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HOW TO PRESENT YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON A GLOBAL STAGE
To Geneva and Back:
February 12, 20142 pm EST
Host: USHRN ICCPR Taskforce
Moderator: Yolande Tomlinson, PhD
National Education Coordinator,US Human Rights Network
Who We Are
How we work: ICCPR Taskforce
Jamil Dakwar, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (co-chair) Nasrina Bargzie, Asian Law Caucus (co-chair) Sarah Paoletti, University of Pennsylvania Law School Efia Nwangaza, Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination Chief Gary Harrison, Chickaloon Village Jennifer Prestholdt & Amy Bergquist, Advocates for Human Rights Katrina Anderson, Center for Reproductive Rights Kimi Lee, Excluded Workers Congress Latrina Kelly-James, Junta for Progressive Action Lauren E. Bartlett, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law,
American University Washington College of Law Margaret Huang & Alyssa Escarce, Rights Working Group Mary Gerisch, Vermont Workers Center Tina Minkowitz, Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors
of Psychiatry
Agenda
Update on the ICCPR Coordination Process and Plans Moving Forward Nasrina Bargzie, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Plan & Strategy for Advocating in Geneva and before the Human Rights Committee Katrina Anderson, Center for Reproductive Rights
Advocating in the U.S. during the review process Efia Nwangaza, Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination
Post-Review Plans/Taking the Results Home Cynthia Soohoo, CUNY Law School Jotaka Eaddy, NAACP Ejim Dike, USHRN
Q&A
NASRINA BARGZIEICCPR TASKFORCE CO -CHAIR, STAFF
ATTORNEY, ADVANCING JUSTICE ASIAN LAW CAUCUS
Update on the ICCPR Coordination Process and Plans Moving Forward
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Task Force Plans for Organizing Participation
•The ICCPR Taskforce has organized 9 working groups covering topics we anticipate will be covered in the review.
•These groups are organizing together to best utilize the time available for the formal and informal briefings.
•Other organizations might be present and our organizing may need to adjust to accommodate for groups with which we have not yet connected.
•If you are planning to be in Geneva for the review, please join one of the working groups. Contact ICCPR coordinator, Kiera Lewis, at [email protected] to join a working group.
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UN Human Rights Committee Review of U.S. Compliance with ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Key international human rights treaty that provides a range
of protections for civil and political rights
Ratified by the U.S. in 1992
The current report under review, the fourth report, was submitted in Dec. 2011.
Mar. 13-14, 2014 review will be the first review of the Obama Administration’s compliance with the ICCPR.
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Year-long Human Rights Campaign to Connect all Mechanisms
#HouRs365: our time for Human Rights There will be four separate international mechanism reviews in the
next year. ICCPR, CERD, CAT, UPR
US Human Rights Network is working with the task forces of each of these mechanisms to do a year-long campaign on human rights.
Campaign was announced in Jan. 2014 on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday and calls for a bold human rights movement in the U.S. The campaign seeks to use social media to connect grassroots
organizing and education to help build the movement for human dignity and raise awareness about government obligations.
Stay tuned for upcoming actions. To learn more, visit: www.ushrnetwork.wix.com/hours365 and www.ushrnetwork.org
Register Now! Details:
Webinar on how to use social media tools – Facebook, Twitter and Instagram - in order to hold U.S. accountable to ICCPR requirements and also to educate and inform broader community of human rights in the U.S.
Webinar will help organizations to take part in social media components of year-long human rights campaign, Day of Action and broader advocacy.
Webinar will be at 2pm Eastern on Feb. 20, 2014. US Human Rights Network has circulated registration information.
Contact Yolande Tomlinson at [email protected] w/ questions
Going Digital: How to Use Social Media to Expand your Human Rights Advocacy – Feb. 20
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National Day of Action on Feb. 26, 2014
Goal is to create space and an opportunity to have public conversations around the import of human rights protections domestically and to connect our advocacy to human rights campaigns in the U.S.
Theme of the Feb. 26 Day of Action will be National Day of Action for Human Rights and Commemoration of Trayvon Martin.
Planned actions include: National actions, including a Twitter rally with tags to @USHRN
and @StateDept, and use hashtags #movementbuilder #ICCPR #Ushumanrights #Trayvon
change Facebook banner (we will circulate suggested banner to use) and post pictures to USHRN Facebook or Instragram page wearing orange to commemorate the Day of Action
Local actions, including host an event around human rights issues you are working on, post pictures of your event on February 26; send letters to local representatives advising them of Day of Action and upcoming US ICCPR review.
KATRINA ANDERSON ,ICCPR TASKFORCE MEMBER
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Advocating in Geneva & Before the Human Rights Committee
Organized Events in Geneva
Formal BriefingMonday, March 10, 10:45 a.m.
Organized Events in Geneva
Informal Briefings (2)Tuesday, March 11, 8:00 a.m., place
TBDThursday, March 13, 2:00-3:00 p.m.,
place TBD
Organized Events in Geneva
Town Hall with U.S. DelegationWednesday, March 12, 4:00-6:00
p.m. at U.S. Mission to U.N. (across from Palais des Nations)
Other
Side event for Human Rights Council (TBD)
Informal meetings with Committee members
Useful Documents: OHCHR.org
Useful Documents: OHCHR.org
Constructive Dialogue (Mar. 13-14)
What does it look like? What is the role of civil society? What are the advocacy opportunities? Anything else I should know?
EFIA NWANGAZAICCPR TASKFORCE MEMBER
MALCOLM X CENTER FOR SELF-DETERMINATION
Advocating in the U.S. during the review process
Opportunities for Engagement
Live webcast of review sessionSocial Media
With Geneva delegation With your network and supporters
Op-edsPress releasesCommunity/local radio & TV
YOLANDE TOMLINSON, USHRNCYNTHIA SOOHOO, CUNY LAW SCHOOL
JOTAKA EADDY, NAACPEJIM DIKE, USHRN
Taking it Back Home: Post-Review Advocacy
Concluding Observations
What are the Concluding Observations (COs)? List of recommendations to the U.S. Gov’t aimed at
addressing concerns raised during the review Form the basis of future reports and follow-ups A source from which to do advocacy w/ the Gov’t on to
implement the recommendations May also include other areas not mentioned in the Cos
Examples of how others have utilized COs in their work Shackling Voting Rights
Utilizing COs: Shackling
Cynthia SoohooDirector of the International Women’s Human
Rights Clinic at CUNY School of Law
Utilizing COs: Voting Rights
Jotaka EaddySenior Advisor to President & CEO and Senior
Director of Voting Rights at the NAACP
The Year Ahead: Connecting to the Other Mechanisms
Ejim DikeExecutive Director
US Human Rights Network
The Year Ahead
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# TO LOWER HAND
USE CHAT WINDOW TO TYPE IN QUESTIONS
Q&A
ICCPR COORDINATOR, KIERA LEWIS: [email protected]
WWW.USHRNETWORK.WIX.COM/HOURS365YEAR-LONG CAMPAIGN
WWW.TINYURL.COM/N6H2FUFFEB. 20 SOCIAL MEDIA WEBINAR
FEB. 26 T H NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
JOIN THE NETWORK – BECOME A MEMBERWWW.USHRNETWORK.ORG/JOIN-MOVEMENT
Important Reminders
