We are concluding our series of contributions on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In this issue we publish a contribution by Karen Gomez-Dumpit, friend of DTP, former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines, and campaigner against the death penalty since 1993. She outlines the current state of the death penalty around the world and holds up the successful campaign against its re-introduction in the Philippines as a model for the anti-death penalty struggle. READ MORE

This marks the last DTP eNews for 2023. On behalf of the DTP team, we wish you all a safe and restful holiday season, offer our hopes for a more peaceful and just New Year and look forward to working with you in 2024. Please join us before then though for our last Webinar on Child Rights, the Environment and Climate Change.

In this issue we share updates on DTP programs and news from alumni, partners, the UN and the region.

DTP CHILD RIGHTS AND THE NEW GENERAL COMMENT 26 WEBINAR SERIES: Next webinar - Children's Rights and Climate Change: Australia and the Pacific, tomorrow 12 December at 1pm AEDT. Speakers include Justice Vui Clarence Nelson, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and Tamara Logan, Save the Children. REGISTER HERE Catch up on the 28 November webinar Children's Rights and Climate Change: The Obligations of Governments WATCH HERE

ASIA DEMOCRACY ASSEMBLY: AIPP and DTP hosted a session on Recognising Indigenous Peoples, Building Democratic Resilience in Asia.

• READ THE SCHEDULE
• POWERPOINT FROM GAM A. SHIMRAY, SECRETARY GENERAL (AIPP)
• POWERPOINT FROM JOANNA K. CARINO (CORDILLERA PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE
• POWERPOINT FROM THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 

AIPP-DTP 2023 REGIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER EXCHANGE PROGRAM: 48 participants from nine countries gathered in Nepal from 3-7 September 2023. Topics discussed included the shared challenges around issues of land grabbing, and the denial of recognition of identity, cultures, and traditional knowledge. READ MORE

31st ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEOPLES' DIPLOMACY TRAINING PROGRAM: This program ran from 21 August-1 September in Timor-Leste. The 24 participants, from 10 countries, had sessions on the UN system and mechanisms, the rights of women, LGBTQI+, children and disability, video advocacy and had the chance to hear from activists working on the ground both in the region and in Timor-Leste. READ THE REPORT

UDHR @ 75: DTP ASIAN ALUMNI WORKSHOP/TRAINING - 26-27 JUNE 2023: DTP’s first workshop with DTP alumni in Asia took place in Bangkok from 26-27 June, with 28 alumni from 10 countries and DTP partners, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) and Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP). FORUM-ASIA was also well represented by its Chair (Jerald Joseph) and Executive Director (Aileen Balcaso), both DTP alumni. READ MORE Thanks to alumnus Rafeek Ravuther for documenting the event. WATCH THE VIDEO 

UDHR @ 75: DTP PACIFIC ALUMNI WORKSHOP/TRAINING - 8-9 JUNE 2023: DTP alumni from Fiji, Papua New Guinea/Bougainville, Solomon Islands and Tonga gathered in Nadi, Fiji to reflect on DTP’s contribution to human rights movements, discuss the current context and priority needs for human rights movements, and building DTP’s alumni networks. READ THE REPORT

DTP ALUMNI - NETWORKING SURVEY: DTP surveyed its alumni from 1990–2023 on networking. A big thanks to the 250 plus alumni who responded. READ THE REPORT

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Open Society Foundations announces new fund to advance women's political leadership 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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