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How Effective Is the Role of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Protecting and Promoting Human Rights (The Arabic Journal of Human and Social Science; Vol.13, No.5) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Saffo Nardjesse Corporate author: University of Djelfa The issue of human rights remained the first in the list of human concerns and hopes, and one of the priorities that emerged on the shoulders of the United Nations within its established and difficult-to-reach programs and goals. There is no doubt that the most important causes of its emergence are attributable to those flagrant violations of human rights, especially those linked to war crimes and others against humanity, which prompted the major countries specifically to consider establishing a body concerned with the first of all the maintenance of international peace and security and the protection and promotion of human rights. , Through the Commission on Human Rights as one of the sub-committees established by the Economic and Social Council, which is tasked with preserving the sanctity of these rights. However, it soon proved ineffective due to the control of states violating human rights on the one hand and the politicization of their role on the other hand. Over the years, the committee dealt with human rights issues in ways that some commentators described as unsatisfactory and more sterile. As a result, the new body was established under the name of the "Human Rights Council" by General Assembly Resolution 60/251, and was considered the largest international body entrusted with the responsibility of promoting global respect. Human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without discrimination of any kind and in a just and equitable manner. Did the new mechanism, with its newly created composition, adequately address the weaknesses of the Commission on Human Rights? In other words, has the Human Rights Council added from its inception to today a greater value and contribution to the ؟protection and promotion of human rights?
إدماج وضمان حقوق النساء والفتيات: دليل المدن العربية Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Cairo | European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Austria) إدماج النساء والفتيات في المدن العربية، تح ٍد أم فرصة؟يشكل إدماج النساء والفتيات عنصرا محوريا في مسألة الإدماج الحضري. فعلى الرغم من أن النساء والفتياتي مثلن ما يقرب من أو يزيد عن نصف السكان في أغلب المدن العربية، فإنهن من أكثرالفئات المستبعدة تاريخيا وهيكلًيا من عملية صنع القرار والتخطيط الإنمائي في المدن العربية. ويواجهن العديد من العوائقل لاستفادة من خدمات المدن ويعانين من عدم المساواة فيفرص المشاركة في أنشطتها.كان إعداد هذا الدليل على أساس ورشة عمل استشارية إقليمية افتراضية، بالإضافة إلى مقابلات متعمقة مع مسؤولي المدن وممثلي تحالف المدن العربية ضد العنصرية والتمييز وكراهية الأجانب والتعصب. ويوفر الدليل أدوات ونصائح عملية لتمكين المدن العربية من تحقيق إدماج النساء والفتيات بشكل أفضل، وضمان حقهن الكامل في الاستفادة من برامج التنمية المحلية.يستهدف هذا الدليل بشكل أساسي السلطات المحلية في المدن العربية بما في ذلك رؤساء البلديات وأعضاء المجالس البلدية والمديرين التنفيذيين في البلديات والهيئات المعنية بتصميم المشاريع والبرامج المحلية وتنفيذها ومتابعتها وتقييمها.يأتي هذا المنشور نتيجة جهد مشترك ساهم فيه كل من المركز الأوروبي للتدريب والبحوث لحقوق الإنسان والديمقراطية في جراتس، وتحالف اليونسكو للمدن العربية ضد العنصرية والتمييز وكراهية الأجانب والتعصب، ومكتب اليونسكو بالقاهرة.
Inclusion of Women and Girls and Ensuring Their Rights: A Toolkit for Arab Cities Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Cairo | European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Austria) Even though women and girls represent close to or more than half of the population of most Arab cities, they are one of the groups that are historically and structurally excluded from decision-making and development planning in the cities. They face many barriers in accessing cities services, and inequality participating in cities activities. Developed on the basis of a virtual regional consultation workshop, as well as in-depth interviews with cities officials and representatives from the Coalition of Arab Cities against Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Intolerance, this Toolkit provides tools and practical advice to enable Arab cities achieve a better inclusion of women and girls, and ensure their full right to benefit from local development programs. The toolkit mainly targets local authorities in Arab cities including Mayors, Members of Municipality Councils, Municipal executives, and Entities concerned with the design, implementation, follow-up, and evaluation of local projects and programs. “Since wars begin in the minds of men andwomen it is in the minds of men and womenthat the defences of peace must be constructed”Inclusion of women and girls in Arab cities: challenge or opportunity?This publication is the result of a joint effort involving the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Graz, UNESCO Coalition of Arab Cities against Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Intolerance, and UNESCO Cairo Office. 