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Sine Qua Non submitted information and suggestions to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
As a contribution to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism’s mandate, SQN presented an input focused on the dangers of broadening the definition of terrorism and its consequencies...
The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, submitted her first report at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council
The newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, presented her first report at the Human Rights Council. She gave her vision for the mandate, setting out the need to reimagine access to justice and the rule of...
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) holded its 85th session
From 8 to 26 May 2023, the 85th session of the CEDAW, the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, took place at Palais des Nations, in Geneva. For this period, Spain...
Five Special Procedures of the United Nations urge the Spanish government to take measures to stop the persecution to Catalan independentism
The Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of magistrates and lawyers, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights...
Sine Qua Non participates as a member of the scientific committee of the II Congress of Advocacy for the Defence of Civil and Political Rights
Amnistia i Llibertat (Amnesty and Freedom), an organisation created to watch over and protect human rights in Catalonia, and to put an end to repression and persecution against independence, organises the II Congress of Advocacy for the Defence of Civil and Political...
The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues presented the process of drafting a new treaty
Besides the overview of the activities since his previous report (A/HRC/49/46) and the activities marking the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, the UN...
Three UN Special Procedures urge Spain to take active measures against the use of spyware
On May 2022, Sine Qua Non, in behalf of several Catalan politicians belonging to the political organisation Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), and in coordination with other organizations affected by Catalangate, co-signed a communication to the UN denouncing...
Sine Qua Non presents a follow-up report for the Mid-Term Review on the 3rd cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations
Sine Qua Non, together with 7 civil society organisations, presented a mid-term report that followed up the implementation of a set of recommendations that were made to the Spanish state within the 3rd cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations. The...
The 15th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues took place in Geneva on December 1st and 2nd, 2022 and focused on the theme “Review. Rethink. Reform. 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Minority Rights”
The Human Rights Council resolution 6/15 of 28 September 2007, renewed by resolution 19/23 of 23 March 2012, established the Forum on Minority Issues as a platform for promoting dialogue and cooperation on issues pertaining to national or ethnic, religious and...
The United Nations Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law held its fourth session in Geneva on November 24th and 25th, 2022, with a focus on strengthening democracies to build back better
In its Resolution 28/14, the Human Rights Council decided “to establish a Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law to provide a platform for promoting dialogue and cooperation on issues pertaining to the relationship between these areas” and to “identify...