Event: Human Rights and Street Protest

March 8, 2015
News

Registration is now open for the 14th International Human Rights Colloquium, a conference held in São Paulo, Brazil from May 24-29.  This event, organized by our regional network Conectas, in conjunction with the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) of Argentina, Legal Resources Centre (LRC) of South Africa, and KontraS of Indonesia, has brought together human rights defenders from the Global South since 2001. 

 
This year, the central theme of the Colloquium will be the relationship between human rights and street protests.  Ana Cernov of Conectas, explains, “We want to debate how causes are transformed into mobilizations, how to deal with repression and how to guarantee rights and freedoms on the streets. We also want to discuss how and why organizations engage in demonstrations and how they combine this participation with the work of research and advocacy. These are decisive questions for the future of the human rights movement.”

Registration is open until March 10 and a list of accepted applicants will be published on March 15 on Conectas’ website. Eligible candidates with experience in the field of human rights, particularly in Latin America, Africa and Asia, can participate, as well as activists and members of non-traditional groups and movements.