| human rights ADVOCACY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE In partnership with national human rights advocacy groups and Gulf Coast community activists, NESRI disseminates materials and provides training and support on international human rights standards for people displaced by disaster, and on protocols for documentation and monitoring of rights violations. NESRI also supports domestic advocates in efforts to report on human rights violations before international and regional human rights bodies. NESRI coordinated the Katrina Working Group for the U.S. Coalition of NGO’s (a coalition of over 142 NGO’s) in preparation for the July 2006 U.S. report to the Human Rights Committee regarding U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The working group produced four shadow reports for the committee and was represented in Geneva by several advocates, including four from the Gulf Coast region.
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PROGRAM INITIATIVES >>> Public Education on the Rights of Survivors Katrina/Tsunami Transnational Exchange Human Rights Advocacy Technical Assistance
MEDIA & UPDATES Interview with Exchange Delegate Vicky Cintra Exchange Delegates Endesha Juakali and Sam Jackson are quoted in a City Business article Exchange Delegate, Pam Dashiell is quoted in Time magazine Exchange Delegate, Sam Jackson goes to City Hall on behalf of the more than 12,000 homeless people living in New Orleans Tsunami Survivors Protest Treatment of Gulf Coast Survivors, read the NESRI Press Advisory The second Asian Delegation visits the Gulf Coast and participates in Exchange Seminar
NESRI PUBLICATIONS Statement on Hurricane Katrina Challenges and Potential for a Human Rights Response to Hurricane Katrina FEMA Hotel Evictions Violate Human Rights Human Right to Housing Issue Brief Human Right to Participation Fact Sheet Human Right to Return Fact Sheet
ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN EXCHANGE Asian Coalition for Housing Rights |
