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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">11 JUNE 2010 / FIRST RATIFICATIONS TO THE ICESCR OPTIONAL PROTOCOL (ECUADOR and MONGOLIA): </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">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. <strong>Access more treaty information <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5656/0/" target="_blank">here</a> and read more about the OP-ICESCR in the HuriTALK Insights series <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5657/0/" target="_blank">here</a>. <span> </span></strong></span>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">17 JUNE 2010 / UN ILO ADOPTS FIRST-EVER GLOBAL LABOUR STANDARD ON HIV / AIDS:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> 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.<span> </span><strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5658/0/" target="_blank">here</a> and access the <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5659/0/" target="_blank">ILO Recommendation here</a>.<br>
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<font face="Calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">02 JULY 2010 / UN CREATES NEW STRUCTURE FOR EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, UN WOMEN:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> 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’. <strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5660/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong> </span></font> </p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9.5pt"><span><strong> </strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9.5pt"><span><strong>28 JUNE – 02 JULY 2010 / ECOSOC 2010 / GENDER EQUALITY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:</strong> Gender equality and the empowerment of women, mainstreaming of gender perspectives in MDGs, and the challenges of international development cooperation </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">were<span style="color:#333333"> the focus of the 2010 session of the High-level Segment of the </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5661/0/" target="_blank"><span>Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333;font-size:9.5pt">. More than 700 participants discussed long-term commitments to improve and bring visibility to gender equality and the empowerment of women. Key happenings include</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">d<span style="color:#333333"> the </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5662/0/" target="_blank"><span>Annual Ministerial Review (AMR)</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333;font-size:9.5pt"> (28 June – 1 July), </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5663/0/" target="_blank"><span>Development Cooperation Forum (DCF)</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333;font-size:9.5pt"> (29 -30 June)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">; and a </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5664/0/" target="_blank"><span>High-level policy dialogue</span></a></span><span style="color:#333333;font-size:9.5pt"> (2 July). In </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">conjunction<span style="color:#333333"> with the session, </span><span style="color:#0f243e">side events </span>were held on <span style="color:#333333">“Women’s empowerment, development cooperation and culture”</span>: A Debate (view it<span style="color:#333333"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5665/0/" target="_blank"><span>here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">)<span style="color:#333333">, and </span>other related topics. Read more<span style="color:#333333"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5666/0/" target="_blank"><span>here</span></a>.</span><span style="color:#333333;font-size:9.5pt"></span></span></span>
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<font face="Calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">24 JULY 2010 / LAUNCH / GLOBAL COMMISSION ON HIV AND LAW:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> 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. <strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5667/0/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5668/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong> </span></font>
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<span><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9.5pt"><strong>29 JULY 2010 / GA DECLARES THAT SAFE AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT: </strong></span><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:9.5pt">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.<span> </span>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’.<strong> Read more </strong><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5669/0/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5670/0/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.<span> </span></strong></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">31 MAY – 18 JUNE 2010 / 14<sup>TH</sup> SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> From the 14<sup>th</sup> 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. <strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5673/0/" target="_blank">here</a>, access reports from the 14<sup>th</sup> Session <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5674/0/" target="_blank">here</a>, for more general details click <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5675/0/" target="_blank">here</a>. </strong></span></span></span>
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<td><span style="line-height:115%;color:black;font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri"></font></span> <strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">OHCHR HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES DIVISION (HRTD) NEWSLETTER NO. 8, APRIL – JUNE 2010</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:normal"> [Contributed with thanks, by Ibrahim Salama, OHCHR Geneva]</span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt">: </span></strong><span style="color:black;font-size:9.5pt"><font face="Calibri">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<br>
torture works…’, Celebrating the 2000<sup>th</sup> meeting of CERD and CERD 40 Years (1970 – 2010): Facts in Figures,<span> </span>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<span> </span>of Treaty Body Reform, The NHRIs Marrakesh Meeting on Strengthening the Human Rights Treaty Body System. <strong>Access the Newsletter <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5676/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></font></span> </td>
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<font face="Calibri"><span><span><strong>06 – 08 JULY 2010 / WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA REGIONAL MEETING ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR</strong>)
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Regional Centre, Dakar]:<strong> <span> </span></strong>The UNDP Regional Centre in Dakar and OHCHR Regional Office for West Africa, organized a West and Central Africa Regional Meeting on the UPR </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">with the objective to </span><span>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 <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/3679/0/" target="_blank">HuriTALK to consolidated replies</a> and the <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/3448/0/" target="_blank">HuriTALK Insights series</a> contributed background material for the meeting. </span></span></font><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">15 JUNE 2010 / EIDHR / CALL FOR PROPOSALS / SUPPORT TO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> 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 <strong><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5678/0/" target="_blank">EIDHR</a></strong> 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.
<strong>Deadline for submission of proposals is 03 September.</strong> <strong>Please click <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5679/0/" target="_blank">here for Guidelines</a> and <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5679/0/" target="_blank">here for information</a>.</strong> </span></span>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">08 – 12 NOVEMBER 2010 / ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEVELOPMENT: IMPACT AND RESPONSIBILITY, ABO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> 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 <strong>application deadline is 14 September 2010. Detailed information and application forms can be found <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/1682/0/" target="_blank">here</a>. </strong></span>
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<font face="Calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">11 – 15 OCTOBER 2010 / INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES: RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT/ CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">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. <strong>Deadline for applications: 16 August 2010. Read more here.</strong> </span></font>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong>MANUAL / LEGAL TOOLS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH INTERNATIONAL LAW: </strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:normal">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. <span> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Access the manual <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5681/0/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight:normal">here</span></a>.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Consolas;font-size:9.5pt;font-weight:normal"> </span></strong>
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<font face="Calibri"><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">JULY 2010 / ARTICLE / HIV, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN, VOL 10, ISSUE 7: </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">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. <strong>Access the article <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5682/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></span></font>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span><strong>REPORT / IRREGULAR MIGRATION, MIGRANT SMUGGLING AND HUMAN RIGHTS: TOWARDS COHERENCE, ICHRP: </strong></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">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’. <strong>Read more </strong><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5683/0/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong> and access the report </strong></span><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5684/0/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong>here</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong> [</strong></span><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5685/0/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong>English</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong>, </strong></span><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5686/0/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong>Spanish</strong></span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong> and </strong></span><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5687/0/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><strong>French</strong></span></a><span><strong>].<span> </span></strong></span></span>
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<font face="Calibri"><span><strong>JUNE 2010 / REPORT / INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION, OHCHR</strong> [Contributed, with thanks, by Daniel Spalthoff<strong>,</strong> OHCHR, Geneva]: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">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. <strong>Access the report <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5688/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong></span></font><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span>
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<strong><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt">JUNE 2010 / REPORT / CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS TO WATER AND SANITATION, OHCHR </span></strong><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt">[Contributed, with thanks, by Daniel Spalthoff, OHCHR, Geneva]:<strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt">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. <strong>Access the report <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5692/0/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</span>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">05 JULY 2010 / PUBLICATION / HOW POOR IS ‘POOR’? TOWARDS A RIGHTS-BASED POVERTY LINE, NEF </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">[Contributed, with thanks, by Julia Kercher, UNDP New York]: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">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. <strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5693/0/" target="_blank">here</a> and access the report <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5694/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">30 JUNE 2010 / BOOKLET / VIOLENCE – AN ANALYTICAL INVENTORY OF PEACEKEEPING PRACTICE:</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> 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. <strong>Read more <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5695/0/" target="_blank">here</a> and access the booklet <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5696/0/" target="_blank">here</a>.</strong> </span>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">09 JUNE 2010 / REPORT / FROM PROMISE TO DELIVERY: PUTTING HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE HEART OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">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. <strong>Access the report <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5698/0/" target="_blank">here</a> [<a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5698/0/" target="_blank">English</a>, <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5699/0/" target="_blank">French</a>, <a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5700/0/" target="_blank">Spanish</a>].</strong> </span>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">HuriTALK warmly welcomed the following new members in June and July 2010: </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt">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. </span>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt">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. </span>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5703/0/" target="_blank">Consultant</a><br>
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences (SRVAW) and OHCHR</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: 15 August 2010 <span> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> <br>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5704/0/" target="_blank">Human Rights Officer, Geneva</a><br>
<span>Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Tuesday, 28 September 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> <br>
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<a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5705/0/" target="_blank">Senior Human Rights Officer, Geneva (P-5)</a> <br>
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<br>
Equality and Non-Discrimination Branch<br>
Research and Right to Development Division<br>
Closing Date: Monday, 20 September 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5706/0/" target="_blank">Donor and External Relations Officer, Geneva (P-4)</a> <br>
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)<br>
Closing Date: Tuesday, 17 August 2010</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5707/0/" target="_blank">Gender Adviser, Asia and the Pacific Regional Office, ICS-12*, Bangkok</a> <br>
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)<br>
Closing Date: Thursday, 19 August 2010</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> <br>
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<a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5708/0/" target="_blank">Human Rights Officer, Conakry, Guinea</a><br>
<span>Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Monday, 27 September 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> <br>
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<a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5709/0/" target="_blank">Child Protection Systems Expert Consultant, Lilongwe, Malawi</a> <br>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)<br>
Closing Date: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 <span style="color:#666666">(added 05 August)</span></span><span style="color:#666666;font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5710/0/" target="_blank">Child Protection Specialist, Kampala, Uganda</a> <br>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)<br>
Closing Date: Friday, 20 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5711/0/" target="_blank">Child Protection Specialist (Cluster Coordinator), Geneva</a> <br>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)<br>
Closing Date: Friday, 13 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5712/0/" target="_blank">Child Protection Specialist (Emergencies), Dakar</a> <br>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)<br>
Closing Date: Friday, 20 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5713/0/" target="_blank">Consultancy, Azerbaijan</a> <br>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)<br>
Closing Date: Thursday, 12 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5714/0/" target="_blank">Child Protection Specialist, Sudan</a> <br>
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)<br>
Closing Date: Tuesday, 10 August 2010</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5715/0/" target="_blank">Representative to the African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (D-1)</a> <br>
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)<br>
Closing Date: Friday, 27 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5716/0/" target="_blank">Institutional Development Adviser, Geneva (P-5)</a> <br>
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)<br>
Closing Date: Friday, 13 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5717/0/" target="_blank">Programme Officer, Geneva (P-3)</a> <br>
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)<br>
Closing Date: Friday, 27 August 2010</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> <br>
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<a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5718/0/" target="_blank">Consultant for Formulation of Policy, Rules & Regulations on Special Economic Zones, Thimphu, Bhutan</a><br>
<span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Tuesday, 17 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5719/0/" target="_blank">International Programme Specialist, ICS 10, Monrovia</a> <br>
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)<br>
Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 <br>
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<a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5720/0/" target="_blank">Researcher, Amman, Jordan</a> <br>
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)<br>
Interagency Information and Analysis Unit (IAU)<br>
Closing Date: Thursday, 12 August 2010</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> <br>
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<a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5721/0/" target="_blank">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</a><br>
<span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5722/0/" target="_blank">Project Assistant (SC-6), Tashkent</a><br>
<span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Wednesday, 18 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5723/0/" target="_blank">Chief Technical Advisor (Justice), Sarajevo</a><br>
<span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Thursday, 19 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5724/0/" target="_blank">Lawyer, Europe Programme, London, United Kingdom</a><br>
<span>The International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5725/0/" target="_blank">Legal Director, London</a><br>
<span>REDRESS</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5726/0/" target="_blank">International Legal Advisor, London</a><br>
<span>REDRESS</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5727/0/" target="_blank">Caseworker, London</a><br>
<span>REDRESS</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5728/0/" target="_blank">Sudan Legal Officer, London</a><br>
<span>REDRESS</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5729/0/" target="_blank">Legal Programme Officer, London</a><br>
<span>REDRESS</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Monday, 30 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5730/0/" target="_blank">Researcher - Global Climate and Environmental Governance, London</a><br>
<span>One World Trust</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Friday, 27 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5731/0/" target="_blank">Senior External Relations and Projects Officer, Jerusalem</a><br>
<span>United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Monday, 13 September 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5732/0/" target="_blank">Field Finance Officer, Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory</a><br>
<span>United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Thursday, 02 September 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5733/0/" target="_blank">General Coordinator, Zimbabwe</a><br>
<span>Médecins du Monde</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5734/0/" target="_blank">Technical Officer Influenza (maternity cover), Copenhagen</a><br>
<span>World Health Organization (WHO)</span><br>
<span>EURO Europe Regional Office (EU/RGO)</span><br>
<span>EU/DHP Division of Health Programmes (EU/DHP)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Saturday, 21 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5735/0/" target="_blank">National UNV Project Associate, Banda Aceh</a><br>
<span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Sunday, 15 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5736/0/" target="_blank">Consultant for the Development of a Recruitment Taxonomy, Bonn</a><br>
<span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Friday, 20 August 2010 </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="http://groups.undp.org/t/3550777/393531/5737/0/" target="_blank">Consultancy for the Third Bhutan National Human Development Report, Thimphu, Bhutan</a><br>
<span>United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)</span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Closing Date: Monday, 16 August 2010 </span></span>
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