Today, at 10:00 a.m. New York time I present my report on youth activism to the UN General Assembly. Follow the presentation here → webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1b... #RealParticipation #HumanRights 2/2

Today I present to the UN General Assembly six pillars to move from systemic exclusion to real participation. Inviting youth to the table is not enough; power has to be shared at it. #RealParticipation #HumanRights www.ohchr.org/en/documents... 1/2

3/3: Tomorrow I will set out what States, schools, tech companies and donors must do. Youth participation is not a favor, it is a right.
Report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents... Presentation: webtv.un.org/en/schedule/... #RealParticipation

2/3: With 190 submissions, 500+ youth-led organizations and activists, and 97 States and regions, I documented how repression, restrictive laws and surveillance close space for young people. #RealParticipation #FreedomOfAssembly

1/3: Tomorrow I will present my new report to the UN General Assembly. Youth are an important actor, and many States repress, stigmatize and exclude them. 🧵 #RealParticipation #HumanRights

Social media bans for all under-16s shut out of the public square those who can only gather online: LGBTIQ+ youth, refugees, youth with disabilities, girls in restrictive settings. Protecting children is not silencing them. #RealParticipation #HumanRights www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

Stigma, criminalized informal groups, lack of funding and repression; in just the past two years, thousands of young activists have been killed or arbitrarily detained. Schools, where activism is born, also punish it. #RealParticipation #HumanRights www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

Youth are portrayed as apathetic and lazy, yet they run student plenums in Serbia, a Discord election in Nepal, new curricula in Nigeria and apps that track lawmakers in Argentina. They do far more than protest. #RealParticipation #HumanRights www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

Almost every human rights system, global and regional, recognizes the power of youth, but it stays on paper, since participation remains tokenistic and young people are still left out of the decisions that affect them. #RealParticipation #HumanRights www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

On 16 October I will present my report on youth activism. I built it with those who live it, as I have spoken with 500+ young activists and their organizations since May 2024. Being young is more than an age. #RealParticipation #HumanRights www.ohchr.org/en/documents...