Breaking Silence: The Case That Changed the Face of Human Rights (Advancing Human Rights)

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Hardcover , pages. Published October 6th by Georgetown University Press first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. The aforementioned acts of harassment and intimidation are concerning not only because they create an atmosphere of fear and self-censorship, but also because numerous human rights defenders who have travelled to Geneva to participate in HRC or Treaty Body sessions have faced reprisals upon their return to their countries as a direct result of this.

As such, we take these acts of intimidation very seriously and submit that they may result in further acts of retaliation. We note with appreciation that the current president of the HRC, his Excellency Mr Coly Seck, Permanent Representative of Senegal, addressed some of the issues raised in this letter during the final meeting of the 41st session of the HRC.

Based on interviews and testimonies from 77 HRDs working on behalf of minorities, indigenous communities and other unrepresented peoples, it identifies a systematic attack on the UN human rights system by certain governments. Such challenges are compounded for HRDs from minority, indigenous and marginalised groups. We further note that to date, the OHCHR has not developed a systematic and practical response to the practices outlined in this letter. It is our contention that failure to sanction reprisals on UN premises will only embolden such acts elsewhere.

Therefore, we call on you to raise this grave pattern during the presentation of the UNSG annual report on reprisals during the 42nd session of the HRC. We also call on you to urge the OHCHR to take measures to ensure that such acts of intimidation do not happen in the future. Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy 6. Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights The Omani Centre for Human Rights OMCT Salam for Democracy and Human Rights Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization World Uyghur Congress.

We are concerned that it shows Bahrain , Egypt , Iraq , Qatar , Saudi Arabia - Human Rights Council member states from the Middle East — as well as Iraq , Iran , Kuwait , and the UAE , all using arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance to silence civil society and shut down dissent with impunity.

They are among dozens of human rights defenders whom the authorities have arbitrarily detained, including Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace and Naji Fateel, both subject to mistreatment by officials.

The authorities denied them medical treatment and interfered with their family visits. This falls far short of the standards that every state, but particularly members of the Human Rights Council, should uphold.

We condemn Egypt' s arbitrary arrest of lawyer Ibrahim Metwally in en route to attend an HRC session, to present cases of enforced disappearance, and his ill-treatment. His and the cases of 12 others arbitrarily arrested in June reflect Egypt's closure of civic space. In Iraq , we condemn the detention of journalists, protesters and civil society activists. During protests in Basra, at least seven Iraqi journalists were assaulted or detained including Reuters photographer Essam al-Sudani. Iran systematically arbitrarily detains trade unionists, HRDs, minority rights activists and lawyers like Nasrin Sotoudeh and Narges Mohammadi.

President, the report of the Working Group shows that the use of arbitrary detention — often without charge, recourse to access independent legal representation, and in poor conditions of detention — remains an active method to quell dissent across the Middle East. CIVICUS joins civil society in calling for full cooperation with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and we call on states who have instrumentalized arbitrary detention to immediately release those detained and provide justice and remedy to victims and their families.

We ask the Working Group: what more can be done to ensure implementation of its appeals and opinions in states where arbitrary detention remains so widespread? It has been more than a year since the crisis began in Nicaragua, and violence and repression continue unabated. Thousands have been arbitrarily detained and hundreds have been criminalized for exercising their right to peaceful assembly. However, the Amnesty Law under which they were released establishes that no investigation will be carried out to investigate the use of lethal violence by the State to repress the protests, perpetuating impunity for those responsible for these crimes.

The report of the Articulation of Social Movements of Nicaragua indicates that there are still political prisoners and prisoners held by the Nicaraguan State. Further attacks on civic space are ongoing. Repression of dissenting voices through arrest, shutting down of protests and closing of organisations represent an alarming unwillingness of the government to engage with and listen to those it governs. Human rights violations remain widespread in rural and cross-border territories of the country.

The environment for those who live in communities under militarized police forces is particularly dire, resulting in persecution of citizens who participate in protests, sieges by the National Police, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and harassment of authorities of opposition municipalities. Like the High Commissioner, we are concerned at the lack of political will to guarantee truth, justice and reparation for the victims of repression and their families.

There are no guarantees that the negotiations will be restarted, which were canceled unilaterally by the government, or that the commitments agreed between the parties will be fulfilled. In this climate, international scrutiny on Nicaragua remains as crucial now as ever. Nicaragua is falling far short on its responsibility to ensure accountability and justice. CIVICUS thanks the High Commissioner for your oral update, and especially the attention given to the risks faced by those exercising their rights to participation and freedom of peaceful assembly.

As a movement dedicated to advancing the rights essential to civic space, CIVICUS is inspired to see people joining forces to publicly call for essential political reforms. However, across the world, from Cambodia to Kashmir to Sudan, we are witnessing states engage in tactics which discourage, undermine and punish such participation.

In Hong Kong, protests against what is seen as creeping control of China, saw hundreds of thousands take to the streets. They were met with indiscriminate violent attacks by the police and arbitrary arrest. Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow have since been charged. Papuan students and activists have been arbitrarily detained and charged for protesting.

Protests in the Papuan region have been subjected to an internet shutdown and deployment of police and military personnel. Journalists face intimidation and harassment for reporting on the blackout while human rights lawyer Veronica Koman is being charged for speaking out against these violations. Worryingly, lawyers and doctors have been threatened for assisting protesters. As your update highlighted, human rights gains are ones that empower vulnerable and discriminated communities.

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We are therefore deeply alarmed at the rise in xenophobic attacks and ongoing gender-based violence in South Africa and call on authorities to hold those responsible to account. For those brave enough to speak out against oppression, there is much at stake. We remind states that every positive human rights change emanates from people coming together to demand their rights and to hold accountable those who seek to diminish them.

Societies, and states, in which people can participate without fear or favour are those which progress. We ask the High Commissioner: what role do you envisage for members of the council not only to protect and encourage those who wish to participate in decisions about their own futures, but to halt crackdowns on participation and freedom of peaceful assembly before such crackdowns spiral into wider human rights violations.

There are a variety of issues on the agenda this Session, both thematic and country-focused, and a number of human rights concerns that need to be addressed by the Council. Despite a deal reached between the military and protesters in August, peaceful protesters continued to be killed on an almost daily basis. We join calls from local and international civil society for the Council to take immediate action to investigate and monitor human rights violations as a first step towards accountability and justice.

Saudi Arabi , also rated as closed , remains a serious ongoing concern as the country continues its decades-long clampdown on dissent, human rights activism and independent reporting.

In October , Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was extra-judicially murdered. CIVICUS, along with partners, will reiterate calls on the Council to establish a monitoring mechanism investigating human rights violations in the country and call for the immediate and unconditional release of the detained Saudi women human rights defenders and activists. Saudi Arabia is a member of the Human Rights Council. Members that flagrantly abuse human rights in their own territories undermine and delegitimise the work of the Council and should be held to higher standard of scrutiny.

Against this backdrop, space for civil society continues to be severely diminished, and we call on members of the Council to take constructive steps to address the situation. The Commission of Inquiry investigating human rights violations in Burundi will present its findings on the human rights situation in the country.

We join calls for the HRC to renew the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry for a further year: with human rights violations ongoing, and elections approaching, ongoing scrutiny is crucial — particularly in the context of elections. Monitor findings show that freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly continue to be seriously curtailed by the government.

Local civil society organisations have been stripped of their legal status and of their assets, and human rights defenders and journalists are harassed. The Assistant Secretary General on reprisals will present a report the Council, and the resolution on reprisals will be presented for a vote to the Council members. This is a vital resolution because UN action is only possible with strong engagement from civil society on the ground, who not only provide information and analysis, but are on the front line of ensuring that human rights standards are respected by their own governments, and that violations are held to account.

A resolution on arbitrary detention will also be presented to the Council. This is a critical issue in terms of civic space: civil society members worldwide continue to face arbitrary detention as a result of their work. As well as being a serious human rights violation in its own right, this also contributes to a chilling effect on other civil society actors and human rights defenders. The continued silencing and imprisonment of Saudi women human rights defenders, 26 Sep, 9.

Panelists, including Lina Al-Hathloul, the sister of detained human rights defender Loujain Al-Hathloul, will discuss the extent of the restrictions facing activists in Saudi Arabia and what further efforts can be taken internationally to ensure immediate release of WHRDs, including calling for a resolution from the UN Human Rights Council. For the last 16 months, Nicaragua has suffered a human rights crisis provoked by brutal repression from state forces and pro-government armed groups seeking to quell massive country-wide protests.

According to data from the Inter American Commission of Human Rights, at least people died, including 29 children and adolescents, and more than 2, were injured as a result of this violence.

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