by admin | Mar 6, 2024 | Human Rights
The current Special Rapporteur, Ben Saul, presented his first report, covering the first two months of his mandate. He highlighted the fact that many of the human rights violations identified by his predecessors over the past 18 years have not only not been remedied,...
by admin | Feb 28, 2024 | Human Rights, Sine Qua Non
On Saturday, February 24, Sine Qua Non held its annual General Assembly, which took place both in Geneva and online. To make the members of the association acquaintanced with the Human Rights system of the United Nations, SQN organized a onsite training session the...
by admin | Jan 31, 2024 | Council of Europe, Human Rights
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has elected the Irish human rights lawyer Michael O’Flaherty as the fifth Commissioner for Human Rights, following Dunja Mijatović (2018-2024). The previous Commissioners were Nils Muižnieks (2012-2018),...
by admin | Jan 15, 2024 | Human Rights
Sine Qua Non, on its role of empowering Civil Society to access systems of international organisations, has expanded its toolkit to make them aware of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The main goal pursued with this extension is to explain this mechanism to civil...
by admin | Dec 27, 2023 | Democracy, Human Rights, Sine Qua Non
Sine Qua Non has been accepted as a member of the Global Democracy Coalition (GDC), a multi-stakeholder strategic alliance established in 2021. The GDC’s objective is to bring together organizations dedicated to advancing democracy, and to influence the...