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RWCHR Weekly Digest - Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP
by Shayna Plaut 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

Read our recent work and upcoming events in this week's newsletter [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Le Français suivra RWCHR Weekly Digest A Message from RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5…] The Malmö Conference on Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism-which brought together government leaders from over fifty countries and intergovernmental organizations-and commemorated the Stockholm Declaration on the Holocaust- was as inspiring as it was timely. In particular, the “Country Pledges” by participating countries are an Agenda for Global Action, just as Canada’s “Country Pledges” constitute a National Action Plan for Holocaust Remembrance and the combatting of hatred and antisemitism. It will now be followed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Plenary Conference in Thessaloniki, beginning on November 7, where I am pleased to head an excellent Canadian delegation; and where, appropriately enough, Sweden will be assuming the Presidency of IHRA for 2022, the year in which “Country Pledges” are to be acted upon. I am pleased that one of Canada’s Country Pledges is to make the role of Special Envoy a permanent one-signifying the importance Canada attaches to these responsibilities-and providing dedicated resources for that purpose. While I will continue to serve as Special Envoy in a pro-bono capacity, I am delighted that the Special Envoy role, with its compelling mandates, will have a central place in Canada’s promotion and protection of democracy and human rights. Best, Irwin Cotler, International Chair of the RWCHR [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Our Work [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7fd17225-a7e8-1a… Fifty Government Leaders Participate in Historical Swedish Malmö Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led the Canadian Delegation joined by The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Ambassador to Germany and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to the European Union and Europe, and The Honourable Irwin Cotler, Canada’s Special Envoy for Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. Canada committed to a series of “Country Pledges” that Special Envoy Cotler said <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> were “express” and “exemplary”. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/3548e871-f02c-78… Minister Justin Trudeau Announces that the Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting AntisemitismWill Be A Permanent Position Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced, in his keynote address at<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Malmö, <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> a permanent office for the Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. “Antisemitism isn't a problem for the Jewish community to solve alone”, said PM Trudeau in his Malmö address. “It's everyone's challenge to take on, especially governments.” PM Trudeau, quoting Special Envoy Cotler, added “antisemitism is the canary in the mineshaft of global evil”. M[https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/5c78cbbf-2e18-… of Special Envoys in Malmö Following the historic Malmö International Forum, Special Envoys from around the world, including SE Cotler, shared their “Country Pledges” and discussed individual action re Holocaust Remembrance and combatting antisemitism. The meeting was organized by the World Jewish Congress and moderated by Katharina von Schnurbein, EC Coordinator on combatting antisemitism and fostering Jewish Life. Media Coverage of Global Forum in Malmo: A Selection Special Envoy Irwin Cotler was interviewed this week<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> both in print and electronic media<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> regarding the significance of the Malmö International Forum and the “Country Pledges”. Special envoy on antisemitism will be permanent role, Trudeau says<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - CBC News Le poste d’envoyé pour la lutte contre l’antisémitisme sera permanent<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - La Presse Canada to make Special Envoy on antisemtism a permanent post <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - National Post [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/4552ebc2-f69d-36… and FSWC “In Conversation With a Survivor” Speaker Series The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC), in partnership with the RWCHR, hosted “In a Conversation With a Survivor”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, featuring this week’s guest speaker, Holocaust survivor Israel Unger. Join us every two weeks for our speaker series to listen to the testimony of, and speak with, Holocaust survivors. RWCHR Partners and Senior Fellows [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/a485c634-6c34-cf… Event on Multiculturalism, Diversity, Inclusion and Eliminating Racism Senior Fellow and McGill Professor Emeritus Charles Taylor participated in this important forum alongside former Cabinet Minister Jean Augustine, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, and Peter Flegel, executive director of the Antiracism Secretariat. Professor Taylor also addressed a webinar on “How Democracies Degenerate” hosted by Ryerson University and the Toronto Public Library. Major Forum on Journalists Defending Human Rights: A Global Challenge The National Council of Jewish Women Canada (NCJWC) hosted an event, co-sponsored by the RWCHR, titled “Journalists Defending Human Rights: A Global Challenge”. The distinguished panelists included journalists Susan Chira, David Shribman, and Doug Saunders. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7a3ab785-fec3-2a… 2000 Conference on “Building Back Democratically” The Forum 2000 conference held this week<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, in Prague emphasizes the importance of democratic resilience and renewal. Carl Gershman, RWCHR Senior Fellow, was a featured participant, and organizer, of this year’s Forum 2000 which included distinguished international representation of government leaders, parliamentarians, leaders of civil society as well as the International Coalition for Democratic Renewal. Senior Fellow Vladimir Kara-Murza and RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler also addressed the forum. Importantly, the Forum was founded<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> by RWCHR U.S. Honorary Co-Chair (in memoriam) Elie Wiesel along with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Vaclav Havel. Carl Gershman and Irwin Cotler are both members of the Vaclav Havel Circle that meets annually at the Forum 2000 Conference. High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom Statement on Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov The High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, of which RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler is a member, published a statement<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> on Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov. They said: “The award is a tribute to both journalists’ formidable courage and to their steadfast commitment to fact-based independent journalism; it serves as recognition of the critical importance of safeguarding freedom of expression and press freedom at a time when both are under threat in many places across the world.” [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7b2ecf54-0420-77…] [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… International Human Rights Committee Statement on Egyptian Political Prisoners RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler is also a member of Liberal International’s Human Rights Committee, which recently published a statement<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> calling for “the release of political prisoners in [Egypt]”, where “there have been upwards of 2700 enforced disappearances and counting in the past five years, and the country continues to enforce travel bans on some human rights defenders.” A Looking Glass at Global News: The RWCHR Connection Memorial for Babi Yar victims inaugurated in Ukraine<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - AP News Keynote speaker Natan Sharansky is Chair of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy and an RWCHR Senior Fellow. ________________________________ Robert Badinter, the lawyer who fought to end the death penalty in France<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - France 24 Robert Badinter, former Minister of Justice in France, is a member of the RWCHR Legal Advisory Board. ________________________________ Outlook for Iran’s Longest-Held Americans Echoes Broader Relationship: Dismal<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Washington Post Jared Genser, RWCHR U.S. Co-Chair, serves as legal counsel to American political prisoners. ________________________________ >From Jail, Leila de Lima files Candidacy for senator<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Rappler The RWCHR serves as International Legal Counsel to Senator Leila De Lima. Upcoming Events October 17, 2021 - The Durban Legacy of Hate: 20 Years Later - What Needs to Be Done<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC), featuring RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler. October 24, 2021 - Global Political Pandemic: Political Prisoners as a Looking Glass, with The Hon. Irwin Cotler<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (CFHU) October 26, 2021 - Contours & Consequences: Anti-Semitism & Anti Semitic Hate Crime in Ontario and Quebec<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the Centre on Hate, Bias & Extremism - Ontario Tech University, featuring RWCHR International Chair and Special Envoy Irwin Cotler This is a brief snapshot of the domestic and global reach of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. For ongoing updates and special alerts, follow us on social media! [Facebook]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Twitter]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [LinkedIn]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [YouTube]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Instagram]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Click Here to Support the Pursuit of Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP Message du professeur Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5… Conférence de Malmö sur la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme, qui a réuni des chefs de gouvernement de plus de cinquante pays et des organisations intergouvernementales, et commémorant la Déclaration de Stockholm sur l'Holocauste, a été aussi inspirante qu’opportune. En particulier, les « Engagements nationaux » des pays participants constituent un Programme d'action mondial, tout comme les « Engagements nationaux » du Canada constituent un Plan d'action national pour la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre la haine et l'antisémitisme. Elle sera maintenant suivie par la Conférence plénière de l’Alliance Internationale pour la mémoire de l’Holocauste (IHRA – International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) à Thessalonique, qui débutera le 7 novembre, où j'aurai le plaisir de diriger une excellente délégation canadienne; et où, à juste titre, la Suède assumera la présidence de l'IHRA pour 2022, l'année au cours de laquelle les « Engagements nationaux » doivent être mis en œuvre. Je suis heureux que l'un des Engagements nationaux du Canada soit de faire du rôle d'Envoyé spécial un rôle permanent, ce qui signifie l'importance que le Canada attache à ces responsabilités et de fournir des ressources dédiées à cette fin. Bien que je continuerai d'agir en qualité d'Envoyé spécial à titre bénévole, je suis ravi que le rôle d'Envoyé spécial, avec ses mandats impérieux, occupe une place centrale dans la promotion et la protection de la démocratie et des droits de la personne au Canada. Cordialement. Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Notre travail [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7fd17225-a7e8-1a…] Plus de cinquante chefs de gouvernement participent au Forum historique suédois de Malmö sur la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme Le Premier ministre Justin Trudeau a dirigé la délégation canadienne à laquelle se sont joints l'honorable Stéphane Dion, ambassadeur en Allemagne et Envoyé spécial du Premier ministre auprès de l'Union européenne et de l'Europe, et l'honorable Irwin Cotler, Envoyé spécial du Canada pour la préservation de la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme. Le Canada s'est engagé à respecter une série d’« Engagements de pays » que l'Envoyé spécial Cotler<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> a qualifié comme étant « explicites » et « exemplaires ». [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/3548e871-f02c-78… Premier ministre Justin Trudeau annonce que l'Envoyé spécial pour la préservation de la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme occupera un poste permanent Le Premier ministre Justin Trudeau a annoncé<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, lors de son discours d'ouverture à Malmö, un Bureau permanent pour l'Envoyé spécial pour la préservation de la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme. « L'antisémitisme n'est pas un problème que la communauté juive doit résoudre seule », a déclaré le Premier ministre Trudeau lors de son discours à Malmö. « C'est le défi de tous à relever, en particulier des gouvernements ». Le Premier ministre Trudeau, citant l'Envoyé spécial Cotler, a ajouté que « l'antisémitisme est le canari dans le puits de la mine du mal mondial ». [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/5c78cbbf-2e18-6f… des Envoyés spéciaux à Malmö À la suite du Forum international historique de Malmö, des Envoyés spéciaux du monde entier, dont l’Envoyé spécial Cotler, ont partagé leurs « Engagements nationaux » et ont discuté des actions individuelles concernant la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme. La réunion était organisée par le Congrès juif mondial et animée par Katharina von Schnurbein, Coordinatrice de la Commission européenne pour la lutte contre l'antisémitisme et la promotion de la vie juive. Couverture médiatique du Forum mondial à Malmö : extraits L'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler a été interviewé cette semaine<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> dans les médias imprimés et électroniques<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> concernant l'importance du Forum international de Malmö et des « Engagements des pays ». L'Envoyé spécial sur l'antisémitisme jouera un rôle permanent<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, selon Trudeau - CBC News Le poste d'Envoyé pour la lutte contre l'antisémitisme sera permanent<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - La Presse Le Canada fera de l’Envoyé spécial sur l'antisémitisme un poste permanent<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - National Post [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/4552ebc2-f69d-36… de conférences « En conversation avec un survivant » du CRWDP et du FSWC Le Centre d'études sur l'Holocauste des Amis de Simon Wiesenthal (FSWC), en partenariat avec le CRWDP, a organisé « En conversation avec un survivant<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », mettant en vedette le conférencier invité de cette semaine, Israel Unger, survivant de l'Holocauste. Rejoignez-nous toutes les deux semaines pour notre série de conférences pour écouter le témoignage des survivants de l'Holocauste et discuter avec eux. Partenaires et Collaborateurs émérites [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/a485c634-6c34-cf… récent sur le multiculturalisme, la diversité, l'inclusion et l'élimination du racisme Le Collaborateur émérite et professeur émérite de McGill, Charles Taylor, a participé à cet important forum aux côtés de l'ancien Ministre, Jean Augustine, du Maire de Calgary, Naheed Nenshi, et de Peter Flegel, Directeur général du Secrétariat antiracisme. Le professeur Taylor a également pris la parole lors d'un webinaire sur « Comment les démocraties dégénèrent » organisé par l'Université Ryerson et la Bibliothèque publique de Toronto. Grand forum les « Journalistes défendant les droits humains : un défi mondial » Le Conseil national des femmes juives du Canada (NCJWC) a organisé un événement, coparrainé par le CRWDP, intitulé « Journalistes défendant les droits humains : un défi mondial ». Les panélistes distingués comprenaient les journalistes Susan Chira, David Shribman et Doug Saunders. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7a3ab785-fec3-2a… Forum 2000 sur « Reconstruire démocratiquement » La conférence Forum 2000<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> qui s'est tenue cette semaine à Prague souligne l'importance de la résilience et du renouveau démocratique. Carl Gershman, Collaborateur émérite du CRWDP, était un participant vedette et organisateur du Forum 2000 de cette année, qui comprenait une représentation internationale distinguée de chefs de gouvernement, de parlementaires, de dirigeants de la société civile ainsi que de la Coalition internationale pour le renouveau démocratique. Le collaborateur émérite, Vladimir Kara-Murza, et le Président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, se sont également adressés au forum. Il est important de noter que le Forum a été fondé<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> par le Coprésident honoraire américain du CRWDP (in memoriam) Elie Wiesel et le lauréat du Prix Nobel de la paix Vaclav Havel. Carl Gershman et Irwin Cotler sont tous deux membres du cercle Vaclav Havel qui se réunit chaque année lors de la conférence Forum 2000. Déclaration sur les lauréats du Prix Nobel de la paix Maria Ressa et Dmitry Muratov par le Groupe d'experts juridiques de haut niveau sur la liberté des médias Le Groupe d'experts juridiques de haut niveau sur la liberté des médias, dont le Président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, est membre, a publié une déclaration<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> sur les lauréats du Prix Nobel de la paix Maria Ressa et Dmitry Muratov. Ils ont déclaré : « Le prix est un hommage à la fois au courage formidable des journalistes et à leur engagement indéfectible en faveur d'un journalisme indépendant basé sur des faits; il sert à reconnaître l'importance cruciale de la sauvegarde de la liberté d'expression et de la liberté de la presse à un moment où les deux sont menacées dans de nombreux endroits à travers le monde ». [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/7b2ecf54-0420-77…] [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… du Comité libéral international des droits humains sur les prisonniers politiques égyptiens Le Président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, est également membre du Comité des droits humains de l'Internationale libérale, qui a récemment publié une déclaration<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> appelant à « la libération des prisonniers politiques en [Égypte] », où « il y a eu plus de 2700 disparitions forcées dans les derniers cinq ans, et le pays continue d'imposer des interdictions de voyager à certains défenseurs des droits humains ». Aperçu de l'actualité mondiale : la connexion CRWDP Mémorial pour les victimes de Babi Yar inauguré en Ukraine<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> – AP News Le conférencier principal Natan Sharansky est président de l'Institut pour l'étude de l'antisémitisme et des politiques mondiales et membre principal du CRWDP. ________________________________ Robert Badinter, l'avocat qui s'est battu pour mettre fin à la peine de mort en France<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> –France 24 Robert Badinter, ancien Ministre de la Justice en France, est membre du Conseil consultatif juridique international du CRWDP. ________________________________ Les perspectives pour les Américains les plus anciens d'Iran font écho à une relation sombre<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> –Washington Post Jared Genser, Coprésident américain du CRWDP, est le Conseiller juridique des prisonniers politiques américains. ________________________________ De prison, Leila de Lima dépose une candidature pour le sénateur<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> –Rappler The RWCHR serves as International Legal Counsel to Senator Leila De Lima. Évènements à venir 17 octobre 2021: « L'héritage de la haine à Durban : 20 ans plus tard - ce qui doit être fait<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », organisé par le Conseil national des femmes juives du Canada (NCJWC), mettant en vedette le Président international du CRWDP et l'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler. 24 octobre 2021: « Pandémie politique mondiale : les prisonniers politiques en tant que miroir<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », avec l'hon. Irwin Cotler, animé par les Amis canadiens de l'Université hébraïque de Jérusalem (CFHU). 26 octobre 2021: « Contours & Consequences : Antisémitisme et crimes haineux antisémites en Ontario et au Québec<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », organisé par le « Centre on Hate, Bias & Extremism - Ontario Tech University », avec le Président international du CRWDP et l'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler. 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Reminder - Tomorrow - Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights - The Transformative Right to a Healthy Environment - David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur
by Shannonbrooke Murphy 13 Oct '21

13 Oct '21

Dear CAHRI Colleagues, You are most welcome to join us for tomorrow's Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights, where we will hear firsthand about the recent developments at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva that resulted in formal endorsement of the right to a healthy environment as a human right: The Atlantic Human Rights Centre presents the Annual Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights: The Transformative Potential of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment Delivered by Dr. David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment Thursday, October 14, 2021 ONLINE 7.00 p.m. ADT (6.00 p.m. EDT, 5.00 p.m. CDT, 4.00 p.m. MDT, 3.00 p.m. PDT) Event in English. Free and open to all. Please spread the word to others who may be interested. To attend you must register in advance at www/stu.ca/vigod<https://www.stu.ca/events/all-events/-vigod-memorial-lecture-in-human-right…> All the best, Shannonbrooke Dr Shannonbrooke Murphy Endowed Chair in Human Rights Assistant Professor, Human Rights Department Acting Director, Atlantic Human Rights Centre St Thomas University 51 Dineen Drive, Fredericton NB E3B 5G3 Office: Holy Cross House Room 108 (+1) 506-452-9653 We recognize and respectfully acknowledge that the land on which St. Thomas University is situated is the unsurrendered and unceded traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik.

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Fw: RWCHR Weekly Digest - Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP
by Shayna Plaut 12 Oct '21

12 Oct '21

Read our recent work and upcoming events in this week's newsletter [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Le Français suivra RWCHR Weekly Digest A Message from Professor Irwin Cotler [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5… these troubled times I am reminded of the words of the poet William Butler Yeats who said “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity”. Accordingly, the RWCHR seeks to be at the forefront of global human rights advocacy, including: * Since the fall of Kabul on August 15, we have been engaged in relief and rescue in Afghanistan, making appropriate representations to government leaders, and intergovernmental bodies, to protect and facilitate resettlement in Canada of targeted religious minorities like the Hazaras, judges, journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders. * Invoking the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention-which Canada led in 2021 and now has sixty signatories-to combat Hostage Diplomacy and unjust imprisonment * Taking up the case and cause of political prisoners, and championing the cause of media freedom, including the longest imprisoned journalist in the world, Swedish-Eritrean Dawit Isaaks as referenced below. * Combating antisemitism, systemic racism and all forms of hate as an assault on our common humanity and toxic to democracies. As Robert Kennedy, quoting George Bernard Shaw, would say “some see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.” Let us all have both the capacity to dream and the conviction to make it happen. Best, Irwin Cotler, International Chair of the RWCHR [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Our Work [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/cd003d17-4c7c-0f… Press Release Calling for Targeted Magnitsky Sanctions Against Senior Eritrean Officials The RWCHR led an international coalition calling for targeted Magnitsky sanctions<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> against senior Eritrean officials involved in gross human rights violations against Dawit Isaak and his colleagues, the longest detained journalists in the world. Along with our partners, we called on the Canadian government to impose sanctions against senior Eritrean officials involved in acts of corruption and rights violations, and on the Eritrean government to immediately and unconditionally release Mr. Isaak and his colleagues. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/1f387ace-b3fa-38… Documentary on RWCHR Canadian Co-Chair Professor Payam Akhavan RWCHR Canadian Co-Chair Professor Payam Akhavan was featured in a documentary, “In Search of a Better World”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, focusing on his life and distinguished career as “one of the world’s leading human rights lawyers and his fight for justice for the Rohingya.” We urge you to watch and to learn more about Professor Akhavan’s important work. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/3d5369f5-d513-43… Legal Counsel Yonah Diamond Quoted in Radio Free Asia on the Case and Cause of Huseyin Celil RWCHR Legal Counsel Yonah Diamond was quoted in an article in Radio Free Asia<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> on the case and cause of Huseyin Celil, which has been taken up by the RWCHR. Yonah said that “Huseyin Celil’s case, because he’s Canadian, should be raised at every level, both publicly and in private, at high-level meetings, at every opportunity, so that he remains on all Canadians’ minds until he’s released”. AIJAC Conference Headlined by Professor Irwin Cotler RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler was the headline speaker together with Dr. Karen Mock at an online event, “The Infamous 2001 Durban World Conference Against Racisms and the Ongoing Challenge of Antisemitism”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, hosted by the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. They discussed the Durban legacy of hate twenty years later, and how the first World Conference against racism and hate turned into a conference of racism and hate against Jews and served as a launching pad for the resurgent global antisemitism. RWCHR Statement Congratulating Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov The RWCHR is delighted that Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, a reminder of the profound importance of freedom of expression, and media freedom, which underpins the promotion and protection of democracy and human rights. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/a669003c-a279-9c…] Photo: The Guardian Minister Marc Garneau’s Statement on Babyn Yar Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Marc Garneau, released a statement commemorating Babyn Yar<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> on the same day of the official ceremony in Ukraine that took place this week in the presence of Canadian officials. Also in attendance at the ceremony was RWCHR Political Prisoner advisory group member Natan Sharansky. RWCHR Partners and Senior Fellows [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/c6833a52-2b96-71… Asat at the Oslo Freedom Forum RWCHR Senior Fellow Rayhan Asat spoke at the Oslo Freedom Forum<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> on a panel titled “Business Model of a Genocide”<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, during which she discussed the ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs and the case and cause of her brother, Ekpar Asat<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… Policy Initiatives and Urgent Resolutions Adopted by Liberal International Liberal International Executive Committee concluded its session - in which Professor Cotler participated - with the adoption of ten principles for combating digital authoritarianism; a comprehensive climate justice agenda; and urgent resolutions on Afghanistan et al. High Level Panel of International Legal Experts for Media Freedom Meets with Senior Canadian Government Officials Members of the High Level Panel - including its Deputy Chair Can Yeginsu and Canadian member Professor Irwin Cotler - met with GAC, IRCC and Minister of Immigration Marco Mendecino to discuss the enhancement of the Emergency Visa Program for Journalists at Risk. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/779e7a5c-8303-3f… Ceremony Unveiling Plaque in Honor of Elie Wiesel Professor Irwin Cotler joined MP Anthony Housefather, Cote St Luc Mayor Mitchell Brownstein and city councillors to unveil a plaque in Elie Wiesel Park in Cote St Luc honoring the life and legacy of Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Elie Wiesel. Professor Wiesel was Honorary Chair and co-founder of the RWCHR with Professor Cotler, who referred to him at the ceremony as his “teacher, mentor, colleague, friend and soulmate for fifty years”. A Looking Glass at Global News: The RWCHR Connection Jamal Khashoggi was murdered three years ago. These Saudis are still being silenced.<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Washington Post RWCHR represents Raif Badawi, one of the imprisoned, and silenced, Saudis. ________________________________ In the face of despair and apathy, we are still working to save vulnerable Afghans. Do not look away<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - The Globe and Mail RWCHR is involved with Journalists for Human Rights and other groups in relief and rescue efforts. ________________________________ The two Michaels were just new characters in a Sino-Canadian drama whose decades-long plot is as twisted as ever<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - The Globe and Mail The combating of the CCP’s multi-pronged assault on the rules-based international order - mass atrocities against the Uyghurs as one example - has been a focal point of RWCHR’s work, along with the arbitrary detention of Canadians. Upcoming Events October 12-13, 2021 - Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Special Envoy Cotler will participate as a member of the Canadian Delegation, as States convene to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Stockholm Declaration and reaffirm their commitment to preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating the rise of antisemitism. Special Envoy Cotler headed the Canadian delegation, and was a keynote speaker, at the Stockholm Conference in 2000, which led to the founding of the International Holoaust Remembrance Alliance. October 12, 2021 - Journalists Defending Human Rights: a Global Challenge<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Hosted by the National Council of Jewish Women Canada (NCJWC) and co-sponsored by the RWCHR. October 13, 2021 - In Conversation With a Survivor Speaker Series: Israel Unger<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - Hosted by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) in partnership with the RWCHR. October 14, 2021 - Meeting of Special Envoys - Special Envoy Cotler will participate in a meeting of Special Envoys from around the world convening after the Malmo Conference. This is a brief snapshot of the domestic and global reach of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. For ongoing updates and special alerts, follow us on social media! [Facebook]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Twitter]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [LinkedIn]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [YouTube]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [Instagram]<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Click Here to Support the Pursuit of Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP Message du professeur Irwin Cotler, Président international du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/eb493fac-d2dc-f5…] En cette période difficile, je me souviens des mots du poète William Butler Yeats qui disait « les meilleurs manquent de conviction, tandis que les pires sont pleins d'intensité passionnée ». En conséquence, le CRWDP cherche à être à l'avant-garde du plaidoyer mondial en faveur des droits humains, notamment : * Depuis la chute de Kaboul le 15 août, nous nous sommes engagés dans des opérations de secours et de sauvetage en Afghanistan, faisant des représentations appropriées auprès des dirigeants gouvernementaux et des organismes intergouvernementaux, pour protéger et faciliter la réinstallation au Canada de minorités religieuses ciblées comme les Hazaras, les juges, les journalistes, les avocats et les défenseurs des droits humains. * Invoquer la Déclaration contre la détention arbitraire, que le Canada a lancé en 2021 et qui compte maintenant soixante signataires, pour lutter contre la diplomatie des otages et l'emprisonnement injuste. * S'occuper du cas et de la cause des prisonniers politiques et défendre la cause de la liberté de la presse, y compris le journaliste emprisonné le plus longtemps au monde, le suédo-érythréen Dawit Isaak, comme indiqué ci-dessous. * Combattre l'antisémitisme, le racisme systémique et toutes les formes de haine, qui représentent une attaque contre notre humanité commune et qui est toxique pour les démocraties. * Comme le dirait Robert Kennedy, citant George Bernard Shaw, « certains voient les choses telles qu'elles sont et se demandent pourquoi; je rêve de choses qui n'ont jamais existées et je me demande, pourquoi pas ». Ayons tous à la fois la capacité de rêver et la conviction de réaliser ces rêves. Cordialement. Irwin Cotler, la chaire Internationale du CRWDP [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e6553959-2019-7b…] Notre travail [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/cd003d17-4c7c-0f… de presse conjoint appelant à des sanctions ciblées Magnitski contre des hauts fonctionnaires érythréens Le CRWDP a dirigé une coalition internationale appelant à des sanctions ciblées Magnitski<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> contre des hauts fonctionnaires érythréens impliqués dans des violations flagrantes des droits humains contre Dawit Isaak et ses collègues, les journalistes les plus longtemps détenus au monde. Avec nos partenaires, nous avons demandé au gouvernement canadien d'imposer des sanctions contre les hauts fonctionnaires érythréens impliqués dans des actes de corruption et des violations des droits, et au gouvernement érythréen de libérer immédiatement et sans condition M. Isaak et ses collègues. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/1f387ace-b3fa-38… de la CBC sur le coprésident canadien du CRWDP, le professeur Payam Akhavan Le Coprésident canadien du CRWDP, le professeur Payam Akhavan, a été présenté dans un documentaire intitulé « À la recherche d'un monde meilleur<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », mettant l'accent sur sa vie et sa carrière distinguée en tant que « l'un des principaux avocats des droits humains au monde et son combat pour la justice pour les Rohingyas ». Nous vous invitons à regarder ce documentaire et à en apprendre davantage sur les travaux importants du professeur Akhavan. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/3d5369f5-d513-43… conseiller juridique du CRWDP, Yonah Diamond, cité dans « Radio Free Asia » sur le cas et la cause de Huseyin Celil Le conseiller juridique du CRWDP, Yonah Diamond, a été cité dans un article de « Radio Free Asia<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> » sur le cas et la cause de Huseyin Celil, qui est représenté par le CRWDP. Yonah a déclaré que « le cas de Huseyin Celil, puisqu'il est Canadien, devrait être soulevé à tous les niveaux, tant en public qu'en privé, lors de réunions de haut niveau, à chaque occasion, afin qu'il reste dans l'esprit de tous les Canadiens et les Canadiennes jusqu'à sa libération ». Conférence du « Australia/Isarël & Jewish Affairs Council » (AIJAC) animée par le professeur Irwin Cotler Le président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, était le conférencier principal avec la Dr Karen Mock lors d'un événement en ligne intitulé « L'infâme conférence mondiale de Durban 2001 contre le racisme et le défi permanent de l'antisémitisme<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », organisé par l’AIJAC. Ils ont discuté de l'héritage de la haine de Durban vingt ans plus tard, et de la façon dont la première conférence mondiale contre le racisme et la haine s'est transformée en une conférence sur le racisme et la haine contre les Juifs et a servi de rampe de lancement à la résurgence de l'antisémitisme mondial. Déclaration du CRWDP félicitant les lauréats du prix Nobel de la paix Maria Ressa et Dmitry Muratov Le CRWDP est ravi que Maria Ressa et Dimitry Muratov aient reçu le prix Nobel de la paix<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, un rappel de l'importance profonde de la liberté d'expression et de la liberté de la presse, qui sous-tend la promotion et la protection de la démocratie et des droits humains. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/a669003c-a279-9c…] Photo: The Guardian Déclaration du Ministre Marc Garneau sur Babyn Yar Le Ministre canadien des Affaires étrangères, Marc Garneau, a publié une déclaration commémorant Babyn Yar<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> le même jour de la cérémonie officielle en Ukraine qui a eu lieu cette semaine en présence de responsables canadiens. Natan Sharansky, membre du groupe consultatif sur les prisonniers politiques du CRWDP, était également présent à la cérémonie. Partenaires et Collaborateurs émérites [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/c6833a52-2b96-71… Asat au Forum de la liberté d'Oslo La collaboratrice émérite du CRWDP, Rayhan Asat, a pris la parole lors du Forum sur la liberté d'Oslo<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> lors d'un panel intitulé « Modèle commercial d'un génocide<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », au cours duquel elle a discuté du génocide en cours des Ouïghours et du cas et de la cause de son frère, Ekpar Asat. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/e5420976-2966-7e… politiques majeures et résolutions urgentes adoptées par Liberal International Le Comité exécutif de Liberal International a conclu sa session, à laquelle le professeur Cotler a participé, par l'adoption de dix principes pour lutter contre l'autoritarisme numérique; un programme global de justice climatique; et des résolutions urgentes sur l'Afghanistan et al. Le Panel de haut niveau d’experts juridiques indépendants sur la liberté des médias rencontre des hauts fonctionnaires du gouvernement canadien Les membres du Panel de haut niveau d’experts juridiques indépendants sur la liberté des médias, y compris son Vice-président Can Yeginsu et le membre canadien, le professeur Irwin Cotler, ont rencontré des fonctionnaires d’Affaires mondiales Canada et d’Immigration Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada et le Ministre de l'Immigration Marco Mendicino pour discuter de l'amélioration du Programme de visa d'urgence pour les journalistes à risque. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/779e7a5c-8303-3f… commémorative de dévoilement d'une plaque en l'honneur d'Elie Wiesel Le professeur Irwin Cotler s'est joint au député fédéral Anthony Housefather, au maire de Côte Saint-Luc Mitchell Brownstein et aux conseillers municipaux pour dévoiler une plaque dans le parc Elie Wiesel à Côte Saint-Luc en l'honneur de la vie et de l'héritage du professeur Elie Wiesel, lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix. Le professeur Wiesel était Président honoraire et co-fondateur du CRWDP avec le professeur Cotler, qui, lors de la cérémonie, l'a qualifié de « professeur, mentor, collègue, ami et âme sœur pendant cinquante ans ». Aperçu de l'actualité mondiale : la connexion CRWDP Jamal Khashoggi a été assassiné il y a trois ans. Ces Saoudiens sont toujours réduits au silence.<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> – Washington Post Le CRWDP représente Raif Badawi, l'un des Saoudiens emprisonnés et réduit au silence. ________________________________ Face au désespoir et à l'apathie, nous travaillons toujours pour sauver les Afghans vulnérables. Ne détournez pas le regard<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> – The Globe and Mail Le CRWDP est impliqué avec les journalistes pour les droits de la personne et d'autres groupes dans les efforts de secours et de sauvetage. ________________________________ Les deux Michaels n'étaient que de nouveaux personnages dans un drame sino-canadien dont l'intrigue de plusieurs décennies est plus tordue que jamais<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> – The Globe and Mail La lutte contre l'assaut, à plusieurs volets, du PCC contre l'ordre international fondé sur des règles, par exemple, les atrocités de masse contre les Ouïghours, a été au centre du travail du CRWDP, y compris la détention arbitraire de Canadiens. Évènements à venir 12-13 octobre 2021 : Forum international de Malmö sur la mémoire de l'Holocauste et la lutte contre l'antisémitisme<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> - l'Envoyé spécial Cotler participera en tant que membre de la délégation canadienne, alors que les États se réunissent pour marquer le 20e anniversaire de la Déclaration de Stockholm et pour réaffirmer leur engagement à préserver la mémoire de l'Holocauste et lutter contre la montée de l'antisémitisme. L'Envoyé spécial Cotler a dirigé la délégation canadienne et a été conférencier d'honneur à la Conférence de Stockholm en 2000, qui a mené à la fondation de l'Alliance internationale pour la mémoire de l'Holocauste. 12 octobre 2021 : Journalistes défendant les droits humains : un défi mondial<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>, organisé par le Conseil national des femmes juives du Canada (NCJWC) et coparrainé par le CRWDP. 13 octobre 2021 : Série de conférences « In Conversation With a Survivor : Israel Unger<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> », Organisées par le « Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies » (FSWC) en partenariat avec le CRWDP. 14 octobre 2021 : Réunion des Envoyés spéciaux - L'Envoyé spécial Cotler participera à une réunion des Envoyés spéciaux du monde entier après la Conférence de Malmö. 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Fw: RWCHR Weekly Digest - Bulletin hebdomadaire du CRWDP
by Shayna Plaut 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

Read our recent work and upcoming events in this week's newsletter [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/9e0f7803-8e95-4c…] Le Français suivra RWCHR Weekly Digest RWCHR Statement on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation The RWCHR released a statement to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, standing in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in Canada in the struggle for healing, truth, justice and reconciliation - as set forth in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) recommendations. Read the full statement here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/8c0587b0-5800-98…] Photo: The Globe and Mail Release of Burundi Political Prisoner and Former Member of Parliament Fabien Banciryanino Delighted that Burundi political prisoner and former MP Fabien Banciryanino has been released approximately one year after his arbitrary detention and unjust imprisonment. The RWCHR, in partnership with the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), advocated internationally on behalf of Mr. Baciryanino, and urged the Burundi government to “conduct all the necessary institutional reforms and take the appropriate measures to make sure that human rights are safeguarded and respected at all times”. Read more about his case and cause here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. RWCHR High-Level Conference on 20 Years of Dictatorship in Eritrea: A Case Study of the Global Assault on Media Freedom by Authoritarian Regimes [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/cd003d17-4c7c-0f…] The RWCHR spearheaded a high-level conference, in partnership with an international coalition of leading NGOs and human rights organizations -- which promote and protect media freedom and defend the rights of journalists -- on the Eritrean government’s suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms, including media freedom and the persecution of journalists, and the widespread and systematic gross human rights violations in relation to the case of Dawit Isaak and his colleagues - the longest imprisoned journalists in the world. The highly impactful conversation was led by a series of international experts. Thank you to our distinguished panelists and co-sponsors for making the event a success. Watch it here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Click Here to Support the Pursuit of Justice<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Professor Irwin Cotler Interview on the Release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor RWCHR International Chair Irwin Cotler was featured on CBC News discussing China’s “Hostage Diplomacy” and the recent release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Professor Cotler’s interview with the Canadian Press also appeared in media across the country. Watch the interview here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> and read more here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Commemoration of Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Elie Wiesel’s Birthday The RWCHR published a statement commemorating Elie Wiesel’s birthday, the RWCHR Honorary U.S. Co-Chair (in memoriam). As Irwin Cotler once said, “Elie has always been my teacher, mentor, role model, inspiration, and friend of 50 years - in a word, the most remarkable human being I have ever encountered and had the honour to work with in common cause.” Read the full statement here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/2025f8cf-4402-ae…] 80th Anniversary of the Mass Murder in Babi Yar Last week marked the 80th anniversary of the mass murder of 33,771 in Babi Yar on Yom Kippur on September 28th and 29th, 1941. Special Envoy Irwin Cotler published a statement on the anniversary of this horrific mass atrocity, “which serves as a reminder of our individual and collective responsibilities to remember, to bear witness, to shatter walls of indifference, to prevent and act against antisemitism and mass atrocity - lest we be complicit by our silence”. Read the full statement here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Pursuing Justice for Downing of Flight PS752 Irwin Cotler joined Amanda Ghahremani, Research Associate at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University, and Alex Neve, Senior Fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, in publishing an op-ed in The Globe and Mail calling for “concrete and determined action in pursuit of justice” for Flight PS752. Read it here<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Upcoming Events This week — High-Level Panel of Independent Legal Experts on Media Freedom, of which Professor Irwin Cotler is a member, will convene to discuss the assault on media freedom and the forthcoming World Press Freedom conference that Canada co-chairs. October 4-5, 2021 — Rayhan Asat, RWCHR Senior Fellow, will be speaking at the Oslo Freedom Forum<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> regarding the ongoing genocide of the Uyghurs. October 5, 2021 — Naomi Kikoler, RWCHR Senior Fellow, will be moderating a Special Forum on the 100,000 disappeared in Syria<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. October 8, 2021 — 80th Anniversary Commemoration of Babi Yar, in the presence of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, and RWCHR political prisoner advisory group member Natan Sharansky. This is a brief snapshot of the domestic and global reach of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. For ongoing updates and special alerts, follow us on social media! 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Lisez la déclaration complète ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/8c0587b0-5800-98…] Photo: The Globe and Mail Libération du prisonnier politique burundais et ancien député Fabien Banciryanino Nous sommes ravis que le prisonnier politique burundais et ancien député Fabien Banciryanino ait été libéré environ un an après sa détention arbitraire et son emprisonnement injuste. Le CRWDP, en partenariat avec l'Action mondiale des parlementaires (PGA), a plaidé à l’échelle internationale au nom de M. Baciryanino, et a exhorté le gouvernement burundais à « mener toutes les réformes institutionnelles nécessaires et à prendre les mesures appropriées pour s'assurer que les droits de la personne sont protégés et respectés à tout moment ». En savoir plus sur son cas et sa cause ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Conférence de haut niveau du CRWDP : « 20 ans de dictature en Érythrée : une étude de cas sur l'atteinte mondiale à la liberté des médias par les régimes autoritaires » [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/cd003d17-4c7c-0f… CRWDP a dirigé une conférence de haut niveau, en partenariat avec une coalition internationale d'ONGs et d'organisations de défense des droits de la personne de premier plan qui promeuvent et protègent la liberté des médias et défendent les droits des journalistes. La table ronde portait sur la suppression, par le gouvernement érythréen, des droits et libertés fondamentaux, y compris la liberté des médias et la persécution des journalistes, et les violations flagrantes généralisées et systématiques des droits de la personne dans le cas de Dawit Isaak et de ses collègues, les journalistes emprisonnés le plus longtemps au monde. La conversation très percutante a été menée par une série d'experts internationaux. Merci à nos distingués panélistes et co-commanditaires d'avoir fait de l'événement un succès. Regardez la conférence ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Faites un don pour soutenir la poursuite de la justice ! <https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> Entretien du professeur Irwin Cotler sur la libération de Michael Kovrig et Michael Spavor Le Président international du CRWDP, Irwin Cotler, s’est entretenu avec « CBC News » pour discuter de la « diplomatie des otages » de la Chine et de la récente libération de Michael Kovrig et Michael Spavor. L'entrevue du professeur Cotler avec la Presse canadienne a également été publiée dans les médias à travers le pays. Regardez l'entrevue ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> et lisez-en plus ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Commémoration de l'anniversaire du professeur Elie Wiesel, lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix Le CRWDP a publié une déclaration commémorant l'anniversaire d'Elie Wiesel, le co-président honoraire américain du CRWDP (in memoriam). Comme Irwin Cotler l'a déjà dit, « Elie a toujours été mon professeur, mentor, modèle, source d'inspiration et ami depuis 50 ans - en un mot, l'être humain le plus remarquable que j'ai jamais rencontré et avec qui j'ai eu l'honneur de travailler dans notre cause commune… ». Lisez la déclaration complète ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. [https://mcusercontent.com/eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32/images/2025f8cf-4402-ae…] 80e anniversaire du meurtre de masse à Babi Yar La semaine dernière a marqué le 80e anniversaire du meurtre de masse de 33 771 personnes à Babi Yar à Yom Kippour les 28 et 29 septembre 1941. L'Envoyé spécial Irwin Cotler a publié une déclaration à l'occasion de l'anniversaire de cette horrible atrocité de masse, « qui sert de rappel à nos responsabilités individuelles et collectives de se souvenir, de témoigner, de briser les murs de l'indifférence, de prévenir et d'agir contre l'antisémitisme et les atrocités de masse, de peur que nous ne soyons complices de notre silence ». Lisez la déclaration complète ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Poursuite de la justice pour la destruction du vol PS752 Irwin Cotler s'est joint à Amanda Ghahremani, Associée de recherche à l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir de l'Université Concordia, et Alex Neve, Chercheur principal à l'École supérieure d'affaires publiques et internationales de l'Université d'Ottawa, pour publier un article d’opinion dans le Globe and Mail appelant à « une action concrète et déterminée en quête de justice » pour le vol PS752. Lisez-le ici<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. Événements à venir Le Panel de haut niveau d’experts juridiques indépendants sur la liberté des médias, dont le professeur Irwin Cotler est membre, se réunira pour discuter de l’atteinte à la liberté des médias et de la prochaine conférence mondiale sur la liberté de la presse que le Canada co-présidera. 4 au 5 octobre : Rayhan Asat, collaboratrice émérite du CRWDP, prononcera un discours au « Oslo Freedom Forum<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…> » concernant le génocide en cours des Ouïghours. 5 octobre : Naomi Kikoler, collaboratrice émérite du CRWDP, animera un forum spécial sur les 100 000 personnes disparues en Syrie<https://rwchr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eab80f71b0bea3d659a678f32&i…>. 8 octobre : Commémoration du 80e anniversaire de Babi Yar, en présence du Président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky et du membre du groupe consultatif sur les prisonniers politiques du CRWDP, Natan Sharansky. 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Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights 2021 - UN Special Rapporteur Dr David R Boyd - The Transformative Potential of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment
by Shannonbrooke Murphy 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

The Atlantic Human Rights Centre presents the Annual Vigod Memorial Lecture in Human Rights: The Transformative Potential of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment Delivered by Dr. David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment Thursday, October 14, 2021 ONLINE 7.00 p.m. ADT (6.00 p.m. EDT, 5.00 p.m. CDT, 4.00 p.m. MDT, 3.00 p.m. PDT) Event in English. Free and open to all. Please spread the word to others who may be interested. To attend you must register in advance at www/stu.ca/vigod<https://www.stu.ca/events/all-events/-vigod-memorial-lecture-in-human-right…> Dr Shannonbrooke Murphy Endowed Chair in Human Rights Assistant Professor, Human Rights Department Acting Director, Atlantic Human Rights Centre St Thomas University 51 Dineen Drive, Fredericton NB E3B 5G3 Office: Holy Cross House Room 108 (+1) 506-452-9653 We recognize and respectfully acknowledge that the land on which St. Thomas University is situated is the unsurrendered and unceded traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik.

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CHRLP Newsletter - October 2021
by Sharon Webb, Ms 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Hello Shayna, For sharing with the HR-Rsch network, please. Thank you! Sharon [cid:image001.gif@01D7B55A.DF51E7D0] McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism October 2021 Newsletter Upcoming events: * Oct 4/5: Nuremberg 75th anniversary: Mass Trials for Mass Violence * Oct 15: AML seminar with Isabel Jaramillo-Sierra * Oct 25: Treatment of Prisoners in Canada with Vicki Prais * Oct 28: Rebel Courts: Book Launch with René Provost Save the date: * Nov 11: A Right of Peoples and Individuals to International Solidarity - Humphrey Lecture with Obiora C. Okafor Other events of interest: * Oct 11/12: Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 Upcoming Events [Image removed by sender. Black and white image of Nazi soldiers on trial at Nuremberg] Mass Trials for Mass Violence Nuremberg 75th anniversary international symposium between Brussels and Montréal Monday, October 4, 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM (ET) and Tuesday, October 5, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET) Event description here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Monday’s sessions moderated by Marie-Laurence Hébert-Dolbec (ULB) and Frédéric Mégret (McGill); Tuesday’s session moderated by Laurent Kennes (ULB). Registration required: masstrial(a)ulb.be<mailto:masstrial@ulb.be>. In-person location and Zoom link to follow upon registration. [Image removed by sender. Woman standing with arms crossed with short hair and wearing a purple shirt] “Mothers-in-law”: Intergenerational Dialogues on Women and Human Rights Margot E. Halpenny Memorial Lecture Annie Macdonald Langstaff seminar series with Isabel Jaramillo-Sierra In conversation with Maria Adelaida Ceballos-Bedoya Moderated by Shauna Van Praagh Friday, October 15, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. About the speaker Professor Jaramillo-Sierra holds a law degree from Universidad de los Andes (Cum Laude) and an SJD from Harvard Law School. She is currently a full professor at Universidad de los Andes, Faculty of Law. She is the co-founder of Red Alas, a network of scholars interested in the inclusion of sexual and gender perspectives in Latin American legal education. She has also been consultant to the Colombian government on issues of transitional justice, and sexual and reproductive rights. In 2017, former President Juan Manuel Santos nominated Professor Jaramillo-Sierra as a Constitutional Court justice. Read more about Professor Jaramillo-Sierra here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Oct 15: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/84246217798.<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> [Image removed by sender. Black and white portrait of woman] Treatment of Prisoners in Canada International Human Rights Law and the Treatment of Prisoners in Canada: A Practitioner's Perspective with Vicki Prais Moderated by Frédéric Mégret Monday, October 25, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. About the speaker Vicki Prais is an internationally experienced human rights lawyer with recognised expertise in the protection of prisoners’ rights, prison reform, dignity behind bars, the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment and fair trial issues. Vicki is a former O'Brien Fellow in Residence. Read Vicki's article, The Implementation in Canada of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners: A Practitioner's Perspective<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Read more about Vicki Prais here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Oct 25: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/88448654996.<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> [Image removed by sender. Book cover with yellow text "Rebel Courts: The Administration of Justice by Armed Insurgents" on a black background, image of the upper body of a woman, half her face cut off, wearing soldiers' green uniform] Rebel Courts: the Administration of Justice by Armed Insurgents Book launch with René Provost Thursday, October 28, 4:00-5:30 PM (ET) Zoom: Click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event Warzones are sometimes described as lawless, but this is rarely the case. Armed insurgents often replace the state as the provider of law and justice in areas under their authority. Based on extensive fieldwork, Rebel Courts offers a compelling and unique insight into the judicial governance of armed groups, a phenomenon never studied comprehensively until now. Zoom Oct 28: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/81493964697<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> Save the Date [Image removed by sender. Man with glasses, wearing a black blazer and red turtleneck] A Right of Peoples and Individuals to International Solidarity John P. Humphrey Lectureship in Human Rights with Obiora C. Okafor Thursday, November 11, 1:00-2:30 PM (ET) Zoom: click here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> to access the event. Event description here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. About the speaker Obiora C. Okafor is the Inagural York Research Chair in International and Transnational Legal Studies at Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor Okafor has published extensively in the fields of international human rights law and immigration/refugee law, as well as general public international law (especially with regard to third world approaches to international law). Read more about Obiora C. Okafor here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Zoom Nov 11: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/83897438474.<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…> Other Events of Interest [Image removed by sender. Text "Fundamental Rights Forum" on a white background, against the blue sky] Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 The Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 is a unique platform for dialogue about the most pressing human rights challenges that Europe faces today. Monday, October 11 and Tuesday, October 12 Registration required here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>, and full program here<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Calls for Applications [Image removed by sender. McGill's logo] CHRLP is proud to open the call for applications for the 2022 O’Brien Graduate Fellowships in the Faculty of Law, McGill University. O’Brien Fellows become members of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, a focal point for innovative legal and interdisciplinary research, dialogue, and outreach on human rights and legal pluralism. This Fellowship Program is an entrance scholarship. Applicants for this scholarship must also simultaneously submit an application for admission to one of our graduate programs by the stipulated deadline. Deadline to apply: December 19, 2021. Email here<mailto:obrienfellows.law@mcgill.ca> for more information. Calls for Papers [Image removed by sender. Hands holding a copy of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms] Constitutional Rights and Freedoms in Canada: Critical Reflections & Engagement (conference on April 8, 2022) As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the constitutional recognition of Indigenous rights, it is timely to reflect upon the impact of these constitutional reforms. This workshop is aimed at mobilizing and sharing critical reflections regarding the meaning and application of diverse constitutional rights and freedoms, including theoretical, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspectives. It will provide an occasion to share past research and explore potential future research collaborations. Participation in the workshop (for those presenting) would involve preparing a short think piece (1,000-2,000 words) on a topic related to the constitutional rights entrenched in 1982. Others may simply be interested in attending. We would greatly appreciate hearing from you about your interest in participating by September 30th, including the issue/question you would likely explore in your short think piece. Email: human.rights(a)mcill.ca<mailto:human.rights@mcill.ca>. Calls for Submissions [Image removed by sender. Generic image of computer screen with written text on it] Do you have an upcoming article you would like to publicize? A blog post you would like to write? The CHRLP is also proud to launch the fourth year of its Blog with an open call for blog posts. Interested authors are encouraged to draw inspiration from the theme "Solidarity in an Interconnected World". More information, including editorial guidelines, can be found in the following call for submissions<https://mcgill.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=876a0fb07443c2ba7a644f4f3&…>. Submissions (in English, French, or Spanish) can be sent to human.rights(a)mcgill.ca<mailto:human.rights@mcgill.ca>. O'Brien Fellows: In Their Own Words [Image removed by sender. Woman with long hair against a backdrop of trees] Jeanne Pérès, LLM (Montreal) Après avoir complété un baccalauréat en droit à l’Université de Montréal (UdeM) et son examen du Barreau à l’hiver 2021, je suis heureuse d’entamer une maîtrise en droit autochtone à l’Université McGill. Mon implication au sein du comité en droit autochtone de l’UdeM, ma participation au Kawaskimhon Moot, de même que mes expériences de travail dans des régions éloignées du Nord et du Grand Nord québécois aux côtés d’Innus ont contribué à faire de la cause autochtone ma vocation. C'est à travers mon parcours universitaire que j’ai pris goût à la recherche et à la rédaction juridique, notamment à titre d’assistante de recherche, d’étudiante en droit au sein d’un cabinet privé, mais également dans le cadre de concours de rédaction et de séminaires de recherche. Ces apprentissages ont renforcé ma volonté de faire du droit un moyen efficace de rendre justice. Soutenue par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH) du Canada grâce à la bourse Joseph Armand-Bombardier et par le Centre pour les droits de la personne & le pluralisme juridique de l’Université Mc Gill avec la bourse O’Brien, je souhaite rédiger une thèse qui reflète la collision entre notre régime juridique et les traditions juridiques autochtones et leur possible réconciliation. [Image removed by sender. Portrait of woman with an afro wearing a black tank top] Amanda Nutakor, LLM (Ghana) My name is April Amanda Nutakor - I don't mind being called April or Amanda, although Amanda is my official name. I am currently an LLM candidate at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. In 2020, I graduated from the University of Ghana School of Law as the Valedictorian of the 2020-year group, with a First-Class Honours and a 3.84 FGPA. From September 2019 to May 2021, I was a participant of an intercultural human rights project organized by the Harvard Law School in collaboration with the University of Ghana School of Law. The project focused on the right of the girl child to education in the Northern region of Ghana. Previously, I also worked at the Legal Resources Centre (the ‘LRC’), a non-governmental organization in Ghana, which focuses on development work and provides legal aid services. During my time at the LRC, I participated in human rights trainings and worked on the Prisons’ Project which was designed to increase awareness of the rights of prisoners and to provide legal aid to indigent persons in prisons awaiting trial or appealing against wrongful conviction. I am currently working part-time and remotely at an international UK-Ghana based law firm 'Egality Law'. The firm serves a range of clients from multinationals to non-profits and I support the team with legal research and analysis with a particular interest in human rights, criminal justice and defamation matters. My areas of research at McGill include juvenile and criminal justice, and human rights. [Image removed by sender. Woman in a barrister robe against a brown backdrop] Cynthia Kelechi Eboson, LLM (Nigeria) Barrister Cynthia Kelechi Eboson is a poised legal professional and researcher with a successful academic and career record. Barrister Cynthia graduated from the University of Exeter, Faculty of Law in England, United Kingdom in 2018. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2019 after completion of studies at the Nigerian Law School. A member of the Nigerian Bar Association, she has worked as a Lawyer and Human Rights Activist with various law firms and NGOs in Nigeria. Barrister Cynthia is a young professional whose primary interests are related to Human Rights with special regard to Gender equality and promotion of Women’s rights. This led to the establishment of her own NGO targeted at sensitizing communities in Nigeria on the importance of gender equality and promotion of human rights among communities in Nigeria. Her proposed research topic which is titled “Navigating Entrenched Customary Law and Human Rights: A case study of Inheritance rules and Gender rights in Nigeria” aims to add to the body of literature on the promotion of gender equality. Barrister Cynthia hopes to build a community of professionals with similar interests and set to impact knowledge and influence around the International Community. [Image removed by sender. 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This tribunal was tasked with the responsibility to investigate, prosecute, and try the most serious crimes committed in the context of the more than 50-year armed conflict in Colombia. Previously, I worked for more than five years as a Human Rights Specialist at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights based in Washington D.C.I have also done research, taught, and written about different human rights-related topics such as transitional justice, structural racism, and standards of due process guarantees under International Human Rights Law. My doctoral research topic focuses on the need to strengthen Colombia’s transitional justice reparation structures to effectively compensate and restore the rights of Afro-Colombian communities who have been victims of the armed conflict. I am Afro-Colombian, and a very enthusiastic soccer aficiando. 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Fw: INVITATION- 06.10.2021 - VOICES: Militants en exil. Agents de changement | VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change.
by Shayna Plaut 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, I am delighted to share with you information about an event we are organizing next week to launch the project Voices: Activists in Exile. We hope that some of you will be able to join us. Feel free to share widely! Very best wishes, Viviana Viviana A. Fernandez Directrice adjointe / Assistant Director Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne / Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d’Ottawa / University of Ottawa Twitter: @vafi1217 Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC> / Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> ________________________________ English follows. Le Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) est heureux de s'associer à la professeure agrégée Nadia Abu-Zahra, titulaire de la Chaire conjointe en études des femmes - Université d'Ottawa et Université Carleton, et au Professeur Neuberger-Jesin John Packer, directeur du CREDP, pour le lancement de l'initiative VOICES. VOICES : Militants en exil. Agents de changement. VOICES soutient les militants en exil qui tentent de faire du pays qu'ils ont quitté un endroit meilleur. Ces voix sont importantes pour les perspectives qu'elles offrent et pour les idées qu'elles génèrent. Voices fournira des plates-formes à ceux qui ne seraient pas entendus autrement, dans des situations de conflit violent. Rejoignez-nous pour le lancement virtuel de cette initiative, nous en apprendrons plus sur elle et écouterons la voix du militant pour les droits de la personne Ali Mirzad. Mercredi le 6 octobre 2021 13 h à 15 h EN LIGNE | Webinaire ZOOM Événement en anglais. | Gratuit et ouvert à toutes et à tous. RSVP obligatoire pour recevoir le lien.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/6-octobre-2021-voices-militants-exil-agents-c…> Cet événement s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme riche et varié élaboré pour souligner le 40e anniversaire du CREDP! #CREDP40HRREC ________________________________ The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to partner with Associate Professor Nadia Abu-Zahra, Joint Chair in Women's Studies - University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and Neuberger-Jesin Professor John Packer, HRREC Director, in the launch of the initiative VOICES. VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change. VOICES supports activists in exile who are trying to make the home they left a better place. Those voices are important for the perspectives they offer and for the ideas they generate. Voices will provide platforms for those who would otherwise not be heard, in situations of violent conflict. Join us in the virtual launch of this initiative as we will learn more about it and listen to the voice of human rights activist Ali Mirzad. Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ONLINE | ZOOM Webinar Event in English. | Free and open to all. RSVP required to receive the link.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/october-6-2021-voices-activists-exile-agents-…> This event is part of a diverse and rich programme developed to highlight the 40th Anniversary of HRREC! #CREDP40HRREC Centre de recherche et d’enseignement sur les droits de la personne | Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> | Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC>

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INVITATION- 06.10.2021 - VOICES: Militants en exil. Agents de changement | VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change.
by Viviana Fernandez 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, I am delighted to share with you information about an event we are organizing next week to launch the project Voices: Activists in Exile. We hope that some of you will be able to join us. Feel free to share widely! Very best wishes, Viviana Viviana A. Fernandez Directrice adjointe / Assistant Director Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne / Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa Twitter: @vafi1217 Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC> / Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> ________________________________ English follows. Le Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne (CREDP) est heureux de s'associer à la professeure agrégée Nadia Abu-Zahra, titulaire de la Chaire conjointe en études des femmes - Université d'Ottawa et Université Carleton, et au Professeur Neuberger-Jesin John Packer, directeur du CREDP, pour le lancement de l'initiative VOICES. VOICES : Militants en exil. Agents de changement. VOICES soutient les militants en exil qui tentent de faire du pays qu'ils ont quitté un endroit meilleur. Ces voix sont importantes pour les perspectives qu'elles offrent et pour les idées qu'elles génèrent. Voices fournira des plates-formes à ceux qui ne seraient pas entendus autrement, dans des situations de conflit violent. Rejoignez-nous pour le lancement virtuel de cette initiative, nous en apprendrons plus sur elle et écouterons la voix du militant pour les droits de la personne Ali Mirzad. Mercredi le 6 octobre 2021 13 h à 15 h EN LIGNE | Webinaire ZOOM Événement en anglais. | Gratuit et ouvert à toutes et à tous. RSVP obligatoire pour recevoir le lien.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/6-octobre-2021-voices-militants-exil-agents-c…> Cet événement s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme riche et varié élaboré pour souligner le 40e anniversaire du CREDP! #CREDP40HRREC ________________________________ The Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to partner with Associate Professor Nadia Abu-Zahra, Joint Chair in Women's Studies - University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and Neuberger-Jesin Professor John Packer, HRREC Director, in the launch of the initiative VOICES. VOICES: Activists in Exile. Agents of Change. VOICES supports activists in exile who are trying to make the home they left a better place. Those voices are important for the perspectives they offer and for the ideas they generate. Voices will provide platforms for those who would otherwise not be heard, in situations of violent conflict. Join us in the virtual launch of this initiative as we will learn more about it and listen to the voice of human rights activist Ali Mirzad. Wednesday, October 6, 2021 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ONLINE | ZOOM Webinar Event in English. | Free and open to all. RSVP required to receive the link.<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/october-6-2021-voices-activists-exile-agents-…> This event is part of a diverse and rich programme developed to highlight the 40th Anniversary of HRREC! #CREDP40HRREC Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne | Human Rights Research and Education Centre Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa Fêtons le 40e anniversaire du CREDP<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/fr/CREDP40HRREC> | Celebrate the 40th anniversary of HRREC<https://cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/en/CREDP40HRREC>

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Atlantic Human Rights Centre - Human Rights News Fall 2021 edition
by Shannonbrooke Murphy 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Dear CAHRI Colleagues, I hope this finds you well. Attached for your information is our most recent edition of the Human Rights News for Fall 2021. Stay safe and healthy! All the best, Shannonbrooke Dr Shannonbrooke Murphy Endowed Chair in Human Rights Assistant Professor, Human Rights Department Acting Director, Atlantic Human Rights Centre St Thomas University 51 Dineen Drive, Fredericton NB E3B 5G3 Office: Holy Cross House Room 108 (+1) 506-452-9653 We recognize and respectfully acknowledge that the land on which St. Thomas University is situated is the unsurrendered and unceded traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik.

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Human Rights, Media and the Environment
by Shayna Plaut 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

Kaixo! Eskura Centro de Recursos Pedagógicos en Derechos Humanos celebrará su III. Seminario Internacional de Recursos Pedagógicos en Derechos Humanos. Este año se centrará en el Medio Ambiente y los Derechos Humanos. Será los días 6 y 7 de octubre de 2021 en el Kursaal, Donostia-San Sebastian, en formato trilingüe (Euskara-Español-Inglés) y tanto presencial como virtual. Diferentes referentes presentarán recursos vinculados al ecofeminismo, el ecopacifismo, la educación ecosocial, la coproducción de políticas ambientales y de inclusión social, la realidad de los y las defensoras del territorio, la situación de los océanos y la criosfera, el consumo responsable, el ecoliderazgo... Abordándolos desde una perspectiva de estrategias pedagógicas. Como podrás apreciar en el programa adjunto participarán ponentes de la talla de Mr. David Boyd, Relator Especial de Derechos Humanos y Medio Ambiente de las Naciones Unidas, Dra. Yayo Herrero, investigadora influyente a nivel europeo en el ámbito ecofeminista, así como la Oficina de Educación Climática de la UNESCO que desarrolla diversos recursos para los sistemas educativos, entre otros/as. Si vas a venir inscríbete en este link<https://secure-web.cisco.com/14YBBaVHvxyP0bnp-lqIWhKJ5wA40jp-G3__M6TB0ly441…>. Podrás ver las sesiones en streaming aquí<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1-FsFOMaRHkmRdJkFZ_DU7Ay1hBgteGy8eer74Bhjqumlp…>. Podrás seguir todas las novedades en nuestras redes sociales: Twitter<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1cgcz8NR_rRCTREMZOTR12ITgIlh0lYH7yZQpo0oe7NS-V…> - Instagram<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1QS8A0dFNvFKwxEev40zgWv629mykt8VfM7QNqDSK5uDoY…> - Facebook<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1EYkXo6yiNkedP8k2KDj9dVEgPAJ6tppmSKQYEiiuGnEmX…> - Web<https://secure-web.cisco.com/13Q6dgX--dhmQuPnG2vpGoatMmJxN8sX1YhDyRcXJMCuDP…> ¡Anímate! __________________________________________________ Hello! Eskura Human Rights Educational Resource Centre will hold its III. International Seminar on Human Rights Educational Resources. This year will focus on Environment and Human Rights. It will be held on 6th and 7th October 2021 at the Kursaal, Donostia-San Sebastian, in trilingual format (Basque-Spanish-English) and both in person and online. Different international, national and local experts will address the following subjects: the eco-pacifism, the eco-feminism, the eco-social education, the co-production of environmental and social inclusion policies, the land defenders, the situation of the oceans and the cryosphere, the eco-leadership, the responsible consumption... Tackling these from an educational perspective. As you can see in the attached programme we will have speakers such as Mr. David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, Yayo Herrero reserchear, Expert in Ecofeminism and Ecosocialism, and UNESCO's Climate Education Office which develops various resources for education systems. If you are coming, please register here<https://secure-web.cisco.com/14YBBaVHvxyP0bnp-lqIWhKJ5wA40jp-G3__M6TB0ly441…>. You can watch the streaming sessions here<https://secure-web.cisco.com/10WlmHZWjb1gZCqu3zO-lfCn9ILsSAq02bzEq6W5_DEmBq…>. You can follow all the news on our social networks: Twitter<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1cgcz8NR_rRCTREMZOTR12ITgIlh0lYH7yZQpo0oe7NS-V…> - Instagram<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1QS8A0dFNvFKwxEev40zgWv629mykt8VfM7QNqDSK5uDoY…> - Facebook<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1EYkXo6yiNkedP8k2KDj9dVEgPAJ6tppmSKQYEiiuGnEmX…> - Web<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1g2ilWb9uPOWKZnneYsGrvjCBaGDCjmgRw24n84vDE8tZT…> Come on! ____________________________________ --  Aieteko Jauregia. Aiete Pasealekua, 65, 20009 Donostia. Tf. 943 48 19 96 Shayna Plaut, PhD Acting Manager for the Centre for Human Rights Research Working Days: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 930am-330pm Office number: 204 474 6156 Cell number: 604 817 0311

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