Posts Tagged ‘human rights documentation’
July 8, 2015
Further to my post today on Nabeel Rajab [https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/bahrain-freenabeel-campaign-more-urgent-than-ever-in-view-of-resumption-usa-security-assistance/], I draw attention to the recent report by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH/OMCT) “Bahrain: Publication of an International Mission Report: Imprisonment, torture and statelessness: The darkening reality of human rights defenders in Bahrain”.
Human rights defenders in Bahrain are operating in a shrinking space, says the Observatory in a report published on 25 June 2015. The report documents the judicial harassment of 11 human rights defenders including lawyers, teachers, doctors or bloggers. All have suffered or been threatened with imprisonment, torture or statelessness as a consequence of their activities in defense of human rights. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bahrain, FIDH, Ghada Jamsheer, Human Rights Defenders, human rights documentation, Maryam Alkhawaja, mission report, Mohammad al-Maskati, Nabeel Rajab, Naji Fateel, Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, OMCT, Safya Akorri, Taimoor Karimi, Zainab Al-Khawaja
June 23, 2015
“Attacks on higher education are at crisis levels”
Today, 23 June 2015, Scholars at Risk [SAR] released the first report of its Academic Freedom Monitoring Project at the United Nations in Geneva,: “Free to Think”. The culmination of four years of monitoring and analysis by SAR staff and researchers around the world, the report analyzes 333 attacks on higher education communities in 65 countries from January 2011 to May 2015, demonstrating the pressing need to raise awareness and document attacks on higher education: Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Academic freedom, Free to Think, freedom, Higher education, Human Rights Defenders, human rights documentation, report, Robert Quinn, SAR, Scholars at Risk, university level education
May 23, 2015
Whether one believes in sainthood or not, it is not difficult to rejoice with Pax Christi International about the 23 May beatification of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero who became known for his persistent search for truth, justice and reconciliation in the late seventies in conflict-torn El Salvador. He was shot dead while celebrating mass on 24 March 1980. The assassin has never been identified, but it is widely believed that the assassins were members of a death squad led by former Major Roberto D’Aubuisson. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: assassination, bishop Romero, catholic church, digest of human rights awards, El Salvador, human rights awards, Human rights defender, human rights documentation, International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Pax Christi International, sainthood, Truth, UN
November 20, 2014
The DIGNITY Documentation Centre and Library near Copenhagen holds the world’s most extensive collection of published documents on torture and related subjects with more than 40,000 items, ranging from books and articles to journals and images. See:
World’s largest collection of documents on torture still a well-kept secret.
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Tags: collection, Copenhagen, Denmark, DIGNITY Documentation Centre, DIGNITY Documentation Centre and Library, documentation, human rights documentation, library, torture
May 29, 2014
New Tactics is going to have a on-line conversation on the safe & effective use of documentation tools from 9 to 13 June 2014. They are looking to recruit 10 to 12 human rights practitioners to join Daniel D’Esposito of HURIDOCS and Enrique Piracés of Benetech to help lead the upcoming conversation on Working Safely and Effectively with Documentation Tools Documentation is a crucial aspect of the quest for justice, accountability and transparency.
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Tags: Benetech, computer, Daniel D'Esposito, digital security, documentation, documentation tools, Enrique Piracés, human rights documentation, HURIDOCS, information technology, New Tactics in Human Rights, on-line conversations, perpetrators, training, victims
May 14, 2014
On 14 May the blogger A Paper Bird posted an interesting set of slides that can be used in training human rights defenders. The author also sets a good example by letting them be shared freely:
“One thing I do with some frequency is trainings. These powerpoints reflect a session I worked on recently with the Egyptian LGBT group Bedayaa. The first (download the English version here) deals with issues in human rights documentation in general terms. The second (download English here) deals more specifically with strategies for interviews. I’m posting them here in the hope that they may be useful to activists who weren’t able to attend the workshop, and to people elsewhere as well. Some of the material is specific to Egypt, some is not….. [the slides also exist in Arabic – see original post)
These aren’t copyrighted; I’m not sure how you would copyright a basic skills set. (Actually, late capitalism can copyright anything. What I mean is, I don’t want to know.) However, if you find them interesting enough to adapt or reuse, I ask that you let me know, and cite me as the author.”
via Documenting human rights violations through interviews: training materials English and Arabic | a paper bird.
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Tags: A Paper Bird, Bedayaa, documentation, Egypt, human rights documentation, human rights violations, interviewing, LGBT, monitoring, powerpoint, Sexual orientation, training, victims
June 4, 2013
The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) is looking to recruit an editor for the Manual on Documenting Violations against Women Human Rights Defenders. The editor will work closely with members of the WHRD IC’s Documentation Manual Working Group to complete the manual. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Advocacy Organizations, climate, consultant, digital security, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human Rights Defenders, human rights documentation, human rights organization, job opportunity, manual, Non-governmental organization, recruitment, research, women human rights defenders, Women's rights, Working Group
