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FIDH Statement for the 20th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC Statute
On 8 December, Guissou Jahangiri, FIDH Vice-President and Director of OPEN ASIA | Armanshahr, delivered FIDH’s statement during the general debate of #ASP20. See video recording and read full text (extended version) hereafter. Excellencies, […]
Thursday 9 December 2021Support for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Call for a Fact-Finding Mission in Afghanistan
We welcome the call to the Human Rights Council on June 21, 2021, to consider “mechanisms for an effective prevention response” to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. Establish a United Nations-mandated Fact-Finding Mission.
Friday 2 July 2021G FOR GENOCIDE, A FOR APARTHEID, F FOR FEMICIDE : our 198th seminar of our Of War and Collective Memory series
OPEN ASIA|Armanshahr Foundation and 40Braids have the pleasure of inviting you to our 198th seminar under our Of War and Collective Memory series, with experts talking about Palestine, Afghanistan, Canada, Kurdistan, Mexico and Iran. The […]
Tuesday 8 June 2021Addressing G(enocide) A(partheid) F(emicide) : An Introductory Background
In the light of the connection between genocide, apartheid and femicide, and to help expand your knowledge on these pressing matters, we have compiled for you a collection of articles, reports, statements and documentaries.
Tuesday 8 June 2021Studio B, Unscripted: With Elif Shafak and Wole Soyinka
Two writers discuss the rewriting of history, culture wars, multiple identities and the storyteller’s duty to speak up. In this episode of Studio B: Unscripted, renowned novelist and academic Elif Shafak sits down with award-winning […]
Monday 17 May 2021FIDH – The Observatory : In Israel, campaigns to discredit Israeli, Golan and Palestinian human rights defenders
In Israel, campaigns to discredit Israeli, Golan Palestinian human rights defenders. Geneva-Paris, April 27, 2021 — From slander and campaigns to deter donors, to restrictive legislation and judicial obstruction, the Israeli Government’s smear and harassment […]
Monday 17 May 2021197th Dialogue : “Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Glossary from A to Z”: in the wake of decades of struggle against anti-women violence
197th Dialogue “Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: A Glossary from A to Z”: in the wake of decades of struggle against anti-women violence A report on the conference launching Words Matter Campaign: 61 words, 61 […]
Wednesday 31 March 2021Biden said ‘Diplomacy is back!’ Then he started dropping bombs
The Guardian, originally published on Friday 26 February 2021. By Trita Parsi . Biden may inadvertently achieve what Trump couldn’t: destroying the Iran deal, Obama’s main foreign policy achievement. Diplomacy is back!” President Joe […]
Wednesday 3 March 2021More than 75% of Syrian refugees may have PTSD, says charity Syria Relief
The Guardian, originally published on Monday 1 Mars 2021. By Kaamil Ahmed. ‘There is a huge amount of damage you can’t see – the mental trauma’, says Syria Relief report author. More than three-quarters of […]
Monday 1 March 2021A Syrian Asylum-Seeker’s Case Reframes Migrant Abuses as Enforced Disappearances
The Intercept, originally published on February 28 2021. By John Washington. Fady roamed the bus depot in Didymoteicho, Greece, in November 2016, holding up his phone to waiting strangers, showing them a photo of his […]
Monday 1 March 2021
