The Global Campus of Human Rights announced the renewed commitment from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support the “Annual Human Rights and People’s Diplomacy Training Program for Human Rights Defenders from the Asia-Pacific Region” in collaboration with the Human Rights Centre of the National University of Timor-Leste (HRC-UNTL) and Justice System Monitoring Project.

24 webinars on the Convention on the Rights of the Child are available here. Each webinar features leading child’s rights experts, practitioners and young people exploring the challenges in realising children’s rights in practices.

Anna Rosario Malindog-Uy is the Vice President and Director at the Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development (ISSCAD) at Peking University, Beijing, China. Anna is an advocate for the right to development of the Global South countries.

"By equipping me substantially with the practical skills and knowledge to navigate complex diplomatic channels, the DTP empowered me to voice my communities' needs on larger platforms and engage in productive dialogue with international stakeholders."

Victoria state authorities confirm that Monica Morgan, DTP alumna and Yorta Yorta woman, was racially vilified for her campaigning for the eradication of feral animals on traditional Indigenous lands.

Gebril Atong shares article chronicling the way companies and the Sarawak state authorities are devastating the environment through increasing palm oil plantations and marginalising remote Indigenous communities.

Terrell Oung welcomed participants of the Australia Awards Fellows Myanmar Program to SBS Studios during their visit. The visit, part of the three-week program, shared how public broadcasting supports migrant and refugee communities through its different language services and special programming, including to Indigenous and First Nations communities.

Yuyun Wahyuningrum, Director of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, opinion piece in the Jakarta Post on the ICC arrest warrant of Min Aung Hlaing (see below) arguing that ASEAN and the UN must act to hold the junta accountable and provide assistance to displaced communities.

Mimin Dwi Hartono shares his article on Indonesia’s commitment to protection of the environment through transition from fossil-based to renewable and environmentally-friendly energy, and repairs to degraded forests.

Nukila Evanty shares the challenges facing Suke Laut Indigenous communities in the Riau islands where the expansion of extractive industries has caused significant environmental damage and impacted on their livelihood.

This Human Rights Day the UN will focus on how human rights are a pathway to solutions, playing a critical role as a preventative, protective and transformative force for good. READ MORE

OHCHR: Call for inputs for the preparation of the Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on “Combating discrimination, violence and harmful practices against intersex persons”, deadline 20 December READ MORE

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions calls for input: Rights of Families of Victims of Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (Unlawful Deaths), deadline 20 December READ MORE

DTP's 2023 Annual Report is now available. It showcases DTP's activity throughout the past year as we returned to face-to-face programs.

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