CHILDREN'S RIGHTS Registrations are open for the final child rights webinar of 2021 on the intersection with disability, with Rosemary Kayess, Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disability and Julie Charlton, 14 December 1pm AEDT. REGISTER HERE

HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA - 30 YEARS AFTER THE PARIS PEACE AGREEMENT Mark the International Day for the Prevention of Genocide, with The Hon Gareth Evans, and Sopheap Chak, Executive Director, Cambodian Centre for Human Rights, moderated by DTP alumna HE Yuyun Wahyuningrum, 9th December, 2pm AEDT. REGISTER HERE

ADVOCACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR A CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM FOR THE DIASPORA IN 2021: The 40 participants have had presentations on lobbying, the UN mechanisms and business and human rights from Janelle Saffin,MLC, Senator Dean Smith, Senator Janet Rice, Ben Lee and Chris Sidoti. Human rights updates from Myanmar here See Chris Sidoti on targeting businesses linked to military

More news next issue on DTP's INDONESIA and PNG programs.

Papuan Church Council calls on the international community to pressure the Indonesian government to end military operations in West Papua READ MORE.

Alumni in Timor-Leste (top) and Fiji (bottom) join Papuans around the world raising the Morning Star flag on the 60th anniversary of the declaration of Papuan Independence

Dickson Ntwiga was a discussant in the "Mass Migration And Social Identity Conflicts" Conference

Congratulations to Jonathan Mesulam and Solwara Warriors – winners of Bob Brown Foundation Award for work to stop Deep Sea Mining

Irene Xavier advises that Malaysia has agreed to ratify ILO Protocol 29 to eradicate forced labour

Congratulations to Adrian Pereira of North South Institute - one of six Malaysians honoured on Malaysia Day

Jenny Ligo shared the BHR challenges in Vanuatu ahead of the 2nd UN Pacific Forum on Business and Human Rights

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Issue #139 December 2021

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