Human rights consultant: theory&history, UN mechanisms, CCPR, discrimination, HRDs | Currently: @UNAIDS_CA (human rights) | MSc Human Rights (@LSEnews 2017).Joined June 2023
Plastic pollution is fueling the #TriplePlanetaryCrisis, harming every ecosystem on earth; yet annual production is projected to quadruple by 2050.
We need a #PlasticsTreaty that:
-caps production volumes
-eliminates toxic plastics; and
-protects human rights
#EarthDay#INC4
A milestone. The Oxford Handbook on Economic and Social Rights is at its halfway mark. The volume will eventually consist of 50+ chapters. 26 of them are now available online - several are Open Access making it already a valuable & accessible resource. bc.edu/content/dam/bc…
Dear friends! 🎄✨ Wishing you a magical Christmas and a joyful New Year! May your dreams come true, bringing joy and prosperity. Best wishes from the UN team in Kazakhstan! 🇺🇳 #SeasonsGreetings#HappyHolidays
I delivered a presentation for govt authorities of Kazakhstan on revising its special criminal provision on HIV transmission & exposure. Based on science & human rights, @UNAIDS_CA supports repealing such norms to ensure rights & fight the epidemic.
In favour: 153
Against: 10
Abstentions: 23
UN General Assembly adopts resolution on the Middle East demanding a humanitarian ceasefire, the protection of civilians, the immediate, unconditional release of all hostages and humanitarian access.
Interestingly, since Islam was introduced to what became Kazakhstan via Persia-> Persian loanwords are more common in colloquial speech (quday, namaz, peyish, tozakh, payghambar, oraza).
"More than 130 of my colleagues have already been killed, many with their families. This is the largest single loss of life in the history of our Organization" - UN chief @antonioguterres
Amir is a LGBTQ+ rights champion who’s been shattering stigma and discriminatory ceilings, helping build a better society for LGBTQ+ people in Kazakhstan and the region.
Congrats Amir well deserved 🫂
Amir is a LGBTQ+ rights champion who’s been shattering stigma and discriminatory ceilings, helping build a better society for LGBTQ+ people in Kazakhstan and the region.
Congrats Amir well deserved 🫂
For the first time ever, @antonioguterres invoked Article 99 of UN Charter, urging Security Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
Appealing for a humanitarian ceasefire, he says civilian population must be spared from further harm. linkedin.com/pulse/heres-la…
1K Followers 679 FollowingSenior Researcher @HumanRightsDK, prize-winning human rights scholar, history, health, HR, author The Making of International Human Rights. The future is social
1K Followers 4K FollowingThe think tank that seeks to change the culture of decision-making so that policies and procedures for spending money work in the interests of 🇺🇦 and people.
273 Followers 468 FollowingPermanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to UNOG / Женевадағы БҰҰ Бөлімшесі жанындағы Қазақстан Республикасының Тұрақты өкілі
@KazakhPM_UNOG
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2K Followers 793 FollowingDeputy Executive Director Policy, Advocacy, Knowledge @UNAIDS, Assistant Secretary General UN, Mother, #HIV activist, human rights defender.
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92K Followers 766 FollowingPresident of @RFKHumanRights, lawyer and activist. Bestselling author, progressive Catholic, and lifelong feminist. Proud mom of three mighty women.
57K Followers 2K FollowingStanding in solidarity with the bravest people on earth to realize Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s ideals of justice, equality, and peace. Led by @KerryKennedyRFK.
8K Followers 4K FollowingComparative PIE phoneme inventory an IE sound law system digitised. Reading some Hieroglyphic Luwian while introducing improvements on PIE. Tweets @JounaPyysalo
1K Followers 679 FollowingSenior Researcher @HumanRightsDK, prize-winning human rights scholar, history, health, HR, author The Making of International Human Rights. The future is social
602K Followers 1K FollowingFormer Human Rights Watch executive director (1993-2022). Now visiting professor, Princeton SPIA. My book "Righting Wrongs" just published by Knopf.
1K Followers 357 FollowingThe prehistoric loanword guy
@MPI_GEA
Protects early borrowings from accusations of 'chance similarity' and generally struggles with a difficult methodology.
3K Followers 878 FollowingAccount of Claudia Mahler, official Candidate EU-Ombudsman, United Nations Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of all Human Rights by Older Persons, (she/her)
4K Followers 244 FollowingWe unite, promote and strengthen NHRIs to operate in line with the Paris Principles and provide leadership in the promotion and protection of human rights.
273 Followers 468 FollowingPermanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to UNOG / Женевадағы БҰҰ Бөлімшесі жанындағы Қазақстан Республикасының Тұрақты өкілі
@KazakhPM_UNOG
891 Followers 273 FollowingA historical linguist wannabe. Wandering in the past of man's hizkuntza. Thinker and polyglot.
@UniPadova‘25. Romance linguistics/Arabic historical dialectology