Remake of Monitoring Human Rights E Block by Petr Knor https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda Let's post and share some HR campaigns below en-us 2020-11-18 10:44:05 UTC 2025-12-22 06:30:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Petr: Amnesty International: Truth for Giulio Regeni petrknor1 https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936013865 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 ]]> 2020-11-18 10:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936013865 Amnesty International: Campaigning for women's rights in Finland (Hissu) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936018191 What? Finland is the second to most unsafe country for women to live in the EU, as the rates of domestic violence are extremely high

Reaction? Amnesty Finland has led a campaign (Joku Raja) since the year of 2004 in order to raise awareness on the topic (as it is extremely taboo) and make changes in the legistlation surrounding rape and the increasing the amount of safety home spots for individuals leaving these violent homes

What right? Right to liberty and security, freedom from violence

Impact: Amnesty Finland has managed to make petty assault in an intimate relationship into a crime under the public prosecutor, meaning that the victim doesn't have to be the one pressing charges. They've also increased the amount of safety home spots by Ca 15 and founded a 24/7 helpline

2019/2020: Violence against women continues to be an urgent issue and Amnesty Finland is still continuing their campaign, prioritizing safety home spots]]> 2020-11-18 10:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936018191 Climate lawsuit (Oda) odagrinaker https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936019609 The organisation Youth for Environment is suing the Norwegian state for violating their right to a liveable environment for current and future generations. This violation is closely linked to the third generation human rights, collective rights, that has an aim at protecting the environment. 

The lawsuit is based on paragraph 112 in the Norwegian constitution, also called the climate-paragraph, as the NGO states that the Norwegian state is not upholding their rights by consequently boring for oil in the Norwegian and Barents sea. 

The lawsuit is still ongoing and is now taken to the Norwegian Supreme court as the NGO lost the previous trials. However, despite a possible failure in winning the lawsuit, the organisation has increased its member numbers and gained greater respect and recognition, perhaps strengthening their ability to monitor the violation of human rights in the future. 

Specific rights violated:
- European Convention of Human rights (right to live, adequate and sufficient measures, burden and margin of appreciation).

]]> 2020-11-18 10:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936019609 Amnesty International: Guatanama Bay 11 Detainees Transferred(Rosette & Andrea) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936024664 What? Amnesty International advocated for the closing of Guatanama Bay and unfair trials of 11 detainees due to human rights violations in the detention center, including torture and inhumane rights in 2013.

Reaction? The Obama administration appointed staff to shut down the Detention center.

What right? No torture/ no inhumane treatment (Article 5 of UDHR)

Impact:  11 detainees transferred to home countries/other facilities in 2013; during obama administration number of detainees reduced from 243 to 41.

2019/2020: The Obama administration was unsuccessful in closing Guatanama Bay. It is still open and currently hold 40 detainees.]]> 2020-11-18 10:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936024664 Greenpeace: Lego and Shell mayhodgkinson2002 https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936026119 May

What? Greenpeace calling on lego to end its partnership with shell because of shells exploitation of the arctics oil reserve. Communities in Alaska, especially indigenous communities have been affected by the rising sea levels which has been accelerated by big fossil fuel corporations.

Reaction? Greenpeace released a video which went viral. The video was of cute lego animals drowning in oil to the song 'everything is awesome' which was viewed over 6 million times

What right? Right to life, liberty and security of person. Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

Impact? Lego ended it's partnership with Shell :)


]]> 2020-11-18 10:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936026119 LGBTQIA+ prides and abolition (Matthieu) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936029395 What? During 2005, LGBTQIA+ prides were abolished by the Bulgarian government as the country historicaly bans same-sex marriage and public same-sex relations (back then).This lasted for a couple of years due to lack of support. 

Reaction? The NGO "Action" fought against the country's abolition and negotiated with the government 

What right? Equality, LGBT human rights, freedom of expression, freedom of torture

Impact? The Sofia pride was organized in 2009 and it was considered as safe and successful. 

2019/2020: Prides continue to be happening, but with less extent of safety due to radical parties arising. 


]]> 2020-11-18 10:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936029395 Stop Soros campaign and law package (Marton) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936030473 What? The laws include the removal of protections for the homeless, migrants and other minorities. They also actively target NGOs who attempt to help migrants. NGOs, local and international began a campaign against the government to highlight the issue and report on human rights abuses in prisons, camps etc.

Reaction? Condemnation by international community and Amnesty international, 87 different NGOs called out abuses and imprisonment by the government, legal action by the EU.

What right? Right of migration, right to freedom, free speech, minority rights 

Impact? Local NGOs worked together with international organisations such as Amnesty and Human rights watch to call out the government and report on the situation. This, along with pressure from other sources, led to the EU actively pursuing justice against Hungary. 

2019-2020 - Hungarian government found in breach of several laws, including laws within the EU legal statues. The laws in Hungary however have not been changed yet. ]]> 2020-11-18 10:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936030473 Direct Provision and IHREC (Alex) alexandrathompson3 https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936038653 What? 
DP is a system of asylum seeker accomodation in Ireland. It was meant as a temporary solution but some people have been housed in this accomodation for years in poor conditions that violate a number of human rights. 

Reaction: Many campaigns are actively working to end DP, including that of IHREC (Irish Human Rights Equality Commission), which has condemned the system and acted as amicus curiae during the Supreme Court case. 

What right?
Asylum seekers in DP have no right to work, no access to adequate healthcare, lack of good standard of living

Impact?
Widespread condemnation of DP by other nonstate actors ]]> 2020-11-18 10:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936038653 Tribal NGOs against Murdered Human Rights Activists (Haya) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936049066 Human rights defenders have faced continuous threats to their lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and FATA areas in Pakistan. In 2012, Farida Afridi, Executive Director of a women's rights organization was shot outside her house for promoting female empowerment and helping young women escape child marriages and violence.

Tribal NGOs Consortium coalitions came together to 'fight' against the violence. They created a Charter of Demands for the government to take immediate measures. Called for criminalization of intimidation, threats and actual violence. Asked that government protect people of NGOs  that work for human rights.

Rights violated?
freedom of speech. freedom or organization, right to live. right to live without intimidation.]]> 2020-11-18 10:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936049066 https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936057256 Amnesty on Xinjiang re-education camp(Michael)

what happened in a nutshell:
China’s Campaign of Repression Against Xinjiang’s Muslims by Chinese government’s mass arbitrary detention, torture, and mistreatment of Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang and details the systemic and increasingly pervasive controls on daily life there.

what rights have been eroded:

fundamental rights to freedom of expression, religion, and privacyprivacy. 

How do NGOs engage in? 
Amnesty has reported the latest evidence of Xinjiang camps as well as did interviews with people who escaped from Xinjiang,making their voice be heard. Also Amnesty had a activity to call for people to write emails to Chinese government(naming and shaming). 


Impact:
They made an impact around the whole world to notice the situation in Xinjiang and encourage people to do actions to press China's government. Provide help for people who escaped from Xinjiang. 

]]> 2020-11-18 11:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936057256 Accessibility campaign during Covid 19 (Micah) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936057410 What?
Persons with disabilities were unable to access vital information about COVID-19 on equal basis with others. Daily briefings by World health Organization, and the United Nations (such as those delivered by the Secretary-General) were not accessible. International Sign interpretation, closed captioning, written or audio description of graphs and videos, and documentation in plain language (easy-to-read) are not included in the daily briefings by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations.
Reaction:
Full support of the disabled community along with many different adaptions in countries around the world
What Right?
Rights of disabled people to gain the equal opportunities and understanding as people who aren't disabled.
Impact?]]> 2020-11-18 11:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936057410 https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936061564 What?


Reaction:


Rights violated:



Outcome:]]> 2020-11-18 11:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936061564 Children rights in cocoa growing communities https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936062566 What:
Reaction:
Impact]]> 2020-11-18 11:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936062566 Platform for progress: Campaigns to stop postponing elections in B&H (Adin) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936069591
What rights: The right to free and fair elections.

The campaign was organized by the Platform for Progress political party in August 2020. It was initiated by Mirsad Hadzikadic, the president of the party, who thought that the postponing of the local elections to November 15th was unconstitutional, that it denied the citizens of B&H their political rights and that it was the first step in a plan for the “Mostarization” of B&H, where the elections would be postponed indefinitely.

Impact: Around 10 protests were organized in six different cities across B&H, with about 15 thousand protesters in total attending them. The protests lowered the popularity of the coalition, and increased the popularity of the opposition. It also contributed that the elections do not get postponed further and that the opposition gets a majority in a number of major cities around B&H.
]]> 2020-11-18 11:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936069591 Amendments to the Aliens act strip refugees of protection in Slovenia (Mateo) https://padlet.com/petrknor1/totwya4c5b6nmlda/wish/936082085 In 2017 Slovenia passed amendments of the Aliens act, conflicting international and EU law on immigrants, labeling them not anymore as asylum seekers and regime escapers but as a threat to national security.

The new amendments allow the refusal of refugees at the border in special measures and the deportation of refugees irregulary already in Slovenia without looking at their asylum requests or status.

Response: Strong condemnation from international community and many NGOs like Amnesty International and Human Rights watch. 

Nothing has been done as this was passed during an immigration crisis and in the times of COVID and closing borders, the amendments will only become more sever as no real repercussions have been seen in regards to this.

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