PHM-Exch> [humanrights]: Monthly Resource Update - June / July 2010

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Sarah Rattray <sarah.rattray at undp.org>

News:





*11 JUNE 2010 / FIRST RATIFICATIONS TO THE ICESCR OPTIONAL PROTOCOL (ECUADOR
and MONGOLIA): *Ecuador became the first country in the world to ratify the
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) on 11 June 2010 and were quickly followed by
Mongolia on 01 July 2010. Ten ratifications are needed for the OP-ICESCR to
enter into force. There are currently 33 signatories. *Access more treaty
information here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5656/0/> and read
more about the OP-ICESCR in the HuriTALK Insights series
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5657/0/>.
 *





*17 JUNE 2010 / UN ILO ADOPTS FIRST-EVER GLOBAL LABOUR STANDARD ON HIV /
AIDS:* Governments, employers and workers at the annual conference of the UN
International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a new international standard
on HIV / AIDS – the first international human rights instrument to focus
specifically on the pandemic as a workplace issue. ‘With this new human
rights instrument (an ILO Recommendation), we can harness the strength of
the world of work and optimize workplace interventions to significantly
improve access to prevention, treatment, care and support,’ said Dr. Sophia
Kisting, Director of ILO’s Programme on HIV and AIDS.  *Read more
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5658/0/>and access the
ILO
Recommendation here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5659/0/>.

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*02 JULY 2010 / UN CREATES NEW STRUCTURE FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, UN WOMEN:
* On 02 July 2010, the new United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and
Empowerment of Women – UN Women – was agreed to by the UN General Assembly
and is part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and
mandates for greater impact and a result of years of negotiations between UN
Member States and advocacy by the global women’s moment. UN Women (ONU
Femmes) will bring together the mandates and functions of the Office of the
Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the advancement of Women (OSAGI); the
Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW); the United Nations Development
Fund for Women (UNIFEM); and the United Nations International Research and
Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). Secretary-General
Ban Ki-Moon, in a statement welcoming the decision stated ‘I am grateful to
Member States for having taken this major step forward for the world’s women
and girls. UN Women will significantly boost UN efforts to promote gender
equality, expand opportunity, and tackle discrimination around the
globe’. *Read
more here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5660/0/>.*


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 28 JUNE – 02 JULY 2010 / ECOSOC 2010 / GENDER EQUALITY AND INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT: Gender equality and the empowerment of women, mainstreaming of
gender perspectives in MDGs, and the challenges of international development
cooperation were the focus of the 2010 session of the High-level Segment of
the Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC)<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5661/0/>.
More than 700 participants discussed long-term commitments to improve and
bring visibility to gender equality and the empowerment of women. Key
happenings included the Annual Ministerial Review
(AMR)<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5662/0/>(28 June – 1
July), Development
Cooperation Forum (DCF)
<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5663/0/>(29 -30 June);
and a High-level policy
dialogue<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5664/0/>(2 July). In
conjunction with the session, side events were held on “Women’s empowerment,
development cooperation and culture”: A Debate (view it
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5665/0/>
), and other related topics. Read more
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5666/0/>
.
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*24 JULY 2010 / LAUNCH / GLOBAL COMMISSION ON HIV AND LAW:* The Global
Commission on HIV and Law was officially launched on June 24, 2010 by Helen
Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Michel
Sidibe, Executive Director, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS
(UNAIDS). The Commission’s goal is to develop actionable, evidence-informed
and human rights-based recommendations supporting national legal
environments that enable effective HIV responses and realize the human
rights of those living with and affected by HIV. The Commission will focus
on some of the most challenging legal and human rights issues in the context
of HIV, including criminalization of HIV transmission and behaviours and
practices. The Commission is comprised of eminent leaders from public life
who will provide global leadership on HIV-related legal and human rights
issues. *Read more here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5667/0/>and
here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5668/0/>.*






*29 JULY 2010 / GA DECLARES THAT SAFE AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND
SANITATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT: *The General Assembly declared that safe and
clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right essential to the full
enjoyment of life and all other human rights, voicing deep concern that
almost 900 million people worldwide do not have access to clean water and
more than 2.6 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation. Studies
indicate approx. 1.5 million children under the age of 5 die each year
because of water and sanitation-related diseases.  Catarina de Albuquerque,
the UN Independent Expert on human rights, water and sanitation welcomed the
GA declaration calling it a ‘landmark resolution’ that sends an important
signal to the world and underlined ‘the fact that the right to water and
sanitation was recognized, demonstrates that the General Assembly, instead
of creating a new right rather formally acknowledged its existence. Hence
the existing human rights framework, in particular the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, fully applies in this
context. This is particularly welcome when the world is preparing to meet in
New York in September to review progress towards the Millennium Development
Goals. I hope that the adoption of this resolution by the GA will ensure
that sanitation and water are not forgotten at the September Summit’.* Read
more **here* <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5669/0/>* and
**here*<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5670/0/>
*.  *

*Read more about the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights
obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation
**here*<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5671/0/>
* and read more about the contribution of human rights to overcoming the
global water and sanitation crisis in the **HuriTALK Insights series
here*<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5672/0/>
*. *

 News from the Human Rights Treaty Bodies:





*31 MAY – 18 JUNE 2010 / 14TH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL:* From the
14th Session of the Human Rights Council which was held in Geneva, 31 May –
18 June 2010, 8 special procedure mandate holders were appointed, reports
submitted and discussion and 18 texts adopted on a wide range of issues
including inter alia trafficking in persons, especially women and children,
on the promotion of the right of peoples to peace, on the role of prevention
in the protection and promotion of human rights, on the promotion of the
enjoyment of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural
diversity, on the realization in all countries of economic, social and
cultural rights, and on regional cooperation for the promotion and
protection of human rights in the Asia-pacific Region. The Council also
adopted the outcome of the reports of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of
Qatar, Nicaragua, Italy, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Bolivia, Fiji, San Marino, El
Salvador, Angola, Iran, Madagascar, Iraq, the Gambia, Egypt and Bosnia and
Herzegovina, alongside holding a general debate on the topic of the UPR. *Read
more here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5673/0/>, access reports
from the 14th Session here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5674/0/>,
for more general details click
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5675/0/>.
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    *OHCHR HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES DIVISION (HRTD) NEWSLETTER NO. 8, APRIL –
JUNE 2010** [Contributed with thanks, by Ibrahim Salama, OHCHR Geneva]**:  *The
HRTD newsletter is prepared on a quarterly basis with the purpose of
providing in-depth information and analysis on the work and functions of the
UN human rights treaty bodies.  Highlights in Newsletter No. 8 include:
Interview with Mr. Claudio Grossman, Chairperson of the Committee against
Torture ‘It is crucial to fight both impunity and the misconception that
torture works…’, Celebrating the 2000th meeting of CERD and CERD 40 Years
(1970 – 2010): Facts in Figures,  Reflections on Treaty Body Engagement of
the UNCT in Albania, Towards Universal Ratification: Global Campaign as
Optional Protocols CRC to turn 10, Dublin Statement Launched in New York:
Reaffirming the Importance  of Treaty Body Reform, The NHRIs Marrakesh
Meeting on Strengthening the Human Rights Treaty Body System. *Access the
Newsletter here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5676/0/>.*
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*06 – 08 JULY 2010 / WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA REGIONAL MEETING ON THE
UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR*) [Contributed with thanks, by Isabelle
Tschan, UNDP Regional Centre, Dakar]:*  *The UNDP Regional Centre in Dakar
and OHCHR Regional Office for West Africa, organized a West and Central
Africa Regional Meeting on the UPR with the objective to capacitate partners
with the necessary tools and knowledge to prepare for the UPR and its
implications for the follow- up of the review at the national level and to
share experiences and practices among countries and demonstrate how the UPR
can be used as a practical and tangible tool by Governments and other actors
in the sub-region to assess and analyze the human rights situation in their
countries. The meeting brought together 75 participants - Government
officials, UNCT human rights focal points and coordination specialists,
civil society and NHRIs - from 18 countries from the sub-region that
underwent the UPR process and countries that are preparing for their UPR
scheduled for the second half of 2010 or 2011. The meeting also aimed at
better equipping UNCTs with the tools and knowledge required to meaningfully
assist Member States in the implementation of their UPR commitments before,
during or after the session in Geneva. Knowledge and experience of the UPR
process contributed by members of HuriTALK to consolidated
replies<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/3679/0/>and the
HuriTALK
Insights series
<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/3448/0/>contributed
background material for the meeting.



 Awards, Training and Learning Opportunities

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES PROGRAM (HRAP) / COLOMBIA 2011 APPLICATIONS: HRAP is
a capacity building program designed to strengthen skills, knowledge, and
networks of proven human rights defenders at the grassroots level and
providing the tools for them to build sustainable organizations that
advocate for disadvantaged people. The 2011 HRAP will begin in the latter
half of August and run until mid-December 2011.  Deadline for applications:
19 November 2010. Read more
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5677/0/>
.





*15 JUNE 2010 / EIDHR / CALL FOR PROPOSALS / SUPPORT TO HUMAN RIGHTS
DEFENDERS:* The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
aims to contribute to the development and consolidation of democracy and the
rule of law as well as to the respect for all human rights and fundamental
freedoms. The *EIDHR <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5678/0/>* is
designed to help civil society to become an effective force for political
reform and defense of human rights. Specifically, support for human rights
defenders has long been an integral part of the European Union’s external
policy on human rights. The objective of this Call for Proposals is to
contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy
through the support to human rights defenders, such as providing short and
long-term direct financial, material and other forms of support and
protection to human rights defenders. *Deadline for submission of proposals
is 03 September.* *Please click here for
Guidelines<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5679/0/>and here
for information <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5679/0/>.*






*08 – 12 NOVEMBER 2010 / ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEVELOPMENT: IMPACT AND
RESPONSIBILITY, ABO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY:* One-week intensive course offers
participants an opportunity to acquire specialist-level knowledge in the
field of human rights and development. It offers critical examinations of
the conceptual and practical relevance of the international human rights
framework to development cooperation, focusing on strategies to integrate
the two fields, including but not limited to human rights-based approaches
to development. There is special focus on human rights as an accountability
framework and women and children as claimants of rights. Designes for
practitioners, policy-makers and PhD students, the *application deadline is
14 September 2010. Detailed information and application forms can be found
here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/1682/0/>. *

*11 – 15 OCTOBER 2010 / INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES: RIGHTS AND
DEVELOPMENT/ CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: *The interregional course ‘Indigenous
and Tribal Peoples: Rights and Development’ will be held at the
International Training Centre of the ILO, in Turin, Italy from 11 – 15
October 2010. The course aims to strengthen international, national and
local capacity to promote and apply indigenous peoples’ rights and to
integrate indigenous peoples’ rights and perspectives into development
frameworks. The course is designed for all those who are involved in the
promotion, design and development of policies, strategies and projects that
directly concern or affect indigenous peoples and a limited number of
fellowships will be available for qualified candidates. *Deadline for
applications: 16 August 2010. Read more here.*

*22 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2010 / DIPLOMACY TRAINING PROGRAM CALLING FOR
APPLICATIONS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND MIGRANT WORKERS IN
THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION- A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ADVOCATES:* The program will
be held in partnership with the Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) and the Asia
Pacific Forum (APF) in Lombok, Indonesia. The program will assist
participants from NGOs / CSOs and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
to work together in developing practical strategies to protect and promote
migrant workers’ rights at the national and regional level. *Deadline for
applications: 07 August 2010. For more information access the brochure
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5680/0/>
.*
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 Websites, Guides and Tools

 *MANUAL / LEGAL TOOLS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH
INTERNATIONAL LAW: **The Global Justice Centre manual starts with a general
background on the role of international law and how it can be used in the
domestic context. It then looks at some of the tools women are using- the
laws- beginning with CEDAW followed by a short discussion of other treaties.
In addition to treaties the manual touches on other international legal
tools such as SC Res. 1325, regional bodies and tribunals and discusses the
role of constitutions and quotas in advancing rights.  **Access the manual
here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5681/0/>.** *

 Reports, Articles and Books





*JULY 2010 / ARTICLE / HIV, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN, VOL
10, ISSUE 7: *Article published in The Lancet, focusing specifically on
criminalization of same-sex conduct and its public health impact, the issue
of human rights for men who have sex with men and how national and local
attitudes can affect the spread of HIV and AIDS. In the 20 years since
homosexuality was removed from the list of mental health disorders by the
World Health Assembly, there has been substantial progress towards greater
public acceptance and legal protection for men who have sex with men. In
many parts of the world, however, denial of health care, stigmatization by
health-care workers, and the continued ‘pathologisation’ of homosexuality is
still a reality. *Access the article
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5682/0/>
.*





 *REPORT / IRREGULAR MIGRATION, MIGRANT SMUGGLING AND HUMAN RIGHTS: TOWARDS
COHERENCE, ICHRP: *Migration policies across the world are driven by three
core concerns: border and law enforcement, economic interest, and
protection. This report by the International Council on Human Rights Policy
(ICHRP) argues that official policies are failing partly because protection
has been marginalized. Discussion of migration tends to be widely polarized
and distorted by xenophobia and racism. The report suggests that it is in
governments' interest to affirm their legal and moral responsibility to
protect everyone, including migrants. Human rights law provides a baseline
of essential protection for migrants, and the components of a more balanced
and rational policy approach. The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms.
Navanethem Pillay also spoke in support of the policies recommended in the
latest ICHRP report at the launch stating ‘The ICHRP report aptly describes
the plight of irregular migrants and human smuggling victims. This is one of
today’s most critical, and indeed most complex, human rights challenges’. *Read
more **here* <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5683/0/>* and access
the report **here* <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5684/0/>* [**
English* <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5685/0/>*,
**Spanish*<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5686/0/>
* and **French* <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5687/0/>*].  *





*JUNE 2010 / REPORT / INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION,
OHCHR*[Contributed, with thanks, by Daniel Spalthoff
*,* OHCHR, Geneva]: In this report, the independent expert focuses on the
human rights obligations and responsibilities which apply in cases of
non-State service provision of water and sanitation. The author begins with
an overview of the role that non-State service providers play in delivering
water and sanitation throughout the world and continues by outlining the
human rights obligations of States and the responsibilities of non-State
service providers and highlights three main areas where challenges can be
faced in this regard: decision-making, operation of services, and
accountability and enforcement. *Access the report
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5688/0/>
.*





*23 JUNE 2010 / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS REPORT 2010 / EFFORTS TO BOOST
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH FALLING SHORT: The Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) Report 2010 launched by the Secretary-General outlines findings on
progress towards achieving the MDGs. It particularly highlights concerns
about MDG 5, with its target of reducing maternal deaths by three quarters
between 1990 and 2015.  Progress has been recorded by many countries on
maternal mortality, and the latest preliminary data indicate that some
countries have achieved significant declines. However, it is also stated
that the rate of reduction in maternal deaths is well short of the 5.5
percent annual reduction needed to meet the goal.  UNFPA Executive Director
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid welcomed the report and stated ‘to speed up progress, we
must invest more in reproductive health for women and girls… Evidence from
research and from the progress made so far prove that investing in women is
not only the right thing to do, it is also smart economics. When women are
health and survive, they provide enormous social and economic benefits for
their families, communities and nations’. Read more
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5689/0/>and access the
report
here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5690/0/>. *





*BOOK / LEGAL EMPOWERMENT AND JUSTICE FOR THE POOR, IDLO:* The concept of
legal empowerment has become an important element of the development agenda
over the past decade. While there remains no universal agreement as to where
the bounds of the concept should lie, there are compelling reasons for
including social as well as economic development in legal empowerment
programming. Legal empowerment programs developing the capacity of
communities to use the law to claim and defend their rights are important to
maximize the potential for law to improve the lives of the poor and
disadvantaged populations. This report by the International Development Law
Organization (IDLO) captures the collective experiences of legal empowerment
practitioners working across the spectrum of this emerging field. *Access  the
book here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5691/0/>.*





*JUNE 2010 / REPORT / CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS TO WATER AND
SANITATION, OHCHR *[Contributed, with thanks, by Daniel Spalthoff, OHCHR,
Geneva]:* *This paper examines the legal obligations concerning the rights
to water and to sanitation, as well as those arising from the climate change
regime. It further outlines the impact of climate change on the enjoyment of
the rights to water and to sanitation, and offers recommendations on
integrating human rights into climate change negotiations. *Access the
report here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5692/0/>*.





*05 JULY 2010 / PUBLICATION / HOW POOR IS ‘POOR’? TOWARDS A RIGHTS-BASED
POVERTY LINE, NEF *[Contributed, with thanks, by Julia Kercher, UNDP New
York]: The 'dollar-a-day' definition of poverty has been widely adopted by
the international community. But this definition focuses exclusively on one
aspect of poverty, namely income, to the exclusion of other critical aspects
of deprivation, such as assets, access to essential services, and social
exclusion. This paper summarises the fundamental problems with the $1-a-day
approach, and what they mean for what we think we know about poverty. It
goes on to review other alternatives including a rights-based poverty line,
to assess whether they provide a more viable alternative. *Read more
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5693/0/>and access the
report
here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5694/0/>.*



*30 JUNE 2010 / BOOKLET / VIOLENCE – AN ANALYTICAL INVENTORY OF PEACEKEEPING
PRACTICE:* Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence – an Analytical
Inventory of Peacekeeping Practice issued by UNIFEM, UN DPKO on behalf of UN
Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict, captures best practices and
emerging elements for a more effective response by peacekeepers to women’s
security concerns including direct and indirect efforts to combat sexual
violence during and in the wake of war including highlighting human rights
concerns in peacekeeping operations; human rights training / sensitization.
*Read more here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5695/0/> and access
the booklet here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5696/0/>.*





*10 JUNE / REPORT / 2010 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (FRA): **The 2010 Annual Report FRA identifies challenges
in the areas of data protection, extreme exploitation in the workplace,
rights of the child, racism and discrimination, and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender issues) and provides concrete and comparative data
on the situation on the ground in the 27 EU Member States. The Agency’s
surveys and studies undertaken in 2009 in particular show that many equality
bodies, national human rights institutions and data protection authorities
lack resources, are not independent enough, and often have very weak
mandates. The Report also collects examples of good practices that Member
States can build on to improve fundamental rights protection in their
respective country. **Access the report
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5697/0/>
.** *





*09 JUNE 2010 / REPORT / FROM PROMISE TO DELIVERY: PUTTING HUMAN RIGHTS AT
THE HEART OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: *In a
new report looking at how to strengthen the MDGs, AI highlights how key
targets fall short of existing international human rights standards and
warns that governments risk failing some of the world’s most impoverished
and vulnerable groups unless human rights are put at the centre of efforts
to eradicate poverty. The report also outlines crucial steps governments can
take to deliver meaningful progress on the MDGs over the next five years and
calls on governments to ensure all MDG initiatives are consistent with human
rights; address discrimination experienced by women; set national targets
for delivery; fulfill the right of participation and strengthen mechanisms
for accountability. Three main issues – gender equality, maternal health and
slums – are highlighted in the report to illustrate the gulf between the
current MDG framework and international human rights standards. *Access the
report here <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5698/0/>
[English<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5698/0/>,
French <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5699/0/>,
Spanish<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5700/0/>
].*





*25 JUNE / PUBLICATION / CENTRE ON HOUSING RIGHTS AND EVICTIONS (COHRE) /
HOUSING AND ESC RIGHTS LAW QUARTERLY, VOL.7- NO.2:* National and
international legal developments on housing and economic, social and
cultural rights for housing rights lawyers, advocates and other interested
parties. *Access the Quarterly publication
here<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5701/0/>
.*





*07 JULY 2010 / REPORT/ INSECURITY AND INDIGNITY: WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES IN THE
SLUMS OF NAIROBI, KENYA, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: *This report by Amnesty
International demonstrates that lack of access to toilets and private
bathing areas in the immediate vicinity of the home puts women at risk of
gender-based violence and undermines their dignity and health. The report
documents that Nairobi’s informal settlements have been excluded from public
services such as water, sanitation and adequate policing. It shows that
Kenya’s efforts to meet the MDGs related to sanitation are lacking in that
they do not make adequate provision for particularly disadvantaged groups-
specifically women living in slums. *Read more and access the report
**here*<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5702/0/>
*.* <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5702/0/>


 HURITALK Network Happenings






**
*14 JUNE – 23 JULY 2010 / ANNUAL HURITALK E-DISCUSSION:* The annual HuriTALK
e-Discussion took place from the 14 June until the 23 July 2010 and was
launched by Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human
Rights, OHCHR and Ms. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Director of the Democratic
Governance Group, UNDP. The *e-Discussion: Practical examples and policies
in furthering human rights and the MDGs* had two Parts. Part 1 focused on
strategies / examples in working towards the achievement of the MDGs in
addressing the special needs of the most vulnerable and addressing social
exclusion and inequality.  What were the challenges and practical
opportunities in utilizing a human rights-based approach toward achievement
of specific MDGs? Part 2 emphasized the need for robust monitoring and
enhanced accountability toward achieving the MDGs and asked how have or can
human rights national and international accountability mechanisms contribute
to more effective MDG accountability and requested members to share their
experiences and proposals to strengthen monitoring systems. The e-Discussion
was co-hosted by the UNDG Millennium Development Goals network – MDG-net and
guest moderated by Mr. Malcolm Langford, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
and Mr. Ibrahim Wani, OHCHR. The summary conclusions will be issued in the
coming weeks. *Thank you to all those colleagues who participated and
contributed their knowledge and experience. *

*HuriTALK warmly welcomed the following new members in June and July
2010: *Laurent
Standaert, UNCT; Elizabeth De Leon-Jones, UNDP NY; Nina Sun, UNAIDS;
Germaine Haddad, UNFPA Egypt; Glen Smith, UNFPA; Kiran Bhatia, UNFPA; Brenda
Malinga, UNFPA Uganda; Blanca Espinosa, UNFPA Mexico; Lorna Mosese Rolls,
UNFPA; Sukanya Thongthumrong, UNFPA Thailand; Gilbert W Hiawalyer, UNFPA
Papue New Guinea; Venkatesh Sreenivasan, UNFPA New Delhi; Anne Bariyntura,
UNFPA Burundi; Constance Mafoukila, UNFPA DRC; Dayanara Salazar Medina,
UNFPA Panama; Ana Elena Badilla, UNFPA; Danston Ondachi, UNCT Kenya; Andrea
Khan, CIDA; Robleh Salada, UNFPA Somalia; Anne Harmer, UNFPA Thailand;
Barkhas Losolsuren, UNDP Mongolia; Sehen, Bekele, UNDP Ethiopia; Riet
Groenen, UNFPA; Bouchta Mourabit, UNFPA Somalia; Yordanos Mehari, UNFPA
Eritrea; Bianca Gucciardi Gonsalves, CIDA; Maria Gomez, UNFPA; Jessica
Mutegi, UNDP Kenya; Harry Sie Brooks, UNMIL Liberia; Susan Timberlake,
UNAIDS Geneva; Patrizia Agangi, UNMIS Sudan; Sophie Flynn, UNICEF NY; Lina
Jankauskiene, UNDP Macedonia; Mamadi Diakite, UNAIDS Senegal; Veronica
Birga, OHCHR Panama; Janja Sinkovic, OHCHR Geneva; Dr. Michel de Groulard,
UNAIDS Trinidad & Tobago; Ibrahim Wani, OHCHR Geneva; Gloria Carrera
Massana, OHCHR Geneva; Tyler Brown, UNDP NY; Mehret Berhane, OHCHR Ethiopia;
Sara Delapena, UNIFEM; Carmen Gonzalez, UNAIDS Vietnam; Eric Guazhong Zhang,
UN DESA New York; Pamela Molina, OAS; Carlos Cortes, UNDP Cuba; Jillian
Lewis, UNDP Sri Lanka; Agon Vrenezi, OHCHR Pristina; Aisuluu Bolotbaeva,
UNDP Kyrgyz Republic; Patrick Daru, ILO Timor-Leste; Raluca Maria Popa,
UNIFEM Bratislava; Walid Baharoon, UNDP Yemen; Simonetta Rossi, UNDP
Tanzania; Manar Yazbek, UNDP UAE; Fatuma Abdi, UNDP Somalia; Mohamed
Mutasim, UNDP Sudan; Fiona Bayat, UNDP DRC; Leotes Lugo-Helin, UNESCO
Bangkok; Anuj Mishra, UNDP Nepal; Michelle Erazo, OHCHR Geneva; Niloufar
Pourzand, UNICEF; Bheta Arsyad, UNICEF Indonesia; Maria Cristina Ramirez,
UNICEF Bolivia; I Made Arcana, UNICEF Indonesia; Nikensari Setiadi, UNICEF
Indonesia; Jasmina Papa, UNDP Croatia; Melissa Uhl, UNDY NY, Chamroeun Mao,
UNDP Cambodia; Toby Fricker, UNDP Lao PDR; Minerva Novero-Belec, UNDP NY;
Felista Kimanuka, UNCT Rwanda; Alison Graham, International Council on Human
Rights Policy; Nadi Ali, UNDP NY; Sana Jelassi, UNRWA Amman; Mira Yespenova,
UNDP; Agustela Nini, UNDY NY; Dirk Wagener, UNDP Lao PDR; Maria Zandt, OECD
DAC; Aiko Akiyama, UNESCAP Thailand; Sarah Winter, Australian Council for
International Development; Alesia Vidruk, UNCT Belarus; Rebaone Ferguson,
OHCHR Geneva; Olivia Mchaju Liwewe, UNDP; Fari Garba-Attahiru, UNDP Nigeria;
Yasmeen Al-Eryani, UNDP; Theresa de Langis, UNIFEM Papua New Guinea;
Margarita F. Guerrero, UNESCAP Thailand; Gloria Manzotti, UNDP; Christina
Heid, ILRC; Gemma Connell, UNRWA OPT; Abdi Mahad Aden, UNDP; Isabel de las
Casas, OHCHR Geneva; Hashim Al-Khawad, UNDP Sudan; Jo Kelcey, UNESCO OPT;
Ahmad Zubair Fattahi, UNDP Afghanistan; and, Nieves Molina-Clemente, UNOPS
Copenhagen.

   We also welcomed a number of temporary members from Civil Society
Organizations to ensure wide participation in the ongoing e-Discussion on
furthering human rights and the MDGs.
   Vacancies

Consultant <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5703/0/>
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
(SRVAW) and OHCHRClosing Date: 15 August 2010

Human Rights Officer, Geneva<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5704/0/>
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Closing Date:
Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Senior Human Rights Officer, Geneva
(P-5)<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5705/0/>
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Equality and Non-Discrimination Branch
Research and Right to Development Division
Closing Date: Monday, 20 September 2010

Donor and External Relations Officer, Geneva
(P-4)<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5706/0/>
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Closing Date: Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Gender Adviser, Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, ICS-12*,
Bangkok<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5707/0/>
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Closing Date: Thursday, 19 August 2010

Human Rights Officer, Conakry,
Guinea<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5708/0/>
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)Closing Date:
Monday, 27 September 2010

Child Protection Systems Expert Consultant, Lilongwe,
Malawi<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5709/0/>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Closing Date: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 (added 05 August)

Child Protection Specialist, Kampala,
Uganda<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5710/0/>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Closing Date: Friday, 20 August 2010

Child Protection Specialist (Cluster Coordinator),
Geneva<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5711/0/>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Closing Date: Friday, 13 August 2010

Child Protection Specialist (Emergencies),
Dakar<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5712/0/>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Closing Date: Friday, 20 August 2010

Consultancy, Azerbaijan <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5713/0/>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Closing Date: Thursday, 12 August 2010

Child Protection Specialist,
Sudan<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5714/0/>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Closing Date: Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Representative to the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(D-1)<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5715/0/>
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Closing Date: Friday, 27 August 2010

Institutional Development Adviser, Geneva
(P-5)<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5716/0/>
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Closing Date: Friday, 13 August 2010

Programme Officer, Geneva
(P-3)<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5717/0/>
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Closing Date: Friday, 27 August 2010

Consultant for Formulation of Policy, Rules & Regulations on Special
Economic Zones, Thimphu, Bhutan<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5718/0/>
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Closing Date: Tuesday, 17 August
2010

International Programme Specialist, ICS 10,
Monrovia<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5719/0/>
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Researcher, Amman, Jordan <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5720/0/>
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Interagency Information and Analysis Unit (IAU)
Closing Date: Thursday, 12 August 2010

Trainer for the UN Trust Fund's regional skills-building workshop in
evidence-based programming, monitoring, evaluation, and knowledge management
of programmes to end violence against women and girls,
Bratislava<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5721/0/>
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Closing Date: Tuesday, 31 August
2010

Project Assistant (SC-6),
Tashkent<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5722/0/>
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Closing Date: Wednesday, 18
August 2010

Chief Technical Advisor (Justice),
Sarajevo<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5723/0/>
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Closing Date: Thursday, 19 August
2010

Lawyer, Europe Programme, London, United
Kingdom<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5724/0/>
The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights
(INTERIGHTS)Closing Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Legal Director, London <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5725/0/>
REDRESSClosing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010

International Legal Advisor,
London<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5726/0/>
REDRESSClosing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010

Caseworker, London <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5727/0/>
REDRESSClosing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010

Sudan Legal Officer, London<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5728/0/>
REDRESSClosing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010

Legal Programme Officer, London<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5729/0/>
REDRESSClosing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010

Researcher - Global Climate and Environmental Governance,
London<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5730/0/>
One World TrustClosing Date: Friday, 27 August 2010

Senior External Relations and Projects Officer,
Jerusalem<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5731/0/>
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East (UNRWA)Closing Date: Monday, 13 September 2010

Field Finance Officer, Gaza, occupied Palestinian
territory<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5732/0/>
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East (UNRWA)Closing Date: Thursday, 02 September 2010

General Coordinator, Zimbabwe<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5733/0/>
Médecins du MondeClosing Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Technical Officer Influenza (maternity cover),
Copenhagen<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5734/0/>
World Health Organization (WHO)
EURO Europe Regional Office (EU/RGO)
EU/DHP Division of Health Programmes (EU/DHP)Closing Date: Saturday, 21
August 2010

National UNV Project Associate, Banda
Aceh<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5735/0/>
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Closing Date: Sunday, 15 August
2010

Consultant for the Development of a Recruitment Taxonomy,
Bonn<http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5736/0/>
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Closing Date: Friday, 20 August
2010

Consultancy for the Third Bhutan National Human Development Report, Thimphu,
Bhutan <http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5737/0/>
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Closing Date: Monday, 16 August
2010
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