rights litigators, and researchers.
Transitional Justice and State Responsibility
If international atrocity crimes are acts so egregious that their impunity cannot be legally tolerated, why don’t we punish States that commit them? I explore this question in my recent article A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? Transitional Justice and the Effacement of State Accountability for International Crimes, published in the Fordham International Law Journal.
Opinion | The Dominican Republic Must Stop Expulsions of Haitians
Op-Ed Contributor By Roxanna Altholz and Laurel E. Fletcher July 5, 2015 A HUMAN rights crisis is unfolding on the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The Dominican Republic is threatening to drive out hundreds of thousands of Haitians who live and work in the Dominican Republic. Many of them came to work in the sugar, construction and tourism industries.
Hidden Slaves: Forced Labor in the United States
Abstract: Forced labor is a serious and pervasive problem in the United States. At any given time ten thousand or more people work as forced laborers in scores of cities and towns across the country. And it is likely that the actual number is much higher, possibly reaching into the tens of thousands.
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