Side Event : 09 March 2022 Right to Self-determination of Nations and Minorities United Nations Human Rights Council 49th Regular Session of The Human Rights Council 28 February 2022 – 01 April 2022 Tamil Eelam – 20:30 PM Europe – 16:00 AM UK – 15:00 PM Canada – 10:00 AM …
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Panel online : February 23, 2022
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Online Panel : Right to Self-Determination of Nations and Minorities under occupation 01 February 2022 Speakers: Dr Fernand de Varennes RP Doyen, United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues Rev. Father Jerry Jumbam Human Rights Activist, Southern Cameroons Mr.Nasr Obaid Human rights activist, South Yemen Mr.Hassan Mailid Human Rights Activist, …
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This forum took place on December 2 and 3, 2021, at the Human Rights Council. Oral statement of the Zagros Center for Human Rights Fourteenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues Point 3: International legal and institutional framework: human rights of minorities and conflict prevention Madame President, The …
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We have consistently raised our concerns that the special emergency measures and ongoing budget constraints adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in 2019 and 2020, coupled with measures adopted to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, have heavily restricted civil society participation at the HRC. Given that civic space …
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According to local sources in Iranian Kurdistan, in recent days dozens of civil society activists, environmental activists and students have been arrested in various towns in Kurdistan by security agencies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The escalation of arrests coincides with increasing losses caused by the COVID-19 epidemic, economic …
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We took part in a meeting called “Nations under military occupation”, organized with the participation of Dr Fernand de Varennes RP, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues. Through this link you can see the meeting that took place on January 14, 2021. This meeting was moderated by Dr. Paul Newman …
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“45 Syrian and international organizations call on bringing an end to the suffering of residents in Afrin, ending daily human rights violations and facilitating a safe return of the forcibly displaced population. We also call for the formation of a civilian council consisting of the local population of Afrin”. On …
Read More »United Nations A/HRC/43/20 General Assembly Distr.: General 17 January 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session 24 February–20 March 2020 Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Situation of human …
Read More »Oral Statement of Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme (Zagros Human Rights Center), Mr. Baban ELIASSI 12th session of the Forum on minority issues in Geneva, 28 November 2019 Item 3: Public policy objectives for education in, and the teaching of, minority languages Madam Chair, Iran is one of …
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Saturday, October 26, 2019 in Bern – Gathering: 1.30 pm Schützenmatte, start of the event: 2.30 pm Due to Turkey’s aggressive war that violates international law, the situation in Syria has worsened and peace has moved to a distant future. We are outraged that Turkish military forces and their allied …
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15 October 2019 Amid ongoing fighting in northern Syria and disturbing reports that extrajudicial killings have been streamed online, the United Nations and their partners are continuing to deliver humanitarian supplies to tens of thousands of people displaced by the violence, UN agencies stressed on Tuesday. Briefing journalists …
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