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This page links to the individual pages of the SIHRG's working groups.
ACTIVE GROUPS:
This new group has an interest in all areas of South Asia. It will be beginning its focus on human rights issues in Pakistan and Bangladesh
The Americas sub-group has an interest in all the areas of the Americas and currently has links with NGOs in Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Chile and the UK. The group’s present focus is on raising awareness of human rights issues in these regions and providing legal support to NGOs in the field particularly in relation to cases in the Inter-American system.
PAST and INACTIVE GROUPS (members wishing to revive should contact admin)
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- Guantánamo / Due Process Working Group
This sub-group has been very active supporting Clive Stafford Smith and Reprieve with a conference to be held in conjunction with Amnesty in November. The conference aims to bring together as many of the people who have been released from Guantánamo as possible, to raise the issue of compensation for those who have been mistreated, and initiate a new phase of the legal process involving the detainees, focusing on the “Ghost Detainees” held by the US around the world.
- Human Trafficking Working Group
With reports estimating that up to 1.2 million children (not to mention countless adults) are trafficked for sexual exploitation or cheap labour each year, the SIHRG Human Trafficking sub-group is working to tackle this form of modern-day slavery. The group is aiming to offer legal support to a local NGO working with sex trafficking victims, and conducts legal research for international NGOs working on trafficking issues. Members are also monitoring developments in domestic legislation which may impact trafficking issues.
- Minority and Indigenous Rights Working Group
This group is currently under review but interest in reviving it is welcome
- Africa Working Group
The group has agreed to direct itself primarily towards human rights abuses in Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, pending other issues arising from any part of Africa.
- Middle-East and North Africa Working Group
This sub-group is being revived following the Lebanon war, and the continuing problems in Iraq; suggestions for activities and research are currently being considered.
- Death Penalty And Torture Working Group
This group is currently under review but interest in reviving it is welcome.
- Globalisation, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Working Group
This new Group is just beginning. Economic Social and Cultural (ESC) human rights traditionally receive less attention than civil and political rights. However they should be considered just as important..
- Children's Rights
This group is currently under development, please contact the administrator, here, if you require further information.
- Women's Rights
This group is currently under development, please contact the administrator, here, if you require further information. | |
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