📣 Job Posting: Legal & Policy Advisor to UN Special Rapporteur for #FreedomofExpression Irene Khan
Apply to work on cutting edge digital rights and free speech issues!
This role is to replace me as I will be moving to a new adventure.
srfreedex.org/job-posting-le…

An incredible discussion and start to the Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights Atlas Women podcast on Women in International Law!

Thank you to Lucy McKernan Lucy McKernan and Nathalie Mivelaz Tirabosco and Paige Morrow!

Lots of ways to listen, set out in the Atlas Women tweet!

📢 We're excited to announce our new #podcast series ‘Women in International Law’, produced with Atlas Women, that showcases #women with diverse experiences and #career paths in the field!

Learn more 🎙bit.ly/3vMDfIo

Listen to the trailer 🎧 bit.ly/42g6fo6

Increasingly journalists are forced to flee abroad to escape political persecution, war & restrictions. The UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression's next report looks at challenges facing #journalists in exile. Input welcome - deadline January 15 ohchr.org/en/calls-for-i…

As the annual worldwide campaign of #16DaysOfActivism against Gender Based Violence draws to a close, action against gendered disinformation deserves more attention. My OpEd in the Diplomatic Courier.

diplomaticourier.com/posts/gendered…

Inspiring discussions in our event co-organized w/Atlas Women on a career in #internationallaw & #humanrights advocacy!

Many thanks to Jelena Aparac, Lucy McKernan & Michelle Staggs Kelsall for sharing their experiences with the audience, and to Paige Morrow for her great moderation!

Since October 7 at least 53 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Israel-Gaza war: 10 have been killed in the last four days alone.
We have also documented at least 18 arrests.
Journalists are civilians. They work is vital.
cpj.org/?p=321571 via CPJ MENA

Join us for an interesting discussion about international human rights advocacy!

⚠ Confirmed: Live network data show a collapse in connectivity in the #Gaza Strip with high impact to Paltel, amid reports of heavy bombardment; the company is the last remaining major operator to supply service as connectivity declines amid ongoing fighting with Israel 📉

In #Israel #Gaza conflict, as of October 24, CPJ has documented 24 journalists killed:

20 Palestinian journalists
3 Israeli journalists
1 Lebanese journalist

CPJ is investigating further unconfirmed reports & we regularly update this page⬇️ cpj.org/2023/10/journa…

#NotATarget

Our Committee adopted Ms Klotilda Bushka’s Report on “the right to freedom of information: access to historical documents” 📜

“The right to historical truth of the society at large should always prevail”

debate foreseen in April 2024.

📢 New report by UN Special Rapporteur #Freedex Irene Khan on #GenderedDisinformation is online. Presentation on Oct 12 via UN TV. Report looks at impact of gendered #disinfo , implications for #freedomofexpression & gendered response to online threats srfreedex.org/gendered-disin…

Congrats to Narges Mohaammadi for this well-deserved recognition. The UN Special Procedures have communicated with the Iranian government regarding her situation: spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…

📢 Week 2️⃣ of #HRC53 is about to start!
Today's programme:
🔹 Interactive Dialogues with SR on judges and lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite, SR on migrants @UNSR_Migration, and SR on summary executions
🔹Informal Consultations on draft resolutions on civil society space, human rights in…

1/5 In her report, SR Irene Khan addresses:
🔹linkages btw freedom of expression, right to information and #SustainableDevelopment
🔹need ‘to leave no one behind’
🔹freedom of expression in #SDG targets & commitments, 2030 Agenda

🔴STARTING NOW at #HRC53

✅Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression Irene Khan

📺Watch LIVE
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🔴TODAY at #HRC53

Interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteurs on

✅violence against women & girls Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls
✅freedom of expression Irene Khan
✅discrimination against persons with leprosy @srleprosy

🕓From 10:00 a.m. (GMT+2)
📺Watch LIVE⤵️
tinyurl.com/hrc53webtvday5

📢 Call for comments on gendered #disinformation 📷 Give input to report by UN Special Rapporteur on #freedomofexpression  Irene Khan to UNGA Deadline is July 7 and feel free to reach out with any questions or comments ohchr.org/en/calls-for-i… #humanrights #genderequality

Next report of UN Special Rapporteur #FreedomofExpression Irene Khan will be on gendered #disinformation . Call for inputs due July 7 ohchr.org/en/calls-for-i…

👀the🇺🇳UN Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted on Friday 26th its 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 26 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞
Release in July
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