#GenAI can be used to make great discoveries, cure diseases & end climate change- but it could also lead to rampant rights abuses & untold suffering.
 
Govts & companies must commit to grounding new tech in human rights so we can use #AIforGood . Here's how ow.ly/xilq50R8g4w

Thank you New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade Deb Collins, Angela Hassan-Sharp, Adele Plummer & colleagues for good discussions on #HumanRights in #Pacific , #NZ & much appreciated support to UN Human Rights+ UNHumanRightsPacific+@PCCMHS. Strategic partnerships for #HumanRights are needed now more than ever. #HR75

📢LAST CALL!
The @WGBIzHRs kindly reminds all interested that the Call for session proposals for the 13th #UNForumBHR is still open till 19 April 2024.
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Pichamon Yeophantong Robert McCorquodale Fernanda Hopenhaym Damilola S. Olawuyi, SAN, FCIArb UN Special Procedures UNWGBiz&Human Rights UN Special Procedures

We welcome the European Court of Human Rights ECHR CEDH ruling in #KlimaSeniorinnen case v. #Switzerland affirming that States have human rights obligations to sufficiently mitigate #climate change. Ruling provides a basis for determined action & justice globally - Volker Türk

8 April 2024 - 22:30 Fiji time.

Excellent news and congratulations to Tuvalu Government. We hope more #PICs will follow suit. Glad to have supported countries considering #UNCAT ratification during our joint CTI - Convention against Torture Initiative Pacific Community UNHumanRightsPacific Regional Learning Exchange meeting in Fiji last June. 🙏 to all partners.

Module 2 UNPRPD Joint Programme Induction Training on Disability Inclusive Development kicks off in Suva today. Exploring Cross Cutting Approaches & UNPRPD Situational Analysis, promoting equal participation for all persons with disabilities. Heike Alefsen ILOPasifika UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳

Inequalities exacerbated the COVID pandemic— taking the lives of millions.

As historic #PandemicAccord negotiations enter last stages, I urge Govts to embed rights protections.

Preparedness & protection can only become a reality when the right to health is fully enjoyed by all.

Opening the 1st 'Strengthening Social Cohesion Pathways, Human Rights & Women's Civic Participation' project board meeting, Co-Chairs Dirk Wagener 🇺🇳 & Hon. Sakiusa Tubuna share that Fiji Government & UN will work closely for the realization of 🇫🇯 govt's peace & reconciliation agenda.

'We are living in a planetary environmental crisis' -
SREnvironment urges more accountability for businesses and calls for rethinking business and economic paradigms for people and planet to survive.

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“Social cohesion requires institutions contributing to full respect for #HumanRights4All , UNHumanRightsPacific will be focusing on strengthening capacity of key institutions such as Human Rights Fiji Fiji Police Media , working closely with civil society & other partners” Heike Alefsen

🎥 Special Rapporteur on the right to #food Michael Fakhri shares his thoughts on the role of small-scale fishers & indigenous peoples to not only provide food & livelihoods but to protect the planet.
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'Despite many efforts made, persons with disabilities are still too often left behind,' Nada Al-Nashif told the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The United NationsHumanRights deputy chief called upon governments to promote a 'human rights economy with care and support systems at its core.'

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From 4-6 March, in Majuro, United Nations Human Rights organized a workshop addressing the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands. #DisarmamentDay #HumanRights Heike Alefsen

“It is urgent that we devise ways to counter warmongering, fear and the illogic of escalating hatred and hostility.”

— UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk calls on the international community to regain a mindset of peace. ohchr.org/en/statements-…

Women & girls have made great gains driving progress towards a more just & equal world.

But progress is under attack.

On #InternationalWomensDay , I stand with women & girls fighting for their rights.

Together, let’s take urgent action to make equality a reality.

#WomensDay is every day. UNHumanRightsPacific stands with ♀️ #humanrightsdefenders , women’s organizations, governments & businesses who powerfully lead efforts to spur social transformation and combat #VAWG in the #Pacific . #InvestInWomenAccelerateProgress #WomensRightsAreHumanRights

The legacy of nuclear tests continues to affect entire communities through intergenerational displacement & excess cancer risks.

#DisarmamentDay is a chance to reflect on this grim chapter, seek justice for harmed communities & free our future from nuclear devastation.

'Democracy lives – or dies – with people's right to participate in public affairs, constantly'- Volker Türk: 'with elections in 60+ countries, where nearly half the world's people live, we can - & must - make 2024 a landmark year for democratic principles & peace.'
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