Events
27 May 2009, The Hague
Working Visit by the Mayor of The Hague to the Equalinrights HQ
Event postponed until further notice
17 – 23 June 2009, Beit Sahour
2nd Middle East International Camp: Bridges Instead of Walls!
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10 July 2009 London
Human Rights and Citizenship Education Conference
An opportunity to present work in progress and participate in debating the role of human rights as universal standards underpinning education, civil society, democracy and therefore citizenship. Send abstracts before 30 April 2009.
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20 – 24 July 2009
International Association for Media and Communication Research Annual Conference: Human Rights and Communication, Mexico City
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July 2009, University of New South Wales, Australia
Master of Human Rights Law & Policy
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Call for Submissions
Health and Human Rights: An International Journal
Deadline 15 August 2009
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News
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Human rights are yours. Use them!
Welcome to Equalinrights! Our website contains information about our work on human rights-based development (HRBD) as well as resources, events, news, links and much more.
The impact of the Financial Crisis on Human Rights
Join the networking efforts of the Human Dignity and Human Rights Caucus (HDHRC) on this topic during the 2010 WSF Global Action Day
‘Human Rights are not a luxury only for good times’
The human rights community is getting increasingly concerned about the impact of the financial crisis on combating poverty and upholding Human Rights. This concern is shared by personalities such as Ban Ki-Moon (UN secretary general) and Navy Pillay (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) as well as many experts and rapporteurs in the UN system. The global financial crisis has set back many of the achievements of the last decades. This not only affects economic and social rights, such as the right to health, adequate housing or education, but all rights. In spite of the dramatic consequences of the crisis, to our knowledge, there is no major initiative to assess systematically the negative impact of the global financial crisis on Human Rights, much less on discussing ways and means of counteracting them.
This is why some international human rights and development networks would like to see the (WSF-related) Human Dignity and Human Rights Caucus promote networking and coordination on this topic. The 2010 WSF Global Day for Action could be an excellent occasion to mobilize the human rights community. As in previous years, the Human Rights Caucus will act as a facilitating platform for coordination and planning of human rights activities, open to all local, regional and international organisations working on human rights.
If you agree with the issues raised above we would be very grateful if you could get back to us as soon as possible, briefly indicating:
- if you are planning an event or would like to get involved in the WSF Global Action Day in your country, or would like to receive more information on Human rights activities organized within the framework of the Global Action Day.
- if you would be willing to join a network or organisations planning to organise activities, seminars, cultural events on the impact of the financial crisis on human rights, within the framework of the 2010 WSF Global Action Day.
- if you would like to receive more information about the network of organisations working on the impact of the financial crisis on human rights and/or if you would like to share information about how the financial crisis affects your country.
If you require more information on the Human Rights Caucus, please contact:
Rosa Sanchez (coordinationhdhrc(at)yahoo.com)
Human Dignity and Human Rights Caucus,
on behalf of, among others: FIDH, HIC, ICCO, FIAN and Equalinrights.
Click here for examples of statements by international NGOs on this topic.
For information about UN and Financial crisis (including human rights, but also other topics), click here
