In this issue, we profile Timorese DTP alumnus Cipriano Manuel Das Neves, who works with Timorese youth. We provide information about DTP's programs and upcoming webinars, reports on recent programs and news from alumni, partners and the region, and calls from the UN for your engagement. DTP also congratulates two former Board Members, John Pace and Olga Havnen who received the Order of Australia for their significant contributions and service to human rights and the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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WEBINAR SERIES - HUMAN RIGHTS, DIGITAL RIGHTS AND AI The second webinar in the series - Children's Online Rights with Professor Tama Leaver and Dr Rys Farthing, moderated by DTP trainer and Board member Noam Peleg will be held 18 June at 4.00pm AEST REGISTER HERE The first webinar, An Introduction to Governing Digital Rights with DTP alumni Indriaswati Saptaningrum and Nenden Sekar Arum with David Mejia-Canales WATCH HERE 

WEBINAR SERIES – Ending Impunity for Violators of Human Rights - The Magnitsky Acts and Australia in partnership with STARTTS. The first two webinars in the Magnitsky Act series are now available. Understanding the Magnitsky Act: Origins, Provisions and Global Impact with Sir Bill Browder and Vadim Kleiner and moderated by Anton Moiseienko. WATCH HERE The second webinar Accountability: Case Studies in Targeted Sanctions with Phil Robertson, Elizabeth Wood and Anton Moiseienko. WATCH HERE

HUMAN RIGHTS WEBINAR SERIES - UN Human Rights Accountability Mechanisms now available. The Treaty Bodies with Professor Chinsung Chung and Darren Dick WATCH THE WEBINAR The Universal Periodic Review with Joshua Cooper and Oliver Ray WATCH THE WEBINAR and The Special Procedures with Clement Voule and Professor Ben Saul WATCH THE WEBINAR

GENOCIDE WEBINAR SERIES - three webinars on Genocide and the Genocide Convention are available CLICK HERE

UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (UNDRIP) WEBINAR SERIES NOW AVAILABLE HERE. Implementing and Enhancing the Right to Self-Determination with Les Malezer, Founding Chairperson of FAIRA and Monica Morgan. WATCH THE WEBINAR Implementing UNDRIP in Australia with Dr Albert K. Barume, The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Les Malezer and Ngarra Murray, Co-Chair of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria WATCH HERE UNDRIP and the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues with Professor Claire Charters and Les Malezer WATCH HERE

THE OECD GUIDELINES ON RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS CONDUCT AND THE NATIONAL CONTACT POINTS (NCP) WEBINAR SERIES. 1st webinar: An Introduction to the Australian NCP, featuring speakers Laura Llewellyn (Director, AusNCP), John Southalan (Independent Examiner, AusNCP) and DTP alumnus Pillkyu Hwang. WATCH THE WEBINAR

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS: in partnership with Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 9-13 June. A regional capacity building program for Indigenous Peoples advocates. With 23 participants from 7 countries, and five DTP alumni returning as trainers. AIPP Secretary General led the session on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Self-Determination. There was a focus on the OECD Guidelines on RBC with Serena Lillywhite AM. READ MORE

HUMAN RIGHTS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUSINESS IN THE PACIFIC: in partnership with PIANGO, Fiji Council of Social Services and OHCHR-PRO, 23-27 June, Fiji. A regional capacity building program bringing human rights and climate advocates and civil society organisations together from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. READ MORE

WORKSHOP ON ENGAGING WITH UN ANTI-TORTURE MECHANISMS: Sydney, June 26 in partnership with NSW STARTTS. A capacity building workshop at NSW Parliament for community leaders and members of diaspora communities on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Shortlisting is in progress READ MORE

33rd ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEOPLES' DIPLOMACY TRAINING PROGRAM: Timor-Leste, August 25 - September 5, 2025 - at the invitation of President José Ramos-Horta and in partnership with Global Campus of Human Rights, Justice System Monitoring Project and Human Rights Centre, UNTL – AIPP, FORUM-ASIA, PIANGO and MFA. Shortlisting of over 170 applicants is in progress READ MORE

BREAKING BARRIERS AND BUILDING BELONGING SYMPOSIUM in partnership with CORE Community Services Sydney, 14 March 2025. DTP joined advocates, thought leaders and community members for a day's symposium marking IDERD and the 50th anniversary of the Racial Discrimination Act to explore the ongoing fight to eradicate racism. READ MORE

CONSULTATION WORKSHOP FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS, PACIFIC PROGRAM in partnership with CCF, PIANGO and OHCHR-ROP: 25-27 June, 2024 17 Pacific CSOs and experts participated in a consultation workshop to develop a new capacity building strategy on human rights, climate change and business in the Pacific. READ THE REPORT

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International Service for Human Rights invitation to participate in survey that seeks to put forward a vision of an effective, efficient and responsive UN human rights system, as defined by human rights defenders TAKE THE SURVEY

OHCHR Call for inputs on human rights and cultural diversity, deadline 11 July READ MORE

OHCHR/UPEACE/UNESCO Interactive E-Learning Module on Operationalizing the Right to Development in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, deadline 9 July READ MORE

OHCHR/UNIVERSITY OF PEACE Interactive E-Learning Module on Mainstreaming the Right to Development in Voluntary National Review Reporting for Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals, deadline 20 August READ MORE

OHCHR Guidance notes: Defining ‘Terrorism’ in National Criminal Legislation – includes a checklist of common human rights issues in counter-terrorism legislation and related recommendations READ MORE

2025 IUTC Global Rights Index: The World’s Worst Countries for Workers READ MORE

UN Environment Programme: Core Human Rights Principles for Private Conservation Organizations and Funders READ MORE

Manushya Foundation: From Colonial Exploitation to Climate Vulnerability: A Legacy of Injustice for Marginalized Communities – Non-Economic Loss and Damage in Asia and the Pacific READ THE REPORT

Another World is Possible, A Feminist World is Possible: Policy Brief on Women’s Human Rights, Macroeconomic Transformation and Development Justice READ MORE

DTP acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, the Bedegal people of the Eora Nation. We recognise their lands were never ceded, and we acknowledge their struggles for recognition and rights and pay our respects to the Elders – past, present – and the youth who are working towards a brighter tomorrow. This continent always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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