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Regional Consultations : developing sub- themes and concept of the workshop By Liza Sekaggya; Focal Point for Cooperation with RHRMs ; OHCHR THE PROCESS ? Americas • Coopration with the Inter American Commission and Court on human rights • Context: IACHR 157th session , Washington April 2016 • Key participants: Civil society actors (approx 80 organisations of HRDs),OHCHR, IACHR Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders . Key participants. -: http://goo.gl/O8snt • Member, UN Working Group on Enforced, • UN SR on Independence of judges and lawyers • UN SR on Torture , SR VAW • IACHR Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression rAmerican Court on • Vice President of the Inter Human Rights NGOs included: Centro Pro, México,AIDA, Regional CONECTAS, COFAVIC Venezuela Americas Regional and UN human rights mechanisms and participation of human rights defenders and civil society: opportunities and challenges. PANEL 2 - Using Public spaces: rights and challenges in the hemisphere; Legal and administrative spheres PANEL 3 - Development, natural resources and civil society. Utilisation of the criminal justice system to penalize human rights defenders work Working groups: conclusions and identifying priority themes for Workshop on Regional Arrangements Geneva, October2016) Americas: Key Issue • Challenges faced by women human rights defenders, opportunities and challenges • Enforced disappearances and how UN and RHRMs cooperate: eg. joint statements , press releases etc • NGO concerns: many death threats and tragic deaths, have occurred; • states need to respect measures of protection imposed by RHRMs • CSOs to encourage visits of UNSRs, and put pressure on governments to allow the visits • Severe Anti terrorism laws Africa : Regional consultations • OHCHR and the African Union Commission on Women, Gender and Development Directorate and the AU Department of Citizens and Diaspora Organizations • Context : African Union (AU) High Level panel on Gender , equality and women’s empowerment (9-10 July 2016), preceeding the AU heads of States Summit in Kigali Rwanda • Key participants: OHCHR; UN Experts, including the SR on Slavery; • regional and sub-regional African human rights mechanisms including: the AU Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders; the ECOWAS Court, The East African Court of Justice ; NHRIs; African Ministers, Members of Parliament; and civil society organizations Africa : Key Issues • Plight of refugee and asylum seekers Addis Ababa framework –– common initiatives; joint missions; communication and reporting to HRC and UN GA -Addressing HR obligations of non-state actors (Business, Terrorists) -Great lakes – Impact of terrorism and women -Challenges – resource challenges ; individual activist and CSOs serve as early warning mechanisms Africa • Women’s rights organizations and NHRIs encouraged to use the UN and regional mechanisms e.g bringing cases ; amicus briefs to regional courts and mechanisms. • Cooperation between all mechanisms in follow up of recommendations was discussedo state parties was also a key area of discussion Asia Regional Consultation 29 August 2016, OHCHR and Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR),regional nonprofit organization in Indonesia and Bridges Across Borders South East Asia Community Legal Education Initiative (BABSEACLE) Context : the 5th Asia Pro Bono Conference; a workshop focused on current and Key Participants ? - OHCHR-Geneva Office - UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, - Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, - Member of the UN CEDAW - anlaw schools, bar associations, NGOs, policy makers - approx 200 participants OHCHR Asia Key issues: Key Themes: addressing mass human rights violations in contexts of transitions to democracy , gender based violence; transitional justice and stolen children lawyers were encouraged to inform clients on the UN HR system. Lawyers pursuing strategic litigation, and providing reports and information to the mechanisms. HRDs work to support women trafficked and abused Working with RHRMs and UN to deal with stolen children and human rights issues Relatives of victims Europe OHCHR and Council of Europe –co-organised Context :OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting- side event 21 September 2016 Key participants: : OSCE, ODHIR, CoE Commissioner for human Rights NGOs Key issues: Overall theme: “the deteriorating situation of human rights defenders in Europe” :. Shrinking space for HRD: regressive legislation, legal and admin hurdles for funding, smear campaigns in the media , reprisals, Violent attacks Trials and imprisonment on trumped charges HRDs stressed the states responsility to create enabling environment for CSOs- Need for more advocacy for vulnerable groups ore Themes of todays workshop Reflect the regional human rights issues/challenges faced by CSOs and HRDs Key global issues/cross cutting areas related to cooperation between UN , RHRMs, and CSOs. Top issues include: women,minorities, children, SOGI Issues discussed in all regions: reprisals, threats to life, regressive laws affecting CSOs, Thank You! http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/NHRI/Pages/Cooperation.aspxD: Questions?