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20 years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, a new major UN Conference on Sustainable Development has been called, to take place in Rio in June 2012. Preparations are going on, in the UN system, among governments and in civil society organizations. The main focus of the conference shall be on Green Economy in the context of Sustainable Development and Poverty eradication, and the issue of international governance of sustainable development.

The Human Rights House Tbilisi is inviting journalists (from regions and from Tbilisi) to the Workshop on public data accessibility.
The main purpose of the workshop is to develop journalists’ skills in accessing public information.
Participants of the workshop can be representative of any media (print and electronic) from Tbilisi as well as from different regions of Georgia.
HRH Tbilisi will cover travel expenses of regional journalists after presenting the documentation.
Workshop will be held at HRH Tbilisi on April 8, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Address: Tbilisi, Niko Nikoladze str. 7 (entrance from the yard)
Tel: 935227
Interested journalists can sent us CV and Motivation Letter via the following email: mediacentre.hrht@gmail.com
Deadline for the application: 6 p.m., April 4, 2011

This side-event will be a discussion on a national plan to implement the Universal Periodic Review recommendations accepted by the Republic of Croatia. Croatia has accepted to “adopt a transparent and inclusive process with a civil society in the implementation of universal periodic review recommendations” (recommendation 96.8 by Norway).

Together with a number of other international human rights NGOs, HRHF hosts this debate addressing the need for stronger institutional responses to reprisals against persons cooperating with the UN. Florian Irminger, Head of HRHF’s Geneva Office, will be on the panel, presenting cases of reprisals against lawyers and human rights organisations in Belarus.

When: Tuesday, 8. March 2011 To: Friday, 11. March 2011 Where: Geneva, UN Human Rights Council Host: Human Rights House Foundation’s Geneva Office

At the parallel event jointly organised by the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders and the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF), key human rights defenders and experts from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and the North Caucasus (Russian Federation) will discuss the challenges for human rights defenders in the Caucasus.

English PEN is calling on our members to join a worldwide reading campaign for our Honorary Member imprisoned writer and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo. The aim of the campaign, organised by the Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin, is to encourage as many of Liu’s supporters around the world to stage a reading of Liu Xiaobo’s poem ‘You Wait for me with Dust’ on 20 March 2011.

To: Sunday, 20. March 2011 Where: worldwide Host: Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin

The 11th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards honour those who, often at great personal risk, have given voice to issues and stories from around the globe that would otherwise have passed unnoticed.