CCIG and several member NGOs signed onto a letter entitled “Open NGO letter regarding the critical funding gap affecting UN human rights mechanisms and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,” which expressed concern over anticipated budgetary cuts for UN treaty bodies. CCIG and all signatory NGOs expressed their concern that these budgetary […]
CONTINUE READING →Let this Easter Season be a time of being renewed and empowered by the grace of the Risen Lord. May your hearts, homes and communities be filled with hope, courage and zeal to continue to be at the service of the work for the rights of all. Our office will be closed from Thursday, April 18th […]
CONTINUE READING →The Human Rights Council’s 40th session officially adjourned on the 22nd of March after the adoption of several motions and the session report. States debated a wide-variety of draft proposals concerning issues such as discrimination against women and girls, the right of the child, providing technical assistance in the field of human rights to various […]
CONTINUE READING →The 40th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Saudi Arabia, Senegal, the Congo, Nigeria, the Central African Republic, Monaco, Mexico, Mauritius, Jordan, Malaysia, Belize, Chad, China, and Malta. The Council also fielded a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review mechanism and a debate of the mitigation […]
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