She wasn’t wearing her Wonder Woman costume that day. Powerless and oblivious to any threat, 8-year-old Agatha Felix was shot in the back – apparently by a police officer – as she rode home in a van next to her mum. The girl died in hospital. She was only eight years old. In her community, kids learn how to survive at a very early age: when the first sound of … Read more →
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30 years of statelessness in the former Soviet Union
Almost three decades have passed since the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union and the subsequent proclamation of independence by fifteen states. Soviet nationality ceased to exist and most former Soviet Republics adopted their own nationality laws yet the collapse of the USSR is one of the events in recent history that has resulted in mass statelessness. In Ukraine around 35,000 people were left stateless (or at risk of statelessness) … Read more →
The world can’t wait, and neither will we- IOHR participates in the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
The United Nations Civil Society Conference is a prelude to the UN General Assembly held in New York in September each year. It is shaped as a conversation to bring together representatives of civil society from around the world with senior UN officials, to discuss the challenges of delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030. The conference ensures that civil society’s voice is represented amongst the cacophony of the … Read more →
Cage Homes and Internet Restrictions – a Turning Point for Human Rights in Hong Kong?
In recent weeks and months, thousands, and at times, maybe around a million Hong Kong citizens have come out to march on Hong Kong streets in peaceful protest. On 23 August, a 30-mile human chain was formed by protesters holding hands. Recently, some of the protests have erupted into violence. Why are Hong Kong people marching and why is there violence? Hong Kong is a city state, geographically and politically … Read more →
Stuck between Turkey and Europe – new NGO pleas highlight dangers for women and children at Moria refugee camp
Salam Aldeen has been helping refugees on the Greek island of Lesvos since 2015.He left his home in Denmark on 5th September of that year, his birthday, but more significantly than that – two days after he first saw pictures in the news of a young Syrian boy … Read more →
Saudi Arabia’s new laws for women – a small step but still not enough
Earlier this week it was announced that the Saudi Arabian government passed new laws that afford women long overdue rights. Taking effect at the end of August, the new laws permit women over the age of twenty-one to apply for a passport and travel freely without male guardianship and permission. As well as this were changes to family laws — women can now register a marriage, divorce, or child’s birth, … Read more →