TODAY: Join Human Rights Center + Center for Law, Energy & the Environment for a conversation between Our Children's Trust's Kelly Matheson and HRC's Betsy Popken on how to secure a life-sustaining climate through strategic litigation.
📍UC Berkeley Law Room 110
⌚️12:45 – 2 p.m.
🥪 LUNCH SERVED!
events.berkeley.edu/hrc/event/2412…

Thanks to The Daily Californian for covering the addition of Betsy Popken to the Human Rights Center team! Meet the newest member of the HRC family here: dailycal.org/2022/11/14/int…

#BigAnnouncement : We're thrilled to share that Betsy Popken has officially joined Human Rights Center as our new Co-Executive Director! Betsy comes to us with an extraordinary international human rights law background, and we're so fortunate to have her as a leader of our team.

Let me be clear: LGBTQ+ rights are human rights — and “LGBT-free zones” have no place in the European Union or anywhere in the world. abcnews.go.com/International/…

What more can tech companies do to be leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement? Kelly Newsome and I discuss in Bloomberg Law #bizhumanrights #BlackLivesMatter

Facing Chinese censors now emboldened by the draconian 'national security' law, Hong Kong residents are suddenly flocking to encrypted messaging apps, scrubbing their social media posts, and installing VPN software. trib.al/b5zpUwV

UK imposes sanctions against human rights abusers

'The UK's new sanctions' regime is significant. It marks the first time Britain has had its own independent scheme focused entirely on tackling human rights abuses.' bbc.com/news/uk-politi…

The Russian government is still promoting the Syrian government as the sole route for urgently needed humanitarian aid despite its long history of diverting aid for corrupt and political purposes. But Putin has long accepted that dead Syrians are the price for supporting Assad.

Black Lives Matter: Do companies really support the cause? bbc.com/worklife/artic… via BBC Worklife

The UN human rights council should create a commission of inquiry into systemic racism and law enforcement in the US says UN special rapporteur on racism ahead of special session tomorrow justsecurity.org/70811/the-un-h…

'We recognize Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype.'

PepsiCo to remove the image of Aunt Jemima from packaging for its pancake mixes and syrup aje.io/gren9

Save the date! Official launch of UNWGBiz&Human Rights project for #nextdecade of #bizhumanrights and global implementation of #UNGPs , 7 July 15:00-18:00 CEST, ohchr.org/Documents/Issu… #UNGPs @10 #UNGPs towards2030 #nextdecade BHR Co-hosted by GermanForeignOffice

Microsoft has joined Amazon and IBM by deciding to limit the use of its facial-recognition systems, announcing that it will not sell the controversial technology to police departments until there is a federal law regulating it.
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is #COVID19 a pathogen of repression? check out my new report to the UN Human Rights Council for answers. i call for robust promotion of freedom of expression to advance public health. freedex.org/2020/04/24/new…

The US supports accountability in Sudan but then attacks the only institution capable at the moment of providing that accountability: justsecurity.org/70757/ali-kush…

The UN Human Rights Council--the top UN human rights body--just decided to hold an 'urgent debate' on Wednesday about allegations of “systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests” in the United States. trib.al/mMOb0ki

Zoom blocked a call with people in China to commemorate the crushed Tiananmen Square democracy movement, saying that it had to “comply with local law,” yet Chinese law does not prohibit talking about Tiananmen or participating in international discussions. trib.al/4GBfAj9

For more info and to sign up for updates, see triponelconsulting.com/this-week/ #bizhumanrights #covid19 #climatecrisis #justtransition #BlackLivesMatter Harvard Business Review Business & Human Rights Shift

The creation of the @Facebook Oversight Board suggests a clear and conscious turn from a US constitutional-law paradigm towards an international human rights approach in content moderation by the world’s most powerful social media company says Sejal Parmar justsecurity.org/70234/facebook…

These are significant and positive updates from @GRI_Secretariat, especially on enhanced alignment with UNGPs. I definitely encourage those involved in the #bizhumanrights and #ESG worlds to review and engage.