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Is your business ready for the Global Compact?
The Global Compact Self Assessment Tool is a free online tool, which enables companies to measure their performance on all 10 Global Compact principles, covering human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
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Towards a Rule-based China
INVITATION: DIHR hosts a conference on Chinese law. 17th-18th June.
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DIHR Discusses Death Penalty in Southern Africa
Civil society organisations and experts from more than ten African countries met in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to discuss strategies to achieve abolishment of death penalty in Southern Africa.
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Final Communique
The Members of the Southern Africa Human Rights NGO Network (SAHRiNGON) held a Consultative Meeting in Dar es Salaam Tanzania under the auspices of the Tanzanian Chapter between 21st and 22nd April, 2010 to deliberate on Abolition of the Death Penalty in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.
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President’s Policies caused Rebellion in Kyrgyzstan, says DIHR Expert
As political turmoil continues in Kyrgyzstan, a DIHR expert explains that President Bakiyev must bear much of the blame for the unrest. This troubled Central Asian country was once a model for democratic reform.
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Three Danish Companies Awarded for Diversity
The Danish Institute for Human Rights announces the winners of the MIA Award which is presented to employers that promote diversity and equal treatment in the workplace. Danish Employment Minister, Inger Støjberg presented the awards at a ceremony in Copenhagen on 25 March.
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Doha Statement pushes for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
After the conclusion of the fifth Arab-European Human Rights Dialogue (AEHRD) meeting in Qatar, representatives from national human rights institutions in Europe and the Arab world agree to work towards promoting women’s rights and mainstreaming gender equality in both regions.
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DIHR to downsize organization
Decline in revenues and rising costs mean that the Danish Institute for Human Rights will have to lay off staff and sharpen its focus on key areas.
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Arab-European Human Rights Dialogue opens in Qatar
The fifth annual meeting of the Arab-European Human Rights Dialogue opened on Monday in the Qatari capital Doha, Qatar. Hosted by the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) in Qatar the conference brings together human rights activists from the Arab and European countries to discuss women’s rights.
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DIHR first to assist Turkish State Reform
The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) has finalised a project to harmonise the Turkish civil service with human rights practices. This is the first time ever that the Turkish Ministry of Interior has accepted such an independent analysis.
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Women’s Rights will challenge Arab-European Dialogue
The fifth Arab-European Human Rights Dialogue – which is to take place from 8-10 March in Doha-Qatar - will deal with the rights of women and gender equality. This is one of the “most challenging” areas to tackle, says DIHR coordinator, Mu’ayyad Mehyar.
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DIHR Elected Chair of NHRI Working Group on Business and Human Rights
The Danish Institute for Human Rights has been elected Chair of the Working Group on Business and Human Rights of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC). DIHR’s Director, Dr Jonas Christoffersen, will be the Chairperson.
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Learning Lessons from the HIV AIDS Pandemic
The renowned health and HIV/AIDS expert, Professor Aart Hendricks, spoke at a recent seminar organised by the Danish Institute for Human Rights, about the legal and human rights lessons that can be learned from the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the problems which still need to be solved.
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Chinese Government becoming Greener say NGOs
Representatives from two Chinese environmental organisations recently visited DIHR to discuss their work to strengthen environmental protection in the world’s most populous country. Government attitudes have changed for the better, they say.
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CSHRN proposals to prevent Civilian Casualties in Helmand
DIHR’s main partner in Afghanistan, the Civil Society Human Rights Network, is shocked over the death of 12 innocent civilians killed by NATO forces on 14 February during the Moshtarak operation, and has put forward proposals to avoid future killings of non-combatants.
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US-German Experts learn about Climate Change and Human Rights
What has climate change to do with human rights? A group of leading US and German journalists and academics attended a lecture at the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) to find out. The visit was organised by the Journalists and Experts Alumni Program and the Körber Foundation in Hamburg.
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Honduran High Commission approves Environmental Law Revision
With support from DIHR, the High Commission of Justice in Honduras has recently approved a comprehensive revision of the country’s environmental legislation. The revision will create the basis for better laws in this area, says DIHR expert.
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In Memoriam: Nick Howen, former Secretary General of ICJ
Nick Howen, who was Secretary General of the International Commission of Jurists between 2004 and 2009, passed away on 26 January after a long illness. He will be sorely missed by everyone in the human rights community.
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Head of Arab-Israeli Network visits DIHR
In a short courtesy visit to the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Hussein Abu Hussein, Chairman of Ittijah, a Network of 70 Arab-Israeli NGOs and Arab community-based associations in Israel, spoke about the discrimination being faced by Palestinians living in Israel.
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Tackling Domestic Violence in Afghanistan
In the wake of a major summit on Afghanistan, DIHR’s main partner in the country, the Civil Society Human Rights Network (CSHRN), launches a strategy to reduce domestic violence in the western province of Herat.
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DIHR submits Recommendations to Yemen Summit
The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) submitted a position paper to the Yemen Security Summit, which opened on 28 January in London. Build on existing reforms and support the legitimacy of the Yemeni state, urged the Institute.
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Freedom of Association under Threat in Mediterranean
A new report on freedom of association in the Mediterranean region reveals that there has been “little or no improvement” since 2008 and that individuals’ right to associate has actually deteriorated in countries such as Libya, Tunisia and Syria, where human rights activists risk arrest or physical assault.
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First free Website to offer country risk Information for Businesses
The Danish Institute for Human Rights will shortly be launching the world’s first free website to help companies run their businesses in developing states in accordance with international human rights standards.
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Do we need a World Court for Human Rights?
One of the world’s leading authorities on human rights, Professor Manfred Nowak, argued for the establishment of a world court of human rights in this year’s Isi Foighel lecture organised jointly by the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) and the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
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Russia ratifies Protocol 14 on Human Rights Court Reform
After years of prevarication, the Russian parliament finally voted to back Protocol 14, a key component of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights which paves the way for court reform. The President of the European Court of Human Rights, Jean-Paul Costa, welcomed the decision.
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Preventing Hooliganism or restricting Democracy?
In the wake of the Copenhagen climate summit in December, The UK Guardian newspaper asked the Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Jonas Christoffersen, to comment on law enforcement during the conference.
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Combating ‘Culture of Secrecy’ in Arab World
At a recent event in Jordan, 60 activists, parliamentarians, journalists and lawyers from across the Middle East and North Africa mapped out an agenda for action for freedom of information in the region. DIHR expert, Mu’ayyad Mehyar, welcomes the initiative and hopes for a change in the region’s ‘culture of secrecy.’
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30th Anniversary of Women’s Rights Convention
Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the international human rights treaty for women, has just celebrated its 30th anniversary.
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Denmark proposes ten-year Limit for DNA Register
A new bill proposed by the Danish government will cut back the length of time that the police may retain a suspect’s DNA samples and fingerprints to ten years, if the person turns out to be innocent. But this limit is still too high, according to the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
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DIHR criticises Police Use of Force
Mass detentions during last weekend's demonstrations in Copenhagen represent a "worrying" extension of the police's use of force, according to the Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights pointing out that handcuffed demonstrators were forced to sit for hours in the cold.
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Network sends Open Letter to President Karzai
As Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, assembles a new Afghan government, the Civil Society and Human Rights Network (CSHRN) sends him an open letter to warn about the need to tackle problems such as warlordism and economic deprivation, and to highlight the importance of developing a civil society based on the rule of law.
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