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Belize

Women’s Parliamentary Caucus hosts Human Rights 75 Event

Participants in the Parliamentary Caucus event. © OHCHR Belize
Participants in the Parliamentary Caucus event. © OHCHR Belize

Recognition and respect of inalienable human rights was the focus of an event that explored the rights to education, healthcare, food, shelter, and other rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The event, sponsored by the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus of Belize and the UN Human Rights Office, was a chance for civil society organizations, the private sector, and the public to learn more about rights-based approaches and activities.  

“Human Rights and fundamental freedoms are in our DNA,” said Antoinette Moore, Justice of the High Court of Belize, Southern Administrative District and the featured speaker. “However, while human rights are part of the Belizean spirit, we must continue to do all we can to shed the legacies of elitism, colonialism, sexism, racism, classism that remain with us. There is much work to do, and it is an everyday challenge.” 

Chile

Indigenous peoples access to justice

An indigenous person performing a ceremony
Member of the Indigenous community performs an opening ceremony during the Regional Dialogue of the Americas on Indigenous Peoples and Access to Justice, in the city of Santiago, Chile, October 25, 2023. Photo credit: Rodrigo Saez

Peru

Events for children and adults

A child's artwork

In September, OHCHR Peru in coordination with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Women held two art workshops for forty girls from children's shelters to raise awareness of their human rights and discuss the relevance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

OHCHR Peru organized these two art workshops for girls between 12 and 16 years of age in shelters run by the Ministry of Women. The purpose of this activity was to disseminate, through cooperative work, the content of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, highlighting its importance and allowing them to creatively elaborate their own version of the Declaration. The workshop also provided an opportunity to reflect on the most significant articles related to children and life with dignity, resulting in a reflection by the girls that materialized in the creation of small art books with the articles of the Declaration, which they created with the help of facilitators, OHCHR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Discussion panel members
In May 2023, OHCHR Peru organized a discussion panel with human rights defenders and the State Intersectoral Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders of the Ministry of Justice during the HR75 thematic month dedicated to civic space. Photo credit: OHCHR

Trinidad and Tobago

Dialogue for reflection on human rights  

Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Alicia Elias-Roberts addresses the audience. © UWI St. Augustine
Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Alicia Elias-Roberts addresses the audience. © UWI St. Augustine

In partnership with the University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus, the UN in T&T hosted a panel discussion on Monday, November 20th, 2023, at the Noor Hassanali Auditorium, UWI on the theme, "75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Reaching substantive equality and reframing narratives." 

In her opening remarks, Dr. Alicia Elias-Roberts, Dean of the Faculty of Law, referred to the Declaration as being integral in paving the way for international treaties, since the Declaration has been translated into national and international law.  

Read more: A Timeless Cornerstone: 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations in Trinidad and Tobago