HURIDOCS leadership changes hands during first three months of 2020
With Executive Director Friedhelm Weinberg on parental leave, Director of Programmes Kristin Antin is stepping up in the interim.
With Executive Director Friedhelm Weinberg on parental leave, Director of Programmes Kristin Antin is stepping up in the interim.
International human rights recommendations, commitments and precedents can be powerful tools, but are hard to find. HURIDOCS and Advocacy Assembly have launched a free course to help activists get started.
“…working largely remotely required us to change the way we work, how we communicate and how we stay motivated and connected with each other.”
FreeThe5KH, Karla Avelar and Mohamed Zaree have all made extraordinary contributions to human rights.
Friedhelm Weinberg has been appointed as Executive Director.
He was an impressive keynote speaker at the 30th meeting of the European Coordination Committee on Human Rights Documentation.
Lucky for us there are some great resources out there to help organizations identify indicators and monitoring strategies for documenting “progressive realization” of rights.
“My father Ilham Tohti has used only one weapon in his struggle for the basic rights of the Uyghurs of Xinjiang: Words; spoken, written, distributed, and posted. This is all he has ever had at his disposal, and all that he has ever needed.”
The goal of the award is to recognise the work of courageous human rights defenders, and provide protection when they are at risk.
“It was very exciting to use machine learning when people can directly make use of the results.”