Human Rights Hub
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom established a Human Rights Hub in Geneva. As a hub for the Foundation's human rights work, it strengthens respect for and compliance with human rights and promotes the rules-based international legal order. The hub will connect human rights defenders and civil society organizations with each other and with UN organizations in Geneva.
News
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A turning point for human rights?
The upcoming presidential elections in the USA are groundbreaking for liberal democracy and freedom, not only in the USA but also worldwide. The outcome of the election could even be a turning point for the future of human rights. A future President Kamala Harris would shape both the foreign and domestic policy agenda just as significantly as a potential President Donald Trump.
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Cambodian pro-democracy activists at the UN
Cambodia’s three decades of peace have not ushered the change that democrats had hoped for following the Paris Peace Agreement. The Human Rights Hub organized in Geneva a side-event with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Cambodia.
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Fight for freedom in Nicaragua and Venezuela at the UN
On September 18, FNF’s Human Rights Hub co-sponsored a widely attended side-event at the Palais des Nations to discuss the most recent developments and the findings of both special mandates: the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua and the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela.
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Global Digital Compact adopted by UN Member States
On Sunday, 22 September 2024, the Global Digital Compact was adopted as an annex to the Pact of the Future.
Withstanding a last minute attempt to derail its adoption, 143 countries effectively voted in favor, 7 against and 15 abstained from a vote to go ahead with the adoption of the Pact. -
Unpacking the Global Digital Compact
The United Nations Member States vision will be on display at the Summit of the Future 2024 in New York from September 21 to 25. The main outcome of the Summit will be the adoption of the ‘Pact of the Future’. The Pact also contains another document that is supposed to be adopted at the Summit: The Global Digital Compact. This article will unpack the raison d’être of the Compact and analyse how human rights are implied, before critically assessing the GDC from a human rights perspective.
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Human Rights Hub Opening Event with the German Minister of Justice
On July 10th, 2024, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation celebrated the inauguration of its Human Rights Hub in Geneva. At the heart of the Palais des Nations, the historic home of the United Nations in Geneva, the opening event brought together ambassadors, friends and partners of FNF to promote the rule of law as a core strategy to strengthen the agenda for freedom.
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Nicaragua vs. Germany: a political red herring
The hearing in Nicaragua's lawsuit against Germany begins today at the International Court of Justice. The accusation: Germany is aiding and abetting genocide by supporting Israel. However, the timing and background to this step raise questions. A look behind the scenes reveals a bleak picture of the human rights situation in Nicaragua and the questionable motives behind this legal move.
