And - So much excitement in one day after months of not posting - we are also hiring! Come work with me, great opportunity for pre-law or pre-grad school folks wanting human rights experience. We will be reviewing applications soon. @HumanRightsJobs @FordhamLawNYC
The Leitner Center is #hiring! The position for Program Assistant at the Leitner Center is open and reviewed on a rolling basis - see our job opportunities here: leitnercenter.org/contact/
#humanrights #humanrightsjobs #nonprofitjobs
So excited that our new website is finally out in the wild. Organized information about our work, opportunities for students, partner organizations, and information about our alumni! #humanrights #education @FordhamLawNYC
Thrilled to share our new, revamped, website with students, partners, and supporters! leitnercenter.org
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Dear @NYCSchools no one wants to do remote learning— let kids and teachers have a snow day— we don’t need more time in front of computer screens. Also don’t assume parents can be around to help their kids with a full day of remote school. Signed NYC parents.
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📣🎉 THREAD: We are thrilled to announce our new Executive Director, @EliseKeppler!
Elise is an internationally recognized international justice expert who joins GJC after two decades with @hrw.
👇 Learn more about Elise and her vision for GJC. globaljusticecenter.net/pres…
Proud to stand w/ Afghans & Iranians urging #UNGA to make gender apartheid a crime against humanity. We can't miss this window to recognize institutionalized gender oppression for what it is: apartheid. See the endgenderapartheid.today/bri… w/ @EGAcampaign @SLPJustice @GlobalJusticeC
Please join us! Zoom link below.
📢UPCOMING EVENT - "The World Simply Gave Up": International Law and the Role of Non-State Entities in Humanitarian Evacuations in Afghanistan
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 12.30 EDT/18.30 CEST.
Register!: shorturl.at/coqJ4
#Afghanistan #Law
Our upcoming report on #humanitarian #evacuations from #Afghanistan in 2021 documents the important role played by non-state entities: 40+ people generously gave interviews to tell us about their work to evacuate at risk Afghans during the withdrawal of US and other states
Join the Leitner Center and @kas_rlpa @KASonline for our Hybrid Roundtable & Report launch📣📣: “Int’ll Law & Humanitarian Evacs in Afghanistan: The Role of non-State Entities” on Sept 20, 12.30 EDT/18.30 CEST. Register: tinyurl.com/v94wwseb
Such a privilege to have @JMacForFamilies and @HinaEsq in our Clinic seminar yesterday @LeitnerCenter @FordhamRaceLaw
Had a wonderful day with @HinaEsq at Fordham U today. We discussed international advocacy, specifically CERD - the students were very engaged - which is what made it so wonderful.
Always proud to be a member of @GlobalJusticeC and work with colleagues like @akilaGJC and @ShannonRSingh
NEW: To mark Sunday's 50-year anniversary of #RoeVWade, @akilaGJC sat down with our board member @ShannonRSingh to reflect on their own abortion and how it shaped their lives and careers as abortion rights advocates.
Don't miss their full conversation: youtu.be/wOCMFrphHi0
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This semester, Fordham Law launched the Global Anti-Racism Clinic—one of the first of its kind in the country. The clinic is a joint initiative of @LeitnerCenter and @FordhamRaceLaw and led by Profs. Paolo Galizzi, MacArthur Fellow Gay McDougall, @zenandebooi, and @ewickeri.
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Sadly, CBC closing its China bureau after 40+ yrs in Beijing. In the 5 yrs I was there, official roadblocks made it increasingly difficult to report, and Beijing unresponsive in granting new visas to CBC. Still, being there remains best way to tell China story. Hope we’ll return
Thrilled to be embarking on this project!
📢We are starting a project on int’l law & Afghanistan evacs! Inviting individuals and members of NGOs/collectives who've been involved to share their experiences. For more info & to participate, contact [email protected]‼️
#Afghanistan #intllaw #HumanRights #NGO
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China is asking the United Nations human rights chief to bury a highly-anticipated report on human rights violations in #Xinjiang, according to a Chinese letter seen by Reuters and confirmed by diplomats from three countries who received it. reuters.com/world/china/excl…
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The UN's Human Rights Committee raised a number of concerns at a meeting with the Hong Kong delegation last and this week, grilling officials about the use of Covid-19 rules to ban protests, the state of press freedom and more.
Photo: UN, via screenshot.
HKFP is a critical resource for reporting and media freedom in #HongKong. I just donated and so should you: support.hongkongfp.com/ @hkfp
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Hong Kong schools should remove books that endanger national security, education secretary says
hongkongfp.com/2022/06/06/ho…
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Happy Labour Day. Late last month a Hong Kong judge denied former union leader Carol Ng's bail application in part because her trade union work had given her international connections that could be used to "further the hostility against the authorities."
More distressing news
Human Rights Press Awards axed after Stand News wins; 8 FCC press freedom committee members quit – sources
hongkongfp.com/2022/04/25/hu…
Such an incredible group!
Honoured to be shortlisted for UN SR on Torture, and even more so to be listed alongside women whose work I’ve long admired -among them @Sabrina_Mahtani @DrAliceJEdwards @Laveroha @piyamuqit. We will hopefully see the first ever female SR-T drawn from this thrilling shortlist!
Wow and I didn’t see @Sabrina_Mahtani ! 🎉
Great candidates for the #UN Special Rapporteur on #Torture. Some are on Twitter- @Sabrina_Mahtani @SaretaAshraph @Laveroha @DrAliceJEdwards
(Apologies if I've missed anyone!) Best wishes all!
