U.N. Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law - "Widening the Democratic Space: The Role of Youth in Public Decision Making"--Links to Submissions Received in Response to Call for Inputs

 

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Human Rights Council Resolution 28/14 (9 April 2015) established a Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law. Further to that effort the UN announced its first Forum to be held in Geneva 21-22 November 2016 in Room XVII Palais des Nations. The Forum targets academics, non governmental organizations and experts. Resolution 28/4, and related materials may be found HERE.

This post includes links to submissions received in response to the call for inputs on the topics to be discussed during the first session of the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.

 

Submissions received in response to the call for inputs on the topics to be discussed during the first session of the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law:

Member States

• Permanent Mission of Chile
• Permanent Mission of Romania
• Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with Slovenian United Nations Youth Delegate Mr Andraž Šiler

National Human Rights Institutions

• Iranian Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC)
• National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India

United Nations mechanisms, bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

International Organisations

• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

NGOs

• Association pour la défense des droits de la femme en Mauritanie
• At-sik-hata Nation of Yamassee-Moors
• Center for Social Activism (CSA), Bangladesh
• European Youth Forum
• Le Cercle de Recherche sur les droits et les devoirs de la personne humaine (CRED)
• Istituto Internazionale Maria Ausiliatrice (IIMA) and VIDES International – International Volunteerism Organization for Women, Education, and Development
• Organizing for Zimbabwe Trust
• Pune Model United Nations
• Save the Children
• Society for Human Advancement and Disadvantaged Empowerment (SHADE)
• The Cambodian Center for Human Rights
• The Youth Center Foundation for Human Rights
• World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)

Academics and experts

• Commentary by Mr. L. C. Backer
• Angie Cruickshank L.
• Jacob J. Lumier
• The Foundation for Law and International Affairs and the Coalition for Peace and Ethics (FLIA and (CPE))

For any queries, please contact democracyforum@ohchr.org, or Ms Federica Morvay at fmorvay@ohchr.org

Participation in the 2016 Forum

Resolution 28/14 decided that the Forum would be “open to the participation of States, United Nations mechanisms, bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes, intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations and mechanisms in the field of human rights, national human rights institutions and other relevant national bodies, academics and experts and non-governmental organizations…”
Please note that all participants will be able to request accreditation to attend the Forum through the online registration platform that will be made available soon on the Forum webpage.