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OHCHR. (2023, February 28). OHCHR | Call for input: Comprehensive report on “Importance of casualty recording for the promotion and protection of human rights.” OHCHR. https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2023/call-input-comprehensive-report-importance-casualty-recording-promotion-and

Background In resolution 50/11, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner “to prepare, in consultation with all States, relevant United Nations entities, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions, a comprehensive report on the impact of casualty recording on the promotion and protection of human rights, including relevant practices, in particular the role of casualty recording in upholding and fulfilling the rights of victims of armed conflict, post-conflict situations

Background Since 2012, the General Assembly has adopted annual resolutions mandating the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to prepare two reports per year, one to the Human Rights Council and one to the General Assembly, on the implementation of General Assembly resolutions on combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.

Objectives of the report The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, wishes to focus his next thematic report to the General Assembly on “the use of technology in facilitating and preventing contemporary forms of slavery”.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child is currently drafting a general comment on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change.

Background Inclusive social protection is an important and timely issue affecting the respect, protection, and fulfilment of the rights of the child around the world.

Dagmar Hovestädt, head of outreach and research at the Stasi Records Archive at the Federal Archives in Germany presents A Legacy of the DDR: The Stasi Records Archive. Dagmar Hovestädt was the spokeswoman of the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records (BStU) from 2011 to 2021. Currently she heads the department outreach and research at the Stasi Records Archive at the Federal Archives in Germany. As part of her duties, she implements strategy on continued research into the Stasi...

Raymond Frogner, responsable des archives au Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation de l’Université du Manitoba présente Les Lieux de Sépulture Non-Marqués des Pensionnats Indiens du Canada. Cette intervention présentera certaines des sources archivistiques référencées lors de l'enquête sur les lieux de sépulture non marqués situés à proximité des pensionnats autochtones au Canada. Cette recherche est confrontée à de nombreux défis, notamment le caractère fragmentaire des...

Ruth Elena Borja Santa Cruz, Profesora Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Perú - El Uso de los Archivos por la Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación de Perú La utilización de los archivos en la tarea de reconstrucción de nuestra historia reciente de violaciones de derechos humanos ha sido puesta de relevancia a través del trabajo realizado por la Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR). Su Unidad de Documentación localizó y recopiló información bibliográfica y...

Peter Horsman, Professor Emeriti – University of Amsterdam presents Documenting Genocide Justice: The Rwanda Gacaca Archive Peter Horseman previously worked with the Netherlands Archives School, Municipal Archives of Dordrecht, and the National Archives of the Netherlands. Currently, he is active as a consultant, mostly in the field of (electronic) records and archives management, and digital preservation (both for public and private organizations). He is currently involved in a data...

Oradores: Claudio Ogass Bilbao, Estudiante de Doctorado en Archivos y Gestión Documental de la Universidad de Liverpool , y Francisco González Villanueva, Geólogo de la Universidad de Chile Mapeo del Cambio Climático para Proteger los Archivos El objetivo de esta presentación es compartir una metodología en construcción para identificar los potenciales riesgos provocados por el cambio climático que amenazan la sostenibilidad y el contenido de los archivos en diferentes partes del mundo,...

Gilles Manceron, Historien spécialiste du colonialisme français L’accès aux archives en France : entre les principes républicains et le poids de l’Etat, des difficultés persistent. Lors de la Révolution française, le droit des citoyens à consulter les archives publiques a été proclamé, mais les différents régimes qui ont suivi ont eu tendance à considérer celles-ci comme leur propriété et à entraver cet accès. Il faut attendre les lois de 1979 et de 2008 pour que les délais de...

Giulia Barrera Operation Condor was a secret, illegal cooperation agreement among Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay in 1975 to track down and eliminate political opponents who had taken refuge abroad. After the 1973 coups in Chile and Uruguay, thousands of opponents from these countries fled to Argentina, which already hosted a wide community of Paraguayan refuges; in the following years, thousands of Argentinians took refuge abroad as well. Due to the Condor system...

Adel Maizi – Archivist and Past President for the IVD’s Commission for the Preservation of Memory Presentation: The Truth and Dignity Commission (Instance Vérité et Dignité, IVD) of Tunisia is the only truth commission that was formed following the Arab Spring revolutions, which swept across the Arab region in 2011. After five years of work, 63,000 complaints of violations, tens of thousands of interviews and 12 televised public hearings, the Commission released its final report in March 2019.

Graham Dominy, Former National Archivist of South Africa Intertwined Challenges: Competing Interests in the Archiving and Accessing of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Record

In July 2005 a huge explosion in the Guatemalan Capital leads to the discovery of the historic archive of the National Police. On the grounds of the today's Police Academy used to be located the island, the secret prison of notori...

In the final days before the election, President Trump and Republicans are trying again to highlight the caravan, which he called “an invasion of our country.”

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (2016, March). Against the Odds: CICIG in Guatemala. Refworld. https://www.refworld.org/docid/5799f4814.html

Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks. The information has been carefully selected and compiled from UNHCR's global network of field offices, Governments, international, regional and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and judicial bodies.

It's mostly about currying favor with the United States, not Israel.

The administration has started sending migrants back to Guatemala.