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Inclusive urbanization: Can the 2030 Agenda be delivered without it? (Environment and Urbanization [28:1]), 2016

May 4, 2018

This paper, published in the Environment and Urbanization journal, reflects on the tension in ‘exclusionary’ cities created through strategies that privilege economic growth and result in many people being left behind.  It explores three levels of inclusive urbanization: eliminating discriminatory exclusion, giving the disadvantaged a bigger voice in existing institutions, and guaranteeing human rights.

It then examines how more inclusive urbanization can be achieved and how this relates to the Sustainable Development Goals (part of the 2030 Agenda). The world’s governments have committed themselves to balanced development that integrates economic, social and environmental goals, and have pledged that “no one will be left behind”. Inclusive urbanization is needed to achieve this balance, and to move the world towards the progressive realization of human rights for all.

Click here for full paper.

 

Filed Under: Participation, Research Communication & Uptake, Research Papers, Urban Highlights Tagged With: Environment, Exclusion, gender, Human Rights, SDGs

Repression in Paradise: Rule of Law and Fundamental Freedoms Under Attack in The Maldives (CIVICUS & VOW, 2018)

April 30, 2018

The Republic of Maldives is a nation made up of 26 coral atolls and 1,192 individual islands. The report marks exactly three months since the  country’s Supreme Court ordered the release of scores of arrested opposition politicians and activists. Over the last two months, the authorities have repressed all forms of dissent including violently breaking up peaceful demonstrations, arbitrarily arresting and detaining protesters, attacking journalists and threatening news organisations with closure.

During this crackdown, police have used unnecessary force to disperse peaceful demonstrations, in some case indiscriminately, using pepper spray and tear gas. At least a dozen journalists have been injured while covering protests, with reporters being arrested and ill-treated. The police also used unnecessary force to disperse peaceful demonstrations, in some case indiscriminately using pepper spray and tear gas.

Despite the hostile environment, human rights defenders and civil society organisations (CSOs) in the Maldives have bravely spoken out against these restrictions. CSOs have documented human rights violations and sought to expose them nationally and internationally. However, many Maldivians are seriously concerned that repression will prevent elections, due to be held later this year, from being free, fair and inclusive.

Click here for further details and full report.

Filed Under: Maldives Tagged With: civil society, Human Rights

Don’t Shoot the Messenger! Journalists as Human Rights Defenders in the East and Horn of Africa (DefendDefenders, 2017)

March 3, 2018

In a new report launched at the 61st session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, DefendDefenders finds that amid growing restrictions on civic space in the sub-region, journalists play a critical role in exposing human rights violations and providing vital information and analysis of current events. Simply documenting and sharing information can simultaneously place them at risk and at the forefront of human rights defence.

In “Don’t Shoot the Messenger! Journalists as Human Rights Defenders in the East and Horn of Africa”, DefendDefenders examines the challenges journalists face, and provides an overview of the various strategies they have used to circumvent and continue their work amid these restrictions.

Overall trends, legal frameworks, and case studies from 11 countries in the East and Horn of Africa provide an understanding of the capacity, risks, and needs of journalists reporting on human rights issues. Over 60 journalists, bloggers, and media professionals from the sub-region were interviewed, in addition to significant input from civil society organisations dedicated to free expression and the protection of journalists.

Central to the report is the question of whether journalists, by nature of their work, should be considered HRDs. Nearly all journalists interviewed for this report considered themselves to be HRDs, but many had doubts over whether this also applied to all their colleagues. Some interviewees claimed to actively seek out human rights stories, especially in conflict situations, while others also advocated for freedom of expression, often from exile.

For further details and the full report: https://www.defenddefenders.org/publication/dont-shoot-the-messenger-journalists-as-human-rights-defenders-in-the-east-and-horn-of-africa/

Filed Under: Media Development, Publications (published in print and/or online) Tagged With: Human Rights

‘Documenting and Reporting Human Rights Abuses using Testimony’ – Advocacy Assembly short online course

July 30, 2017

Abstract: In this course you will learn learn how to interview victims of human rights abuses and how to correctly document their cases. You will also learn the basics of human rights law and how to report rights violations to international bodies. The CUNY Brooklyn College course is taught by UN expert and human rights professional Rose Parris Richter.

About this course: This course is designed for human rights activists who want to learn how to document human rights abuses using interviews and testimonies with witnesses and victims. You will receive an introduction to international human rights law to help you prepare your research and formulate interview questions. You will learn how the professionals guide an interview towards the most important and accurate information, and then report this information in a clear and credible way. UN expert and human rights professional Rose Richter will provide you with the fundamental skills needed to effectively document and raise awareness about human rights abuses.

Click here to enrol.

Filed Under: x Uncategorized Tagged With: Human Rights

Increasing Access to Balanced and Objective Reporting: BBC World Service Great Lakes Lifeline Service 

August 12, 2015

In response to the conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region, the BBC World Service established its Lifeline Service in 1994, broadcasting news and factual material from the United Kingdom gathered by its locally situated reporters in Rwanda, Burundi and the Great Lakes region.

The service, which is currently being supported by DFID, has a mixed format that comprises news, sports, human rights issues, tracing messages, music and a drama produced in Kigali by the NGO Health Unlimited.

The service was commenced in light of the clear need within the region for fair and accurate news and factual broadcasting.

Biased local broadcasters have been widely implicated in the genocide of the Tutsi that occurred in Rwanda, with the Hutu- run Radio-télévision libre des mille collines (RTLM) being particularly active.

To counter hate radio of this kind funding is increasingly being channelled towards media activities that promote free, fair and accurate reporting. Many such interventions are international in scope due to the absence of suitable partner organisations in country.

However, since it does not rely upon local broadcasting partners, the BBC is able to exercise its policy of impartiality effectively with little or no interference from external sources. The quality of its news is high.

Despite this, there are concerns associated with this type of international media response to conflict because little local capacity tends to be built through such interventions and they are generally not sustainable in the long term.[1]

[1] DFID’s ‘Working with the Media in Conflicts and other Emergencies’ 2000

Filed Under: Awareness Raising, Burundi, C4D and Peace, Case Studies, Peace & Social Cohesion, Rwanda, United Kingdom Tagged With: BBC, DFID, Great Lakes, Human Rights, NGO Health Unlimited

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