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WILPF Human Rights Advocacy Tools
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Inform yourself about international human rights law, use your knowledge to persuade politicians. The Universal Human Rights Index features a database that provides access to a thousand or so UN documents on Treaty bodies, Special Procedures, and the Human Rights Council. Use these tools for national level human rights advocacy Download this Action pack, use it to advocate for your government's support of the International Human Rights Covenants.
Learn about the HRC, and get Active! Learn more about the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies, on the OHCHR website or read our HRC primer For general information on how to get involved with the Human Rights Council, read the NGO Handbook on the Human Rights Council. Learn about the Current HRC Members States, find out how their human rights records, and where to direct your advocacy efforts. The last HRC Elections took place on May 17, 2007 Learn about the HRC's Special Procedures, the system the HRC uses to collect human rights information, and follow the work of the Special Rapporteurs and their mandates.. Frame your local and national work in this language, use authoritative UN sources to back your claims! Read WILPF Human Rights Council Reporting, and observe the HRC from a WILPF lens. Learn about WILPF's human rights issues.. The ISHR Council Monitor can be used to keep up to date with government statements and commitments on human rights issues. This site published daily reports during Council sessions, also available through subscription to their listserve. Monitor the Human Rights Council from home by keeping up to date with the latest HRC tools: The HRC Extranet Page , which is the HRC's online filing cabinet, and The UN Webcam, where Council sessions are archived.
Become a WILPF Member! Go to an HRC session! Get our news updates, which will inform you of WILPF HRC Reporting, and other human rights activities with of International Secretariat. Subscribe to the WILPF Human Rights Update email list:
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