We urge Member States and the international community to include the specific needs and priorities of indigenous peoples in addressing the global outbreak of COVID 19.” ~ Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Anne Nuorgam.
In this episode of the HJ Talks About Abuse podcast, Alan and Regina Paulose discuss the impact of coronavirus on indigenous peoples from a human rights perspective.
Continue reading Podcast: The impact of COVID 19 on Indigenous People’s rightsThe International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights aims to protect and promote the basic necessities for life which includes rights to adequate healthcare, access to food and water, education, and to take part in cultural life. The report examines whether or not these rights have been fully granted to indigenous groups within Asia. Highlighting the voices of the groups who participated, the report concludes with recommendations on how state parties can strengthen the application of the Convention for indigenous communities in Asia.
Continue reading Report: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Indigenous Groups in Asia
The Common Good Foundation in partnership with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, The Center for World Indigenous Studies, The Jersey Law Commission, and The Resolution Journal, is hosting the 2nd Environmental Crimes Conference on October 1st and 2nd 2020 in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom.
Continue reading Call for Papers: 2020 Environmental Crimes ConferenceThe Common Good Foundation hosted a two day workshop on Economic, Cultural, and Social rights in Asia. Indigenous groups from different parts of Asia participated in the workshop held at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Continue reading Economic, Cultural, Social Rights Workshop concludesThe following presentations (in alphabetical order) have been selected for the conference in St. Helier, Jersey, UK October 31 and November 1, 2019 which will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in downtown St. Helier.
Continue reading 2019 Environmental Crimes Law Conference ProgramThe Common Good Foundation in partnership with The Resolution Centre, Jersey Law Commission, and The Resolution Journal, is hosting an Environmental Crimes Law Conference October 31st and November 1st 2019 in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
The purpose of the conference is to bring together diverse professionals from different disciplines to discuss emerging trends and responses to environmental crimes. The conference welcomes papers on topics such as (but not limited to):
All papers that are accepted will have an opportunity for publication in The Resolution Journal, an open access law journal.
The conference fee will be £150 per person. All expenses will be paid for by the attendee, there are no stipends offered for travel or other expenses. Further information for registration will be posted by September.
If you are interested in presenting, please submit the following to Regina Paulose: reginapaulose at gmail dot com:
The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, September 6, 2019. Notifications of acceptance will be delivered by early September.
A working rough draft of the accepted paper for the conference will be due by October 20, 2019.
This week, the Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting of Prisoners of Conscience in China released and announced its findings. We read from those conclusions and talk to Wendy Rogers of the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China.
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The Common Good Foundation is partnering with Solidarity House Cooperative which is a worker-owned production company whose members have produced podcasts for nonprofit advocacy groups and churches. The operations director of Solidarity House Cooperative is Matt Stannard, J.D., a producer and activist with experience in international human rights litigation, municipal financial reform, and sustainable farming.
The CGF in partnership with Griffith College is hosting its 2nd annual Human Rights and Mass Atrocity Seminar from June 19 – 21, 2019. The seminar is chaired by Dr. Thamil Ananthavinayagan and Regina Paulose.
The seminar will cover topics such as universal jurisdiction, prosecution of genocide cases, starvation as a mass atrocity crime, wildlife trafficking, indigenous rights, and disability rights.
More information about the program, including registration and costs, can be found here.
Special thanks to our sponsor: The World Peace through Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association.
Do international institutions free us from our colonialist history, or do they perpetuate it? This episode takes a critical look at international legal institutions through the lens of Third World Approaches to International Law, a legal movement explained by Thamil Ananthavinayagan, professor of international law at Griffith College in Dublin. Then, University of Hawaii futurist and political scientist Jairus Grove discusses the history of global violence and his new book Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World. This series is produced in cooperation with the Common Good Foundation, and sponsored by the World Peace Through Law section of the Washington State Bar Association.
Continue reading PODCAST SERIES: Human Rights in a Burning World #2 — The World Burns UnequallyMatt interviews Stefanie Brendl, founder of Shark Allies, about efforts to secure and enforce bans on the trade of shark fins. Why are we talking about threats to marine life on a human rights podcast? We’ll explain–and encourage you to support Shark Allies at sharkallies.com, and support this podcast at actwithus.org.
Continue reading PODCAST SERIES:Human Rights in a Burning World #1 — Shark Allies Fight Shark Fin Trade
