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March 6, 2023
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On 8 March 2023, the United Nations will celebrate International Women’s Day with the theme: “DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality.” The session will highlight the importance of and need for “inclusive and transformative technology and digital education” (UN Women), as well as introduce the goal of bridging the gender inequality gap that exists in the digital and technological fields. In doing so, the UN predicts that: Online violence against women will decrease The GDP of low and middle-income countries will increase due to an increased participation of women’s skills...

February 28, 2023
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On 27 February, 2023, the UN began its 52nd Human Rights Council.  In the afternoon, a high-level mainstreaming panel was held at Room XX of Palais des Nations. The theme of this year’s panel is “A Reflection on Five Years of the UN Youth Strategy (Youth 2030): Mapping a Blueprint for the Next Steps.”   There were many speakers in attendance, including representatives from South Africa, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, El Salvador, Qatar, and the European Union. One of the keynote speakers was Vulker Türk, the present High Commissioner for Human Rights. He spoke...

January 31, 2023
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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a cyclical review process of all 193 UN Member States. Once every four years the human rights situation in each State is reviewed. The State under review declares what action has been taken and the measures to be adopted to improve human rights within the Country. During the UPR, specific recommendations are made by the Member States of the Human Rights Council to the State under review. The UPR sessions for Argentina, Benin, and Zambia were held between the 23rd and 30th of January...

December 10, 2022
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“Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All” is the United Nations Human Rights Day 2022 slogan which ushers to the launching of a year-long campaign to promote the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR 75) which will be celebrated on 10 December 2023. Much has been done to guarantee and promote the human rights of peoples, especially of the most vulnerable groups. However, respect for life and the dignity of the human being as well as the freedoms of peoples and their cry for justice and peace and...

December 8, 2022
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On December 7, the IIMA Human Rights Office conducted an online meeting with around 150 students (14 – 16 years old) of the Salesian Sisters’ School “UNIDAD EDUCATIVA PARTICULAR BILINGÜE CARDENAL SPELLMAN” in Ecuador. It provided the IIMA human Rights Office the opportunity to introduce the work it carries out in Geneva for the promotion of the rights of children and youth. Through this online exchange, the speaker, Maria D’Onofrio, Advocacy Officer of the IIMA Human Rights Office, informed the young participants about the recent Universal Periodic Review of Ecuador last...

December 7, 2022
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On December 7th, 2022, the Study “How are the Girls?” was presented during a hybrid event taking place in Rome (Italy) and online. The event was promoted by the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, the Comboni Missionary Sisters, the Sisters of Notre Dame Des Missions and the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco and hosted by the UISG - Union International Superiors General. The four congregations have been working for decades in support of girls in the most vulnerable communities across the world. Through a joint project, they...

October 11, 2022
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Last week, at its 51st session, the Human Rights Council adopted unanimously its latest resolution on youth and human rights (A/HRC/RES/51/17). The resolution establishes a biennial panel on youth and human rights, starting from the 54th session in September 2023. The first panel will focus on "young people’s engagement with climate change and global environmental decision-making processes." It also requests the High Commissioner to conduct a detailed study on the solutions to promote digital education for young people and to ensure their protection from online threats, and to submit it to...

October 10, 2022
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The United Nations Human Rights Council held its fifty-first session from 12 September to 07 October 2022 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Several topical issues were addressed during this session of the Council, such as the right to privacy in the digital age as well as the Human rights implications of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on young people. To both discussions, IIMA and VIDES contributed through two oral statements which were prepared based on the information provided by local members and partners from Ecuador and the Philippines. In particular the...

August 18, 2022
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The United Nations Human Rights Council held its fiftieth session from 13 June 2022 to 08 July 2022 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The agenda of the session included several high-level meetings addressing crucial human rights issues, such as the Panel on Good Governance in Protecting Human Rights during and after Covid-19 Pandemic and the Panel on Adverse Effects of Climate Change on Human Rights of People in Vulnerable Situations. During the session of the Human Rights Council, IIMA and VIDES International delivered oral statements during the Interactive Dialogues with the Special...

April 14, 2022
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The United Nations Human Rights Council held its forty-ninth session from 28 February to 1 April 2022 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The agenda of the session included several high-level meetings addressing crucial human rights issues, such as the Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child focusing on the rights of the child and family reunification, and the Panel discussion on the importance of robust public policies and services for the protection of economic, social and cultural rights in contributing to the COVID-19 pandemic recovery. During the forty-ninth...

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