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BJHRF Awards & Fundraising Dinner
Success of Global Leaders Congress 2011, Liverpool
Strategic Campaigning for Peace
Tällberg Forum in Sigtuna 2011
Rights and Humanity public lecture series starting in May 2011
The First of a Series of Lectures by Professor Julia Häusermann MBE
The Human Rights Approach to Development
PROFESSOR JULIA HÄUSERMANN MBE
Wednesday 4 May 2011, 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Rights and Humanity’s International Centre of Excellence in Human Rights and Responsibilities, Royal Liver Building, Waterfront First Floor, Pier Head, Liverpool, L3 1HU, UK.
Rights and Humanity Celebrates International Women’s Day
Rights and Humanity celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March 2011 with a key note speech from the Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside, Dame Lorna Muirhead in its Head Quarters, the Royal Liver Building.
Rights and Humanity hosted an Inspirational Tea Party bringing together a host of individuals from the city to hear key speeches from inspiring women.
Set against the backdrop that 70% of the worlds poor are women, the day was celebrated with a focus on the empowerment of women through the charities Women’s Human Rights and Empowerment Network (WHEN!).
Opening of The International Centre of Excellence in Human Rights and Responsibilities (ICERR)
After 23 years of thought leadership, innovative action and global achievements, Rights and Humanity is delighted to announce the establishment of our new International Centre of Excellence in Human Rights and Responsibilities (ICERR) in Liverpool, UK. The official Civic Launch of ICERR will be held on 29th November 2010 at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral.
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1. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
2. The Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks
3. Rights and Humanity Emergency Congress: Why do you think events like this are important?
4. Rights and Humanity Emergency Congress: What is your specialisation?
5. Rights and Humanity Emergency Congress: Are we all one world?
6. Rights and Humanity Emergency Congress: What are the future benefits of today?
7. South African High Commissioner, Ms Lindiwe Mabuza
8. Tony Manwaring, Tomorrow’s Company
9. Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Julia Hausermann
10. Sir Mark Moody Stuart, Anglo-American plc.
11. Lawrence Bloom, Davos Global Agenda Council
Corporate Human Rights - New Video will be launched on website shortly
Jon Snow (UK Television’s Channel 4 News) interviews Sir Mark Moody-Stuart (Chair of Anglo American and Chair of the UN Global Compact Foundation) This 20 minute Rights and Humanity film explores the effectiveness of the UN Global Compact in encouraging business corporate responsibility and human rights. This film was first shown at our conference at Central Hall Westminster, London, in November 2007.
UNITED NATIONS: Press Release
Human Rights Council achieves important milestone adopting the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
18 June 2008
GENEVA -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour congratulated today the Human Rights Council on its adoption of an important new human rights instrument to strengthen the protection of economic, social and cultural rights.
"This is a highly significant achievement", she said. "The Protocol will provide an important platform to expose abuses that are often linked to poverty, discrimination and neglect, and that victims frequently endure in silence and helplessness. It will provide a way for individuals, who may otherwise be isolated and powerless, to make the international community aware of their situation."
The Protocol will allow persons to petition an international human rights body about violations of rights guaranteed in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Adopted by the Human Rights Council on 18 June, the Protocol is expected to get the final approval by the United Nations General Assembly later this year. Thereafter, the Protocol will enter into force once it has been ratified by ten States.
"Since the adoption of the two core international human rights covenants in 1966, the lack of a complaint procedure for economic, social and cultural rights has been a missing piece in the international human rights protection system" Arbour said. "As we are celebrating the 60 years anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Optional Protocol reaffirms our commitment to a unified and comprehensive vision of human rights, sending a strong, unequivocal message about the equal value and importance of all human rights."
With its adoption of the Protocol, the Human Rights Council brings to fruition a process set in motion by the 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights prompting the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights to prepare a first draft optional protocol in 1996 and leading to the commencement of intergovernmental negotiations in 2004.