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Following broad advocacy work in the build-up to Norway’s hearing before the UPR mechanism, representatives of different member organisations of the Norwegian NGO Forum for Human Rights also attend the hearing.

Marking the opening of the 6th session of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review mechanism, the human rights situation in Eritrea goes under scrutiny this morning. Following the submission of a so-called other stakeholders’ report for the deadline in April, a delegation of representatives of four different Eritrean diasporas are present to advocate their report. HRHF Oslo and Geneva have provided editorial advice, facilitated the advocacy and secured the financial support to bring the delegation to Geneva.

The Copenhagen Summit will debate one of the most important public issues of the past thirty years. Many scientists and advocates predict climate change will kill potentially hundreds of millions of people worldwide over the coming decades. This begs the question: is there a special responsibility for the media to exercise restraint in reporting climate change? Or are we witnessing the rise of an unchallengeable orthodoxy?

within ’16 Days of Activism’

within ”16 Days of Activism”

for young female activists

within ”16 Days of Activism”

within ”16 Days of Activism”

Following the submission of a report on the human rights situation in Eritrea to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, a coalition of five diaspora organisations and networks, representing four different continents, are currently in Geneva to advocate the main issues of concern and suggest recommendations for a select group of national delegations, for them to place those during the Universal Periodic Review hearing of Eritrea, in the morning of Monday 30 November.