#HRC41 👉 the interactive dialogue w/ Special Rapporteurs on freedom of expression, opinion and peaceful assembly and association is about to start. This week @MemorialMoscow is in Geneva to discuss restrictions to these fundamental freedoms in #Russia@rlafoundation@dw_freedom
Speaking about #privatesurveillance Special Rapporteur @davidakaye alerts the #HRC about the violations causes by private surveillance to the work of #HRD and journalist.
Earlier this week, representatives from @hrc_memorial met with the Rapporteur and discussed how restrictions to opinion and expression in law and practice - both online and offline - hinder the work of human rights defenders and organisations working in #Russia@rlafoundation
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đź’ĄHoje, durante a #HRC45 o Relator Especial sobre direitos humanos e substâncias e resĂduos perigosos @baskut_t apresentará um alarmante relatĂłrio e as importantes recomendações resultantes de sua visita ao 🇧🇷 em dezembro 2019. Nesse🧵(longo) destaco alguns trechos documento +
O relatório aponta que o Brasil está regredindo rapidamente no campo da #sustentabilidade e dos #dh.
"Imagens das queimadas desenfreadas na #FlorestaAmazĂ´nica capturam o panorama assustador desse declĂnio e da erosĂŁo do compromisso do paĂs com princĂpios internacionais"+
Sobre a indĂşstria extrativista e os desastres ambientais: "Em #Brumadinho em 2019 a força da lama tĂłxica desmembrou corpos e estilhaçou o que era uma comunidade bucĂłlica. FamĂlias e amigos suportam o intenso trauma de recuperar e identificar os corpos dos seus entes queridos +
#HRC45 📢 Acontecendo agora: Alta Comissária @mbachelet abre a sessĂŁo do Conselho de DH e menciona o aumento da violĂŞncia contra população rural e indĂgena no Brasil 🇧🇷 expressa tbm preocupação c/ o aumento da militarização das respostas por parte do governo brasileiro
"In Brazil, we are receiving reports of rural violence and evictions of landless communities, as well as attacks on human rights defenders and journalists, with at least 10 killings of human rights defenders confirmed this year. The continued erosion of ...+
... independent bodies for the consultation and participation of communities is also worrying. I call on the authorities to take strong measures to ensure that all decision-making is grounded in the contributions and needs of all people in Brazil +
#HRC40 coming up next 🇧🇷 👉 Brazilian minister of women, family and human rights, Damares Alves, will address the #HumanRightsCouncil. I wonder what she will have to say about #Bolsonaro’s human righst policies and the alarming state of human rights around the world.
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