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March 23, 2024
in #humanrights, #world, News EN

"Water can create peace or spark conflict." This is how the United Nations introduced this year's theme for World Water Day: Water for Peace. A day this year that is more important than ever, representing a front on which the UN has been working continuously since 1993. Water is the essential commodity par excellence, to which everyone should have the opportunity to access, safely and securely. Due to the many crises that have been going on for years, and especially the newly opened conflict between Israel and Palestine, this day...

December 15, 2023
in News EN

Following up on a previous project held in 2022, IIMA and VIDES Human Rights Office in Geneva committed to develop coordinated advocacy actions to call the attention of the international community and in particular the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on the rights of girls and young women and allow them to participate in events and initiatives where they have the chance to present their proposals and initiatives for policy change. A team of 10 girls and young women across six countries (Ecuador, Kenya, India, Nepal, Peru and South Sudan) was...

December 7, 2023
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In the context of the High-level event for the 75° anniversary of the UNDHR, the OHCHR will organize the Human Rights 75 Youth Dialogue: Amplifying the HR75 initiative among young people from 15:00 - 18:00 CET on December 11, 2023 in Room XVII, Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. We invite you all to watch the event online! On December 10 we celebrate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and reaffirm our commitment to the protection of human rights around the world. 2023 marks, in particular, the 75th anniversary of the...

November 21, 2023
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IIMA Human Rights Office joined forces with VIDES International for the realization of the Project “Youth to Reshape the World– Youth as Advocates and Agents of Transformative Actions in Social Inclusion and Environment Protection”. Funded by the European Commission, this project to be implemented in 2023 – 2025 includes a critical Human Rights advocacy and capacity building component in order to: Empower youth to become change-making agents in terms of social inclusion and environmental protection within the communities in which they operate in EU cities and countries; Capacitate youth to...

October 13, 2023
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The United Nations Human Rights Council held its Fifty-fourth session from 11 September to 13 October 2023 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The agenda of the session included several high-level meetings addressing crucial human rights issues. IIMA and VIDES International, together with other partners, delivered two oral statements on youth and human rights, one under Item 3 – Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (text and video) and a another one on the occasion of the Panel discussion on...

October 4, 2023
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On October 3rd, 2023, the Final Results and Recommendations from the Action Research “Keeping Families Together” were presented during the online event “How to move from institutionalization towards family-based solutions in child care, in India and Kenya”. The event, promoted by VIDES International with the support of the GHR Foundation, shared key messages stemming from the research as well as the lessons learned and recommendations drawn in order to inspire youth volunteers, Salesian Sisters and likeminded organizations and congregations in their work with and for children separated from their families. The event has...

September 4, 2023
in #education, #humanrights, #UN, News EN

Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies The International Literacy Day will be celebrated one more time on the 8th September. Each year, a specific theme is chosen to focus the event on one important problematic. For 2023, the theme is: “Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies”.[1]   This theme serves as a reminder of the utmost importance of literacy in an ever-changing world. Therefore, it becomes necessary to adapt the means of promoting literacy. Indeed,...

August 12, 2023
in News EN

The 12th of August is International Youth Day, which was created by the United Nations General Assembly as an opportunity to give young people voices and provide them with meaningful participation in political and social life. The 2023 International Youth Day theme is “Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World,” to streamline the green transition and the need to develop green skills. The theme is in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in response to the climate change crisis. Green skills, consisting of “knowledge, values and attitudes needed to...

August 8, 2023
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  In order to raise awareness of the needs of the Indigenous people, every 9th August the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is celebrated. This day was chosen in recognition of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in Geneva in 1982. On 23 December 1994, through the resolution 49/214 the United Nations General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People shall be observed on 9 August every year in order to raise awareness of the needs of indigenous peoples. This year’s theme...

June 12, 2023
in #UN, #world, #youth, News EN

The World Day Against Child Labour was launched in 2002 by the International Labour Organization to highlight the predicament faced by children engaged in labour. It is observed on 12 June annually to bring attention and promote the abolition of child labour. The slogan for World Day 2023 is “Social Justice for All. End Child Labour!” For the last two decades, child labour was steadily decreasing due to the work of the international community. Unfortunately, a series of conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic plunged families into poverty thus leading to a...

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