Women’s Day 2014: Combating violence against women in Brazil through better access to information
Lack of reliable and comprehensive information about violence against women seriously hampers good policy-making, restricts research, and compromises the work of women's rights organisations in Brazil. Read more >STATEMENT
Uganda: Threats to civil and human rights reach crisis point
Over his 28 years in power, Museveni’s government has increasingly suppressed freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association and threatened civil society groups working on a range of issues, including corruption, land, oil, and good governance. In the last 6 months the Uganda government has brought into law the regressive Public Order Management Act, has enacted the Anti-Pornography Act, and now the Anti-Homosexuality Act
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European Court of Human Rights: ‘Homosexual Propaganda’ bans violate freedom of expression
On 28 February 2014, ARTICLE 19 and INTERRIGHTS submitted
third-party interventions with the European Court of Human Right in the case of
Bayev and Others v Russia. The case concerns the prosecution of three human rights campaigners for violating Russian legislation prohibiting so-called “homosexual propaganda.”
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SUBMISSION
Selection Criteria for Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression
ARTICLE 19, along with other human rights organisations have developed a checklist that sets out the requirements prospective candidates should meet for the position of UN Special Rapporteur on the protection and promotion of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. The position will open up in July 2014, after Frank La Rue from Guatemala leaves office after two terms of three years.
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European Development Bank: Backward Step on Rights
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) new draft Environment and Social Policy would fail to weed out abusive development projects, seven human rights and bank watchdog organizations said in a joint statement.
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Invitation: "Civil Society Space: Emerging threats and actions to restore freedoms"
This UN side event will seek to identify what the emerging threats are to civil society operations, and reflect on key steps that States and the UN must take to protect the spaces in which civil society operate.
- When: Wednesday, 12 March 2014 | 13:30 – 14:30
- Where: Room VIII (8), Palais des Nations, Geneva.
- RSVP here
UPDATE
UNHRC: Oral statement on the right to freedom of expression online
Civil society has been at the forefront of asking the Council and Member States to uphold human rights and fundamental freedoms online including freedom of expression, freedom of association and the right to privacy for all people.
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The Mexican government must provide answer over censorship of human rights website
Lawyers representing a website documenting human rights abuses in Mexico are taking their censorship battle to court. 1Dmx.org was taken down late last year and it is alleged that Mexican and United States authorities have colluded to close the website. 1Dmx.org was launched in 2012 to collate information about the excessive use of force by Mexican police and security forces against protesters during the inauguration of President Peña Nieto.
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