Events for 2015/16

The Operationalisation of Women’s Human Rights (Mini Conference)

Professor Diane Elson from University of Essex and Professor Christine Chinkin, London School of Economics

At 14:00 in LTB2, Wednesday 11 February 2015.

Human Rights Centre @EssexHRC 

Tomorrow! Profs Diane Elsom & Christine Chinkin discuss the operationalisation of women’s rights. http://www.essex.ac.uk/hrc/news_and_seminars/seminarDetail.aspx?e_id=7283 …

Human Rights Centre @EssexHRC 

Attacks against #girls attending school or seeking education are increasing around the world, says new #UN report http://owl.li/IPaNx

On @AJStream, Jimmy Carter says when a male abuses a female w/impunity, it’s nothing short of #torture & should be treated as such.

  • .@ahmedshaheed has highlighted ‚what’s special about special procedures‘ and the tools that he has used in his work @UoNHRLC
  • .@ahmedshaheed: works within ‚the international narrative‘ of the UPR & work of the treaty-monitoring bodies that relate to #Iran @uonhrlc
  • 1/2 @ahmedshaheed mandate impacts include reconsideration of leg that violate HR,encouragement of national dialogue on capital punishment..
  • .@ahmedshaheed v interesting on different sources of information about human rights situation in #Iran in tonight’s annual @uonhrlc lecture
  • 2/2 , legal proposals to give preference to men before women in terms of jobs, rise in early forced marriages @ahmedshaheed @uonhrlc
  • 1/2 .@ahmedshaheed expresses serious concerns re women’s rights, e.g., by introduction of university quotas for woman over last two years…

@ahmedshaheed YAG is slitting his own throat. @FarahDidi @Naushadarts View conversation

Das Thema des ApfelschuleTalks von heute Abend: Health und Gesundheits-Apps. Und so bist du dabei: Rufe kurz vor… http://fb.me/7557oZV1K

BASHAR AL ASSAD CAN LITERALLY BOMB, GAS, SNIPE, STARVE, AND CRUSH ANY NUMBER OF SYRIAN CIVILIAN MEN, WOMEN, & CHILDREN, W/NO CONSEQUENCES.

#Syria govt barrel bombs have hit bakery lines, schools&hospitals killing civilians. Yet #Assad jokes & lies about it http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31327153 …

Assad says #Syria doesn’t use barrel bombs. Forget #BrianWilliams– this is the most outrageous lie told on TV lately https://storify.com/DeinAyurvedaNet/assad-says-syria-doesn-t-use-barrel-bombs-forget-b …

Monk Arrested after Lone Protest in Kardze http://goo.gl/fb/0rbJ5E

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Addresses International Student Festival in Trondheim, Norway http://goo.gl/fb/gHP1CW

„Clean air is our absolute right“ reads sign held by man in Ahvaz, many angry at #Iran inaction to dust pollution. pic.twitter.com/4g2GNE9Fza

Placard carried by demonstrators in Tehran depicts @JohnKerry as a fox walking with @JZarif #iran #IranTalks

Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba with his kids, at rally marking anniversary of 1979 revolution #Iran via @mhnajmi64 pic.twitter.com/mYppbTdunG

Preparing to give a public talk in London later this wk on „Digital Democracy? Social Media & #SriLanka’s Recent Presidential Election“

MT:@AFPphoto #Palestinians ride donkey carts through rubble of #Gaza City al-Shejaiya neighborhood. By @m55baba #AFP

#Indonesia lawmakers drop plan for schoolgirl virginity tests after uproar http://www.trust.org/item/20150211131717-ga2cc/?source=jtOtherNews1 … Thx to all those who raised their voice!

Girls’ right to education: UN report on why we can’t take progress for granted http://sm.ohchr.org/1KzrZNr