@unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.socialAt UN Headquarters, New York, Room D. Today, 13:15-14:30 NY time. We discuss how restrictions on civic space hold back young people and women, and how the UN can open real avenues for participation. #HumanRights #CivicSpace #YouthActivism
@unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social3/3 I co-organize it with Independent Expert on international solidarity Cecilia Bailliet, who presents her report on women and solidarity (A/81/179), and with Civicus. #HumanRights #CivicSpace #YouthActivism
@unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social1/3 Today, I will launch my report on youth activism (A/81/186) at the side event “Youth and women at the forefront of societal change and solidarity.” Young people lead change, yet remain shut out of decisions. ⏰ 13:15 NY #HumanRights #YouthActivism #CivicSpace
@forusinternational.bsky.socialCivic space can shrink quietly through administrative and legal restrictions. How can we recognise these warning signs and act before it’s too late?
Join the launch of Forus’ latest research 👇
@euchanger.bsky.socialRegistration is open for the 16th EU Advocacy Academy!
📅 18 & 19 November
📍 Brussels
With #civicspace being undermined across Europe, and #AI concentrating even more power in the hands of corporations, skilled, connected public interest advocates have a vital role to defend future generations.
@fra.europa.euIn case you missed them, what were some of our September highlights?
🌟 A new remote biometric ID in law enforcement report
🌟 #CivicSpace initiative launch
🌟 Renewed EUAA cooperation agreement
🌟 @consilium.europa.eu equality data roundtable talks
Find out more: fra.europa.eu
@kumu.ioProject of the Week!
We're excited to share a work-in-progress map from Oxfam and shiftN: Advancing a Rights-Respecting Digital Ecosystem for All
Explore the map: buff.ly/6AP0wWl
#SystemsMapping #Kumu #kumunity #DigitalRights #CivicSpace #HumanRights #SystemsThinking #TechPolicy
@liberties.euDid you miss Liberties' recap?
🗳️ Germany’s election fallout
🛰️ A new EU #CivicSpace Tracker
🤖 #AIAct loopholes & the Data Omnibus
⚖️ Our members' updates on #justice, #surveillance & #digitalrights
Catch up here
👉 link.liberties.eu/cca5fe
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➡️ link.liberties.eu/52d009
@forusinternational.bsky.socialFive years on, it’s time to turn the OECD-DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society into action.
Our new report calls for stronger civic space, sustainable funding and meaningful participation.
📅 Join the launch on Oct 29: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@globalissues.orgBRICS wants a bigger role in world finance, but civic space is closed in seven of its 11 states
After 18 summits, it has no treaty, no secretariat and no way for civil society to hold members to account
@forusinternational.bsky.social🎙️ Indonesia’s civic space is under growing pressure.
In this episode, Rinto Leonardo (@infid_ID) talks about attacks on human rights defenders, the criminalisation of activists & how Indonesian civil society is responding.
@unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social#MaryRobinson Speaker Series last week hosted a powerful conversation on why protecting #CivicSpace, #democratic participation and #HumanRights #Defenders is essential to delivering a #JustTransition
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iURq...
🙏 Business and Human Rights Centre
@srenvironment.bsky.social
@unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social2/3 #Thailand | The case follows the party's 2024 dissolution and mounting legal pressure on its successor, the People's Party. We warned that sanctioning lawmakers for exercising parliamentary functions undermines freedom of expression and association. #CivicSpace
@unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social2/3 #Zimbabwe | We documented assaults, arbitrary detentions and threats during public hearings on the bill, as well as the removal of Fungayi Jessie Majome after she led the Human Rights Commission's scrutiny of the process. #CivicSpace #HRD
@unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social2/3 We warn against the misuse of national security to criminalize protest, mass digital surveillance, and the militarization of civic space. This weakens accountability and erodes the rule of law. #FreedomOfAssembly #CivicSpace
@libertyprobono.bsky.socialA democracy is only as strong as its protection of those who speak up. 🕊️⚖️
On this International Day of Democracy 🌍🗳️, we honor the young women in Uganda 🇺🇬✊🏾 who refused to be silenced. 🗣️🔇
#DemocracyDay #CivicSpace #VoicesThatRefuseToBeSilenced
@forusinternational.bsky.social"Should not exist." That's what LGBTQ+ orgs are being told across countries the #EUSEE monitors.
New data from 86 countries: criminalisation & exclusion are pushing LGBTQ+ civil society back into the shadows.
@ahcdemocracy.bsky.socialA timely conversation about what it takes to protect democratic participation.
Listen to the new episode: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/news/democracy-question-gina-romero
#DemocracyInQuestion #Democracy #CivicSpace #HumanRights #FreedomOfAssembly
@unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social3/3 #Sudan | We called on the RSF to guarantee a safe environment for civil society, trade unions and humanitarian organizations in Sudan, and accountability for these violations. #Sudan #CivicSpace #HumanRights
@globalissues.org"A forum built to hold states accountable has become a stage on which the least accountable governments may perform compliance, while the civil society groups meant to keep them honest are locked out of the room."
The consensus that created 2015 SDGs has "eroed"