الزراعة والتنمية الريفية والغابات
La convention dans les recommandations de l’examen périodique universel et des procédures spéciales
L’examen périodique universel est un processus unique, qui implique un examen périodique des dossiers des droits humains des 193 États membres des Nations Unies. L’examen périodique universel est une innovation importante du Conseil des droits de l’homme et repose sur l’égalité de traitement de tous les pays.
Avant-propos de la haute-commissaire des nations unies aux droits de l’homme
La Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées est un élément essentiel du cadre international des droits humains et une pierre angulaire de la protection des personnes contre les disparitions forcées.
Dispositions de la convention reprises dans d’autres traités internationaux
Bien que la Convention soit le seul traité complet et universel sur la disparition forcée, la disparition forcée est un crime au regard du droit international et elle viole de multiples droits humains et libertés fondamentales consacrés par divers traités universels et régionaux relatifs aux droits humains et d’autres traités internationaux. Ces instruments juridiques affirment divers droits qui pourraient être affectés par la disparition forcée et envisagent les obligations correspondantes des États parties pour prévenir et réprimer de telles pratiques.
Introduction: Listening to an atomic bomb survivor
The Tokyo office of Nihon Hidankyo sits inside an old building with a gable roof and tinted glass windows, a structure that stands out among the sleeker, more modern establishments along the road.
Finding agency and building new identities as survivors: Hibakusha in Japan
Understanding the significance of survivor stories must begin by appreciating their precarity as information.
Principes directeurs concernant la recherche de personnes disparues
Depuis 2015, le Comité a consacré une attention croissante au sujet de la recherche des personnes disparues, en tenant des sessions thématiques et en étudiant les bonnes pratiques et les lacunes existantes. Diverses réunions d’experts ont été organisées en plus des sessions ordinaires du Comité.
Conclusion: Telling survivor stories, the best way we know
A month after my conversation with Tanaka-san, I saw him again, but this time on my computer screen. In a video, he was on a stage decorated with wispy strands of Japanese knotweed and orange amaryllis blossoms, arranged around a podium bearing the golden Nobel Peace Prize seal.
Note
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs is publishing this material within the context of General Assembly resolution on the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme (79/69) in order to further an informed debate on topical issues of arms limitation, disarmament and security. This publication series aims to give civil society a platform to express views on disarmament and related matters.
Survivor story, intersubjectivity and bearing witness
Telling stories has helped nuclear weapons survivors forge a collective voice, which they deftly harnessed to gain political representation and advance disarmament policy.
Survivor stories mobilize multilateral disarmament
Nuclear weapons survivor stories carry immense power when shared with Governments responsible for pursuing nuclear disarmament.
Nuclear weapons survivor stories today: select projects
Unlike the fleeting urgency of a news headline or the bland neutrality of a textbook, survivor stories, in their varied forms, have an extraordinary ability to seize our attention.
COVID-19 and Conflict
This brief addresses the importance of women’s full, equal, and meaningful participation to an effective pandemic response and to peacemaking efforts, and how the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda can provide a critical framework for inclusive decision-making and sustainable solutions. While efforts to flatten the pandemic’s curve unfold around the globe, violent conflict remains a deadly reality for far too many people. In March 2020, the UN Secretary-General called for a global ceasefire to allow the world to address COVID-19 (coronavirus). Since the outbreak of the pandemic, women have been at the forefront of effective COVID-19 prevention and response efforts—from frontline service delivery to the highest levels of decision-making. With women’s participation central to achieving sustainable solutions, the pandemic has brought into sharp relief how critical the WPS agenda is to inclusive and effective decision-making. This brief recognizes the vital role of women’s civil society organizations in mobilizing support for an urgent cessation of hostilities, inclusive ceasefire processes, and comprehensive peace talks. It also provides a preliminary analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on women’s participation in ceasefires and peace processes and offers a series of recommendations, including on “building back better”.
Food Security and Conflict
During the previous decade there has been an increased focus on the role of food security in conflict processes, both in the academic and policy communities. While the policy community has pushed forward with new programs, the academic debate about the causal linkages between food security and conflict remains debated. This article emphasizes the endogeneity that characterizes the coupling between food (in)security and violent conflict. We make three contributions. First, we define conflict and food security using the standard Uppsala Conflict Data Program and the FAO databases, and illustrate how intervening factors influence the relationship between conflict and food security at the micro and macro levels. Second, we provide a comprehensive review of the literature on linkages between food security and conflict, focusing on findings that account for endogeneity issues and have a causal interpretation. Third, we highlight policy-affecting data gaps beyond endogeneity and chart ways forward to improve the existing bodies of data and support new data collection to fill the academic gaps and support policy making. Our article supports to the ongoing debate around the causal relationship between food security and conflict, while also providing policy makers with analysis of data challenges and opportunities for innovation in food security and peacebuilding.