Monitoring Human Rights A Block by Petr Knor https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge Let's post and share some HR campaigns below en-us 2020-11-15 15:00:20 UTC 2025-11-23 23:38:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Petr: Amnesty International: Truth for Giulio Regeni petrknor1 https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/924573484 What? Torture and death of an Italian academic researcher in Egypt. (UWC USA graduate) 

Reaction? Transnational campaign led by Amnesty International to request investigation

What right? Freedom from Torture, Right to life...

Impact: 4,600 academics signed a treaty, European Parliament passed a resolution, Italy withdrew ambassador, NYT attacked France for not supporting Italy, Vatican stepped in to research, Egyptian general Al Sisi promised to step in,  attention of many international media

2019/2020: abused by Italian far right in elections ]]> 2020-11-15 15:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/924573484 Hrvoje: Human Rights violations in Pazaric hrvojemarijanovic https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926152515
What? Inhumane treatment, mental and physical torture of mentally invalid kids in center JU Pazaric, BiH.

Reaction? With photos being published there was national outburst and backlash for the case, with it being on every news that week which lead to increasing the presure on the government that started a court case against their actions.

What right?
Article 2 I Right to Equality
Article 2 | Freedom from Discrimination
Article 3 | Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security
Article 4 | Freedom from Slavery
Article 5 | Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment
Article 12 | Freedom from Interference with Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence

Impact: changing of people on key positions in the center, more money assigned to the center and similar places by the government,

Photos are leaked, and they were posted in different newspaper so quick and so fast that one can't find their source.

There were also portest for justice for the kids in Pazaric and for every kid experiencing inhuman and such or similar treatment in BiH]]> 2020-11-16 07:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926152515 Nick: Police Brutality in the USA https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926153156 What:  Over the last couple years, the police have been abusing force against unarmed African Americans

Reaction: the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement and outrage across the US. These reports are shown by journalists but the NAACP has been a big factor in helping to promote BLM messages

What Right: Life

Impact: Some policy changes and defunding of police forces from state to state and a massive Anti-Trump Campaign that partially lead to his removal from office]]> 2020-11-16 07:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926153156 Bianca: Refugees/Asylum Seekers in NL biancaacquaviva https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926154028 What? Netherlands continues to forcibly return asylum-seekers including families with children, breaching principle of non-refoulement (forced return to a country or territory where persecution is likely). Even in constituent countries of Kingdom of NL (like Curacao--> Venezuelan refugees are kicked out)

Reaction? Amnesty international and other NGOs protest, try to pass law through House of Representative and Senate to overturn this

What right? Refugee rights

Impact: Although bills are drafted, these treat asylum seekers as prisoners (detention regime would remain “prison-like” in terms of facilities, detention conditions and the use of disciplinary measures)

https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/netherlands/report-netherlands/]]> 2020-11-16 07:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926154028 Baralija vs BIH https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926156071 What? Irma Baralija, citizen of Mostar, sued the state of B&H for not holding the elections since 2008

Reaction? ECHR delivered jugment which requires B&H to hold elections and change election law

What right? Right to vote, freedom from discrimination, right to free elections...

Impact? reports and suggestions by UNHRC, Venice commission, NGOs, etc. The verdict influenced and initiated agreement between political parties. After the verdict EU made changes in election law in the B&H as a requirement before joining the EU.


]]> 2020-11-16 07:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926156071 COHRE vs Italy 2010 (Antonio) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926157309 Who? the COHRE is an NGO that works towards the promotion of the right to housing for everyone and everywhere-

what? the report of the NGO consider Italy accountable for policies and practices that led Roma and Sinti community to live in inadequate situations and also forced eviction.

Reaction? report to the official European committee for social rights.

impact: whole new set of laws approved by the government in order to deal with Nomad communities on the territory.  
This decision will reverberate throughout Europe, as it establishes new jurisprudence confirming that the mass expulsion of migrants is a violation of the Revised European Social Charter,”


]]> 2020-11-16 07:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926157309 Mariam: Indigenous Rights (Amnesty International)- Peru mariampaz https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926159741
What? : In Peru, an indigenous woman was intimidated into leaving her land by a  mining company. The supreme court of Peru created a  trial against the woman for land invasion.

Reaction: Amnesty campaign to send solidarity messages to the indigenous woman. It also created a report exposing the unfair criminalization of the woman. 

What? Indigenous rights. Land rights.

Impact: Peruvian Court canceled the trial against the indigenous woman for land invasion charges. 

]]> 2020-11-16 07:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926159741 Sara: Justice for David (Pravda za Davida) hrvojemarijanovic https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926162557 What? Death of David Dragičević (murder?)

Reaction? Citizens gathered and protested daily in Banja Luka requesting justice for David as they believed that his death was actually murder
NGOs that participated: Civil Right Defenders, Helsinki Citizens' Parliament Banja Luka, Kvart Youth Center...

What right? Right to life; freedom from torture(?); later on freedom of peaceful assembly

Impact? Newly formed political party "Movement of Justice", formed from an informal group of citizens "Justice for David"]]> 2020-11-16 07:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926162557 Santiago: El Junquito Raid (Venezuela) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926163057 What? Former special forces policeman, Óscar Pérez, rebelled against the Maduro regime in 2017, during the massive protests against it at the moment. Pérez declared to be the leader of a paramilitary group. On January the 15th 2018, after 6 months hiding from the government, loyal forces to Maduro (police and criminal groups) located the place where Pérez was hiding, leading to the confrontation and execution of most of Pérez´s group by official state forces.

Reaction? The Organizaton of American States, European and Latin American governments condemned the event and the extrajudicial execution.

What right? Right to life, freedom from torture, right to a fair trial.

Impact: Pérez execution is mentioned on the High Commissioner for Human Rights´ report on Venezuela. A trial against the Maduro administration was opened by the Supreme Court in the exile.]]> 2020-11-16 07:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926163057 Unicef - Yemen emaadili https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926163124 Ema
  • What? - biggest humanitarian crisis in the world, children continue to be killed and maimed in the conflict 
  • Reaction? - UNICEF is on the ground to save children’s lives, to help them cope with the impact of conflict, and to help them to recover and resume their childhoods. 
What right? -  lack of basic needs, 
  • Impact? - more than 17,500 civilians were killed and injured since 2015, and a quarter of all civilians killed in air raids were women and children. More than 20 million people in Yemen are experiencing food insecurity; 10 million of them are at risk of famine.


]]> 2020-11-16 07:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926163124 Nele: 2100 to 2010 https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926163787 What?: Around 2100 political prisoners are imprisoned in Burma in 2010

Reaction: The NGO Human 
Rights Watch started a public outreach and education programme by installing 200 miniature cells, each with a picture of a Burmese political prisoner, in New York's Grand Central Station. 

What right?: Right to free speech and political participation

Impact: signing of petitions, lobbying at the UN, education and awareness for populations and legislators, release of some prisoners (one of them Suu Kysis), but most of them are still in prison ]]> 2020-11-16 07:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926163787 Kenan: 2016 CPT Report for Bosnia and Herzegovina kenanimamovic1 https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926172783 What?
Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) found that, among various violations throughout the countries prisons, there was a case in Mostar Prion of human right violations. After an inmate repeatedly banged on his cell door, prison officials handcuffed his hands behind his back with his wrists hyperextended and anklecuffed him with a walking chain. They placed him in a cell for two days without food or access to sanitary facilities. 
Reaction?
Both the Federation and the RS Ministries of Interior stated they had improved their complain systems and are now keeping medical files in a systematic manner. The Federation Prosecutor's Office issued a note instructing all cantonal prosecutors to prevent abuse, torture and inhumane treatment. A similar note was issued in the RS as well. 
What right?
Torture, food
Impact?
Except that the government officials issues previously said notes, none.]]> 2020-11-16 08:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926172783 Lea: Case against Carola Rackete Italy 2019 leacasucci https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926174111 What? Carola Rackete is the captain of the NGO ship Sea Watch 3that rescued migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. In 2019 she was arrested for docking the ship without authorization in Lampedusa, Italy. 

Reaction: Huge protests organized by SeaWatch launch of campaign #FreeCarola, crowdfunding in Italy and Germany to pay the legal expenses

Impact: Carola Rackete was released 

Rights: Right to life]]> 2020-11-16 08:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926174111 Xin: Human Rights Violations in Xinjiang, China https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926174429 What? Re-education camps reported operated outside legal system for the stated purpose of countering extremism and terrorism and promoting social integration. 

Reaction? 23 countries issued a joint statement urging China to "uphold its national laws and international obligations and commitments to respect human rights, including freedom of religion or belief," urging China to refrain from "arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and members of other Muslim communities.]]> 2020-11-16 08:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926174429 Samartha: Children rights in cocoa growing communities in Cote d'Ivoire (UNICEF) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926178978 What:  Children in Côte d’Ivoire are engaged in the worst forms of child labor in agriculture, particularly in cocoa farms, sometimes under conditions of forced labor.

Reaction: the signing of the Harkin Engel Protocol - an agreement between chocolate and cocoa industry representatives  in order to establish  efforts in order to eliminate child labour in cocoa growing. In September 2011, eight companies in the chocolate and cocoa industry including ADM, Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Ferrero, The Hershey Company, Kraft Foods, Mars, Incorporated, and Nestlé have pledged US $2 million to a new Public-Private Partnership with the international labour organization to combat child labor in cocoa growing communities in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. 

Impact: The agreement was quite unsuccessful and failed to have a significant impact on child labour. The number of children in hazardous work in cocoa production continues to be of concern. ]]> 2020-11-16 08:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926178978 Sabina: Amnesty International- Earthquake in Haiti, 2010 sabinadahal https://padlet.com/petrknor1/pvuvr5h7i89ljcge/wish/926427869 What- Thousands of people became homeless, children were at the risk of trafficking, women violence spiked, people lacked access to basic needs including food, sanitation, shelter, medical facilities

Reaction- Amnesty International assisted to reconstruct and repair housings, temporary shelters,
- helped the government to protect the basic needs of people: distribution of food, medicine, 
-special protection for vulnerable groups like women and children
-Cancelled Haiti's debt to ease government for the protection of human rights, called others non-state actors for the humanitarian aid

What right- Women's rights, child rights, right to shelter, food, protection etc

Impact- Many rights of people were protected, yet everyone didn't get the aid. 

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