Between Principles and Pragmatism: How African states vote at the UN Human Rights Council
21 September 2022
Between Principles and PragmatismHow African states vote at the UN
Between Principles and PragmatismHow African states vote at the UN
Oral statements delivered during the 51st session of the UN
Brussels, 7 September 2022.- In a joint statement published today
DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders join the rest of the world to
DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders join the rest of the world to
Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 51st regular session
Mohammed Hassan has known mostly conflict, displacement, and war all his adult life. As part of Sudan’s black population in the country’s region of Darfur, they were for long the victims of oppression by Khartoum, then under now deposed dictator Omar Bashir. Then, in 2003, when Mohammed was 19, Darfur’s black population decided to fight back. Two rebel movements – Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement launched a rebellion against Bashir’s government, seeking justice for Darfur’s non-Arab population. The response by Khartoum was chilling: Bashir’s forces launched a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the region’s non-Arab population, and thousands of families were displaced and herded into refugee camps.
Dear Friends, Dear friends, Greetings from DefendDefenders and AfricanDefenders. I
Ahead of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights
At first encounter, Issah Musundi is a coy, if not shy, mostly reserved lad. But behind that quiet disposition is a steely character and an enforced existence.
Born 27 years ago in Kenya’s border district of Busia, Issah belongs to Kenya’s sexual minorities community, who have had to win majority rights that other Kenyans take for granted.