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To: All Permanent Missions to the United Nations in Geneva and New York
Cc: UN Secretary General
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies Coordination Committee of UN Special Procedures
Open NGO letter regarding the critical funding gap affecting UN human rights mechanisms and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
It is with a sense of urgency that we convey our deep concern regarding the critical funding situation affecting the UN’s human rights mechanisms and OHCHR. We understand that the combination of delays in payments of UN member states’ assessed contributions to the regular budget and the 25% cut to travel of UN representatives, including treaty body experts and Special Procedure mandate holders, and other budget cuts (2018-2019) may adversely impact on the capacity of various human rights mechanisms to carry out their mandates effectively.
In April, the Chairpersons of the 10 human rights treaty bodies were informed that due to the financial situation, the autumn 2019 sessions of six treaty bodies may need to be cancelled. Not only is the cancellation of treaty body sessions deeply worrying as it may involve cancellation of reviews already scheduled and delay decisions on individual communications pending before the Committees but it also sends a troubling message ahead of the 2020 treaty body strengthening discussions. This unprecedented development would come as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the 40th anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
We understand that other independent expert mechanisms such as the Special Procedures, and other mechanisms created by the Human Rights Council such as Fact-Finding Missions and Commissions of Inquiry, may also be hampered in carrying out their mandates to monitor and investigate human rights violations.
As of 10 May, only 44 UN member states had paid all their assessments due to the UN. We would like to commend Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Malaysia, Monaco, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Rwanda, Samoa, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Sweden, Switzerland and Tuvalu for having done so. 98 member states had paid their regular budget assessments by 20 May 2019.
The failure to pay assessed contributions is only the latest in a worrying trend of shortfalls and cuts affecting the UN budget allocated to its human rights mechanisms. In the 2018-2019 budget the General Assembly made adjustments to reduce the resources for experts by 15 per cent, reduce the travel of representatives by 25 per cent, and reduce resources for travel of staff by 10 per cent, all without taking into account the disproportionate effect these decisions would have on the UN’s human rights mechanism. Only 3.7 per cent of the total UN regular budget is currently allocated to OHCHR. We are extremely concerned by reports that the funding gap may affect the functioning of OHCHR and the human rights mechanisms in 2020 and beyond.
Against the worrying background of a global push back against the promotion and protection of human rights, we urge all UN member states to:
Pay their assessed contributions without further delay, unless they have already done so, in order to assure the functioning of the UN’s human rights mechanisms.
Prioritise securing adequate funding for the UN’s human rights pillar, with the promotion and protection of human rights being also indispensable to development, peace and security.
Initiate, in due time ahead of the 2020-2021 budget negotiations, discussions on how to reverse the trend of reduced regular budget for OHCHR and assuring that the UN’s human rights mechanisms are not disproportionately affected by over-all cuts to the UN budget, including by restoring the budget allocation for travel of representatives for these mechanisms.
Signatories:
A 11 - Initiative for Economic and Social Rights
Abogados y abogadas del Noroeste argentino en derechos humanos y estudios sociales (Andhes)
ACADHOSHA (Action des Chrétiens Activistes des Droits de l'Homme à Shabunda)
ACAT
ACAT Belgium ACAT Canada ACAT Congo ACAT Ghana ACAT Italia
ACAT Luxembourg ACAT Tchad ACAT- Benin ACAT- NIGER
ACAT-Brasil ACAT-Burundi ACAT-Cameroun ACAT-France ACAT-Switzerland ACAT-USA
Action femme de valeur
Action Jeunesse pour le Développement
Action on Child, Early and Forced Marriage
ActionAid International Activist
Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Addu women’s Association (AWA)
Adska ong
Advocacy for women in peace and security- Africa
Afghan Women Network
Afghan Women News Agency Organization
Afghan women Skills Development Center
Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l'Homme (AEDH)
Aid Organization
Al-Zahraa: Organization for the Advancement of Women
Alhaq
All Okinawa Council for Human Rights
Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development
Alliance Globale contre les Mutilations Génitales Féminines
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Amnesty International ALQST for Human Rights
Arab Women Network for Parity and Solidarity
Articulación Feminista Marcosur
ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body (AMCB-IMA)
Asociace romskych predstavitelu Libereckeho kraje z.s.
Asociación Ciudadana ACCEDER
Asociación de Mujeres Afrodescendientes de Yolombo - ASOMUAFROYO.
Asociación de Mujeres Afrodescendientes del Norte del Cauca- ASOM
Asociacion Tesai Reka Paraguay
assiwar--the feminist arab movement
Associace Romskych Rodicu z.s.
Association "MARTA Centre"
Association for Civil Rights in Israel
Association for Cultural and Media Activism QUEER SQUARE Skopje
Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality
Association for thé Prevention of Torture
Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Association of War Affected Women
Association of Women for Action and Research
ASTRA-Anti trafficking action
ATFD ATTA LKER AUDF
Avocats Sans Frontières France
Awen Amenca z.s. Bahamas Crisis Centre
Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Baidarie
Bairo Pite Clinic Lanud, Timor-Leste
Balance Promoción para el Desarrollo y Juventud AC
Better World Campaign
Beyond Beijing Committee
Blind Women Association, Nepal (BWAN)
Botswana Watch Organization
Breakthrough Trust
Bridgebuilders Trust
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Cambodian Center for Human Rights ("CCHR")
Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
CBM
Center for Justice and International Law
Center for Legal Civic Initiatives
Center for Media, Data and Society, Central European University
Center for Reproductive Rights
Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL)
Centre Catholique International de Genève
Centre for Civil and Political Rights
Centre for Indigenous Cultures of Peru
Centre for Migration, Refugees and Belonging, The University of East London
Centre for Social Concern and Development (CESOCODE)
Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres (CEDEHM)
Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas AC
Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez
Centro de derechos humanos pasó del Norte
Centro de estudios de la mujer
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
Child Rights International Network
CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality
Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations
CIDEM CISCSA
CIVICUS: World Alliance for citizen participation
Civil Rights Defenders CKLP
CNRS
Coalition Burkinabe des Défenseurs des Droits Humains (CBDDH)
COALITION CEDEF ET LES ANGES DU CIEL
Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies
Coast Education Centre (COEC)
COC Nederland
Colectiva Ciudad y Género ac
Collectif des Assoications Contre l'Impunité au Togo CACIT
COLLECTIF DES AVOCATS POUR LA DEFENSE DES VICTIMES DES CRIMES DE DROIT
INTERNATIONAL COMMIS AUX BURUNDI
CoMensha
Comisión de Derechos Humanos - COMISEDH
Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos
Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de las Mujeres
Comité Víctimas Lesa Humanidad y Graves Violaciones DDHH Ecuador
Committees for the defense of democracy freedoms and Human Rights in Syria(C.D.F)
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
Community Work Ireland
Conectas Direitos Humanos
CONGCOOP
Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd
Congrès Mondial Amazigh
Consorcio para el Diálogo Parlamentario y la Equidad Oaxaca A.C.
Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas
Contra Nocendi International
Cook Islands National Council of Women
cooperation committee for Cambodia (CCC)
Coordinadora de la Mujer
Coordinadora Lesbica y de Hombres Trans- Republika Libre
Corte suprema de justicia
Cotidiano Mujer, Uruguay CROISADE-NIGER
Czech Women's Lobby /
Česká ženská lobby
Dalit NGO Federation (DNF), Nepal
Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies
Darfur Network for monitoring and Documentation
Defence for Children International
DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project)
Dejusticia Democracy Today
Democratic Party, Hong Kong
Director, Comparative Governance and Policy Research Cente, Department of Government & International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
DIVA for Equality Dóchas
Dominicans for Justice and Peace
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Dutch CEDAW Network Earthjustice
Echoes of Women in Africa Initiatives
ECPAT France
Edmund Rice International
Education Coalition Equality Now
European Center for Not- for-Profit Law
European Network of People of African Descent
- ENPAD
European Roma Rights Centre
Fédération Euro- Méditerranéenne contre les Disparitions Forcées - FEMED
Feminist Legal Clinic Inc.
Femmes et Droits Humains
FIACAT
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
FOKUS
Fondazione Pangea onlus
Foundation Ultimate Purpose
FRANCISCANS INTERNATIONAL
Freelance Fundación Arcoiris
Fundación de Mujeres Luna Creciente
Fuuse
Gender Alliance for Development Centre
Gender and Sociology
Gender Equality Network
Geneva for Human Rights (GHR)
Geten, Center for LGBTIQA People's Rights
GIN-SSOGIE
Global Detention Project
Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Culural Rights
Global Network of Sex Work Projects
GQUAL Campaign Greek Helsinki Monitor
Groupe d'action pour les droits de la femme
Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)
Gypsy Cooperative Uk Gypsy Council
Hazte Visible A.C. HCLU
Health and Human Rights Info
HELP Resources
HK Human Rights Monitor
Honduras Forum Switzerland
Hong Kong Unison Human Rights Alert
Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan
Human Rights Comitteee, Norwegian Psychological Association
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Human Rights Defenders Network-SL
Human Rights House Foundation
Human Rights in China
Human Rights Law Centre
Human Rights Watch Humanists International IBAHRI
IDHEAS, Litigio Estratégico en Derechos Humanos-México
ILGA World ILGA-Europe Ilsb
IM Swedish Development Partner
Independent
Independent Medico- Legal Unit
Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation(IMPACT)
Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM- Defensoras)
İnsan Hakları Derneği / Human Rights Association - Turkey
Instituto de liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir AC
International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law
International Association for Human Rights Advocacy in Geneva
International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
International Commission of Jurists
International Council of Women
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers
International Indigenous Women's Forum
International Justice Resource Center
International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR)
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT)
International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific
Intersex Human Rights Australia
investigacion para el desarrollo
Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights
Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society
JANANEETHI
Justice for Iran (JFI) Karapatan Philippines
Kenya Human Rights Commission
Klagsverband/Litigation Association of NGOs against discrimination
LA VOIX DES SANS VOIX POUR LES DROITS DE L'HOMME (VSV)
Las Reinas Chulas Cabaret Y Derechos Humanos AC
Latvian Human Rights Committee (FIDH)
League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI)
Legal Resources Centre
Ligue Algerienne de Defense des Droits de l'Homme
LIGUE DES DEFENSEURS REGIONAUX
Lutheran World Federation
MADRE
Maharat Foundation MARUAH
Masimanyane Women's Right's International
MASUM
MEDITERRANEAN WOMEN MEDIATORS NETWORK
Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
MENA Rights Group
MenEngage Global Alliance
Minority Rights Group - Greece
Minotenk - minoritetspolitisk tenketank
Mongolia
Moroccan association for human rights
Movilización de Mujeres Negras por el Cuidado de Vida y los Territorios Ancestrales. Premio Goldman 2018
Mujeres Transformando el Mundo
Musawah
Muslim Women’s Network UK
National Council of Women New Zealand
NATIONAL UNION OF DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES
National Women's Council of Ireland
Nauru Island Association of NGOs
NGO Committe for CSW Latin America and the Caribbean
NGO Women for Development
NGO-Coordination post Beijing Switzerland
Noon Center for Women and Family Issues
North Wales Regional Equality Network
Norwegian Centre against Racism
Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Norwegian Humanist Association
Odhikar, Bangladesh ODRI intersectional rights
Okogun Odigie Safewomb International Foundation (OOSAIF)
Omega Research Foundation
OMOD
Organisation Marocaine des Droits Humains
Oslo Metropolitan University (Oslomet)
Østsamene
OutRight Action International
Oxfam
Pacific Partnerships on Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (PPGCCSD)
-Regional PACIFICWIN PAIMAN
Palestinian Center for development And Media Freedoms-MADA
Partido Revolucionario Febrerista
PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WELLBEING
PathFinders Limited
Peace Brigades International
Peace Foundation Pakistan
People's Watch - INDIA
Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates ( PAHRA)
Piattaforma CEDAW Italia Lavori in corsa
Plan International
Plataforma Internacional contra la Impunidad
Positive Women (Ukraine)
Pro Sentret
Proceso de Comunidades Negras
Project on Organizing, Development, Education and Research (PODER)
Promo LEX Association, Moldova
PUBLIC COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE IN ISRAEL
Radha Paudel Foundation
RCMD
Reacción Climática
Reactor - Research in Action
REAMA Network network for the empowerment of women and self help support
REd de Educación Popular entre Mujesre REPEM -LAC
Red Nacional de Mujeres
- Colombia
Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos (conformada por 87
organizaciones de 23 entidades federativas de México)
REDRESS Trust
Rescue Me-crime prevention
Réseau International des Droits Humains (RIDH)
RESPECT Network
RFSL - The Swedish Federation for LGBTQ Rights
Rights for All Women
Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition
Roma Future z.s. ROMEA
Saami Council Sayoni, Singapore Secretary
Shah-Aiym Network
Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre
Sistren Theatre Collective
SOLIDARITE FEMININE POUR LA PAIX ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT INTEGRAL, Ong
Solidarity Netowork with Migrants Japan
SOS Children's Villages International
Spatium Libertas AC Spiralis z.s.
STIR: Stop Institutional Racism
Success Capital Organisation
Swedish Muslims in Cooperation Network
Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)
Syrian Network for Human Rights
Tafawuq Consulting Center for Development
Tais Plus
Taternes Landsforening TEDS Trust
Teresian Association Terra Mater
The Advocates for Human Rights
The Canada OPCAT Project
The Egyptian initiative for personal rights (EIPR)
The MiRA Resource Center for black, migrant and refugee women
The MiRA Resource Center for black, migrant and refugee women in Norway
The Negev Coexistence Forum
The Norwegian Bar Association Human Rights Comittee
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
THE NORWEGIAN HUMAN RIGHTS FUND
The Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara
The Regional Diversity Roundtable
The YP Foundation Think Young Women
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy
TRIAL International Trócaire
Tunisian Human Rights League
UN Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA)
UNFPA
Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanas - Guatemala
United Nations Association of Norway
University University of Kent
University Of The West Indies
UPR Info
US Human Rights Network
Uthema Maldives
Validity Foundation - Mental Disability Advocacy Centre
Vision Spring Initiatives
Vzájemně soužití (Life Together)
Wenshe Centre for Human Rights Education
Wi’am
Woman Inc (Woman Incorporated)
Women Against Rape Inc.
WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE
Women and Media Collective
Women Peace Network (32701)
Women's Active Museum on War and Peace(WAM)
Women's Human Rights Education Institute
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Women's Rights Center
Women’s International Solutions for Equality (A WISE Network)
Women´s Link Worldwide
World Organisation Against Torture
XUMEK
Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
YWCA Canada
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PROGRAMME OFFICER -PUBLIC SERVICES
Ana Clara works as a Programme Officer on Public Services with the Global Initiative for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. She holds a master’s degree in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action from Sciences Po in Paris, where she focused on economic, social, and cultural Rights, and Latin American and gender studies. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso in Brazil.
Ana Clara previously worked on litigation claims concerning the right to social security and the right to health at the Public Defender’s Office and Federal Court of Justice in Brazil. She also supported the work of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Recently, she worked on strategic litigation before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights as part of the team of the Center for Justice and International Law.
Ana Clara, country is Brazil (Based in Paris).
PROGRAMME OFFICER -PUBLIC SERVICES & REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFRICA
Ashina works as the Programme Officer for Public Services and Representative for Africa with the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, with an LL.B degree from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and an LL.M (with distinction) in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa from the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Passionate about social justice, she has worked in the human rights sector for over six years at the intersection of global and national struggles for just systems of public service delivery to ensure everyone can enjoy their socio-economic rights, first at the Economic and Social Rights Centre-Hakijamii in Kenya and then at GI-ESCR. In particular, she has led and supported research and advocacy at local, national and global research and advocacy focused on the human rights legal framework relating to the rights to land, housing, education, health and water, for marginalised communities. Her research interests also include human rights and economic policy and the contribution that human rights obligations can make to the formulation and implementation of economic policy.
Ashina is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Belén has a BA in International Relations. She lived in India and the Philippines just after graduating where she volunteered for three years in health and education projects. Upon her return to Argentina, where she is native from, she joined Red Solidaria as volunteer and international aid coordinator. She worked as a journalist and program manager at La Nación newspaper foundation in Buenos Aires, to later become Social Media information specialist at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires. She acted there as Liaison Officer with other sections and became Grant Officer representative. She was selected to become HelpArgentina's Executive Director to help expand fundraising opportunities abroad for NGOs from other Latin American countries, and successfully transitioned the organization into PILAS, Portal for Investment in the Latin American Social Sector. From there she moved on to working at a new media startup, RED/ACCION, as Engagement Editor and Membership coordinator before joining us as Communications Officer.
Belén is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Lorena Zenteno is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. Her primary research interests include the human rights dimensions of climate change and environmental impacts, climate change justice, gender, and the judiciary’s role in the climate change crisis. Lorena has worked for several years in Chile, as a judge, as a law clerk, in the Court of Appeal of Concepcion, Santiago and in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Chile. She is a member of the Environment and Human Rights Commission of the National Association of the Chilean Judiciary, dedicated to study and discuss climate change and environmental impacts on human rights. Lorena is the Chilean National Rapporteur on Global Climate Litigation database for the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law of Columbia University.
She was a senior researcher for the former UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights, Karima Bennoune, from September 2018 until September 2021. Supported and assisted the UN Special Rapporteur to fulfil his mandate to the UN General Assembly and UN Human Rights Council.
She holds an LL.B. from Universidad de Concepcion, a LL.M. in Environmental Law from the University of Davis, California, and a Master in Business Law from the University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. Lorena is a member of the the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment.
Lorena is based in Geneva, Swiss.
PROGRAMME OFFICER -RIGHT TO EDUCATION
Zsuzsanna works as Right to Education Officer with the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Prior to joining GI-ESCR, she assisted in the drafting process of the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education and the development and publication process of the Commentary of the Abidjan Principles as a consultant. Previously, she has worked with the Open Society Justice Initiative as an Aryeh Neier Fellow on issues such as equality and non-discrimination, Roma rights, the right to education, economic justice, access to justice and the rule of law. She has also worked as a lawyer with the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union on educational segregation, Roma rights and hate crimes. She holds an LL.M in Public International Law from the University of Edinburgh and a Law Degree from the Eötvös Loránd University Budapest.
Zsuzsanna is based in Budapest, Hungary.
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OFICIAL DE PROGRAMA - SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS Y REPRESENTANTE PARA ÁFRICA
Ashina es oficial del Programa para los Servicios Públicos y Representante para África de la Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Es abogada de la Corte Suprema de Kenia, egresada (LL.B) de la Universidad de Nairobi, Kenia, y con un máster (LL.M) en derechos humanos y democratización en África, completado con honores, en el Centro para los Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Pretoria en Sudáfrica.
Ashina es una apasionada de la justicia social, y ha trabajado en el área de los derechos humanos en el marco de las luchas nacionales y mundiales por sistemas más justos de prestación de servicios públicos, que garanticen a todos el disfrute de sus derechos socioeconómicos. Primero trabajó en el Economic and Social Rights Centre de Hakijamii, Kenia, y luego, en el GI-ESCR. Concretamente, ha dirigido y apoyado la investigación y la defensa, a nivel local, nacional y mundial, del marco legal de derechos humanos para los derechos de las comunidades marginadas a la tierra, la vivienda, la educación, la salud y el agua. Sus intereses en la investigación se orientan también a los derechos humanos y las políticas económicas, así como a la contribución que el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos hace a la formulación y ejecución de las políticas económicas.
Ashina reside en Nairobi, Kenia.
OFICIAL DE PROGRAMA - DERECHO A LA EDUCACIÓN
Zsuzsanna es oficial del Programa de Derecho a la Educación de la Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Antes de unirse a GI-ESCR, colaboró, como consultora, en la redacción de los Principios de Abiyán sobre el derecho a la educación, así como en la elaboración y publicación del Comentario de los Principios de Abiyán. Previamente, Zsuzsanna trabajó con la Open Society Justice Initiative como becaria de la Aryeh Neier Fellowship, en temas como la igualdad y la no discriminación, los derechos de los romaníes (Roma Rights), el derecho a la educación, la justicia económica, el acceso a la justicia y el estado de derecho. También ha trabajado como abogada con la Hungarian Civil Liberties en la segregación educativa, los derechos de los Romaníes y los crímenes de odio. Tiene un máster (LL.M) en derecho público Internacional por la Universidad de Edimburgo y una licenciatura en Derecho por la Universidad Eötvös Loránd, Budapest.
Zsuzsanna reside en Budapest, Hungría.
SENIOR AGENT DE COMMUNICATION
Belén est titulaire d’un BA en relations internationales. Juste après avoir obtenu son diplôme, elle a vécu en Inde et aux Philippines, où elle s'est portée volontaire pendant trois ans pour des projets de santé et d'éducation. À son retour en Argentine, d'où elle est originaire, elle a rejoint Red Solidaria en tant que volontaire et coordinatrice de l'aide internationale. Elle a travaillé comme journaliste et responsable de programme à la fondation du journal La Nación à Buenos Aires, pour devenir ensuite spécialiste de l'information sur les médias sociaux à l'ambassade des États-Unis à Buenos Aires. Elle y a joué le rôle d'agent de liaison avec les autres sections et est devenue représentante des agents de subvention. Elle a été choisie pour devenir la directrice exécutive de HelpArgentina afin d'aider à développer les possibilités de collecte de fonds à l'étranger pour les ONG d'autres pays d'Amérique latine, et a réussi la transition de l'organisation vers PILAS, le portail d'investissement dans le secteur social latino-américain. Elle a ensuite travaillé pour une start-up de nouveaux médias, RED/ACCION, en tant que rédactrice chargée de l'engagement et coordinatrice des membres, avant de nous rejoindre en tant que responsable de la communication.
Belén vit à Buenos Aires, en Argentine.
OFICIAL ASOCIADO DE PROGRAMA- SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS
Ana Clara Cathalat colabora como socia en la Global Initiative for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, mientras prosigue con su máster en derechos humanos y acción humanitaria en la Universidad Sciences Po, París. Allí centra su interés en los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales y en estudios de género en América Latina. Tiene una licenciatura en derecho por la Universidad Federal de Mato Grosso, Brasil.
Previamente, Ana Clara trabajó en reclamaciones judiciales relacionadas con el derecho a la seguridad social y el derecho a la salud en la Oficina del Defensor Público y el Tribunal Federal de Brasil. Asimismo, apoyó la labor del Relator Especial en Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Recientemente, trabajó en litigios estratégicos ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, como miembro del equipo del Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional.
Ana Clara, Brasil. (Reside en París).
INVESTIGADORA ASOCIADA
Lorena Zenteno es estudiante de doctorado en la Universidad de Edimburgo. Entre sus principales intereses de investigación se encuentran el impacto del cambio climático y su efecto ambiental sobre los derechos humanos, la justicia ambiental, el género y el papel del sistema de justicia en la crisis por el cambio climático. Trabajó varios años en Chile como jueza y como asistente jurídico en la Corte de Apelaciones de Concepción, Santiago, y en la Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Chile. Es miembro de la Comisión de los Derechos Humanos y Ambientales de la Asociación Nacional de Magistrados y Magistradas de Chile, la cual se dedica a estudiar el impacto del cambio climático y su efecto ambiental sobre los derechos humanos. Lorena es la relatora nacional chilena de la base de datos de los litigios por el cambio climático del Sabin Center for Climate Change Law de la Universidad de Columbia.
Trabajó como investigadora principal para la Relatora Especial sobre los Derechos Culturales de las Naciones Unidas, Karina Bennoune, desde septiembre de 2018 hasta septiembre de 2021. Apoyó y asistió al Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas en sus labores ante la Asamblea General y el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas.
Tiene una licenciatura en derecho por la Universidad de Concepción, un máster en derecho ambiental por la Universidad de Davis, California, y un máster en derecho empresarial por la Universidad Pompeu Fabra en Barcelona, España. Lorena es miembro de la Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment.
Lorena reside en Ginebra, Suiza.
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OFICIAL DE PROGRAMA - SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS Y REPRESENTANTE PARA ÁFRICA
Ashina es oficial del Programa para los Servicios Públicos y Representante para África de la Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Es abogada de la Corte Suprema de Kenia, egresada (LL.B) de la Universidad de Nairobi, Kenia, y con un máster (LL.M) en derechos humanos y democratización en África, completado con honores, en el Centro para los Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Pretoria en Sudáfrica.
Ashina es una apasionada de la justicia social, y ha trabajado en el área de los derechos humanos en el marco de las luchas nacionales y mundiales por sistemas más justos de prestación de servicios públicos, que garanticen a todos el disfrute de sus derechos socioeconómicos. Primero trabajó en el Economic and Social Rights Centre de Hakijamii, Kenia, y luego, en el GI-ESCR. Concretamente, ha dirigido y apoyado la investigación y la defensa, a nivel local, nacional y mundial, del marco legal de derechos humanos para los derechos de las comunidades marginadas a la tierra, la vivienda, la educación, la salud y el agua. Sus intereses en la investigación se orientan también a los derechos humanos y las políticas económicas, así como a la contribución que el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos hace a la formulación y ejecución de las políticas económicas.
Ashina reside en Nairobi, Kenia.
RESPONSABLE DE PROGRAMME - DROIT À l’ÉDUCATION
Zsuzsanna travaille actuellement en tant que responsable du droit à l'éducation pour l'Initiative mondiale pour les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels. Avant de rejoindre GI-ESCR, elle a participé, en tant que consultante, au processus de rédaction des Principes d'Abidjan sur le droit à l'éducation et au développement et à la publication du Commentaire des Principes d'Abidjan. Auparavant, elle a travaillé avec l'Open Society Justice Initiative en tant que boursière Aryeh Neier sur des questions telles que l'égalité et la non-discrimination, les droits des Roms, le droit à l'éducation, la justice économique, l'accès à la justice et l'État de droit. Elle a également travaillé en tant qu'avocate pour l'Union hongroise des libertés civiles sur la ségrégation scolaire, les droits des Roms et les crimes haineux. Elle est titulaire d'un master en droit international public de l'Université d'Édimbourg et d'un diplôme de droit de l'Université Eötvös Loránd de Budapest.
Zsuzsanna vit à Budapest, en Hongrie.
CHARGÉE DE PROGRAMME ASSOCIÉE – SERVICES PUBLICS
Ana Clara Cathalat collabore actuellement, dans le cadre d’une bourse, à l’Initiative mondiale pour les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, tout en préparant un master en droits de l'Homme et action humanitaire à Sciences Po Paris, où elle se spécialise en droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, ainsi qu’en études de genre et latino-américaines. Elle a une licence de droit de l’Université Fédérale du Mato Grosso au Brésil.
Ana Clara a auparavant travaillé sur des actions en justice relatives au droit à la sécurité sociale et au droit à la santé auprès du Bureau de l’aide juridictionnelle et de la Cour de justice fédérale du Brésil. Elle a également appuyé les travaux de la Rapporteuse spéciale sur les droits économiques, sociaux, culturels et environnementaux de la Commission interaméricaine des droits de l'Homme. Elle a récemment travaillé sur des actions en justice dans des cas stratégiques auprès de la Cour interaméricaine des droits de l'Homme, au sein de l’équipe du Centre pour la Justice et le Droit International (CEJIL).
Ana Clara, le pays est le Brésil (Basée à Paris).
ASSOCIÉE DE RECHERCHE
Lorena Zenteno est doctorante à l’Université d’Édimbourg. Ses principaux thèmes de recherche sont les dimensions du changement climatique et des problèmes écologiques relatives aux droits de l'Homme, la justice climatique, le genre, et le rôle de la Justice dans la crise du changement climatique. Lorena a travaillé pendant plusieurs années au Chili, comme juge et comme légiste, auprès des Cours d’appel de Concepción et Santiago et de la Chambre constitutionnelle de la Cour suprême du Chili. Elle fait partie de la Commission de l’environnement et des droits de l'Homme de l’Association nationale de la magistrature chilienne, dont la mission est d’étudier et de débattre des conséquences du changement climatique et des problèmes écologiques sur les droits de l'Homme. Lorena est la Rapporteuse nationale chilienne sur la base mondiale des actions en justice climatiques pour le Centre Sabin pour le droit du changement climatique de l’Université de Columbia.
Elle a occupé le rôle de chercheuse principale pour l’ancienne Rapporteuse spéciale sur les droits culturels de l’ONU, Karima Bennoune, entre septembre 2018 et septembre 2021. Elle a appuyé et soutenu la Rapporteuse spéciale de l’ONU dans l’accomplissement de son mandat conféré par l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU et le Conseil des droits de l'Homme de l’ONU.
Elle a une licence de droit de l’Université de Concepción, un master en droit de l’environnement de l’Université de Davis (California) et un master en droit des affaires de l’Université Pompeu Fabra de Barcelone (Espagne). Lorena fait partie du Réseau mondiale pour l’étude des droits de l'Homme et de l’environnement.
Lorena vit à le Chili, basé à Genève.
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SENIOR OFICIAL DE COMUNICACIONES
Belén es licenciada en Relaciones Internacionales. Apenas se graduó, vivió en la India y en Filipinas, donde fue voluntaria durante tres años en proyectos de salud y educación. Al regresar a su nativa Argentina se incorporó a la Red Solidaria como voluntaria y coordinadora de ayuda internacional. Trabajó como periodista y gestora de programas de la fundación del diario La Nación en Buenos Aires, para luego convertirse en especialista en información de medios sociales en la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Buenos Aires. Allí actuó como oficial de enlace con otras secciones y se convirtió en oficial representante de los programas de subvenciones. Fue seleccionada como Directora Ejecutiva de HelpArgentina con la función de ampliar las oportunidades de recaudación de fondos internacionales de las ONG de otros países latinoamericanos, y logró la transición exitosa de la organización hacia PILAS, Portal para la Inversión Social en Latinoamérica. De allí pasó a trabajar en una nueva empresa de medios de comunicación, RED/ACCION, como editora y coordinadora de membresías, antes de unirse al equipo de la GI-ESCR como oficial de comunicaciones.
Belén reside en Buenos Aires, Argentina.