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Enough is enough: the future is public - Reclaiming public services for a just recovery

This event builds on the very successful panel discussion held last year on privatisation and public services, which brought together seven current and former UN Special Rapporteurs and one former UN Independent Expert and which was attended by over 500 participants from across the world. This event seeks to continue and strengthen this momentum, focusing on public services as the key to a new way forward, particularly in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency and the ecological crisis.   

 

With whom? 

  • Philip Alston, former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights  

  • KoumbouBoly Barry, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education    

  • Solomon Ayele Dersso, Commissioner of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 

  • Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context 

  • Léo Heller, former UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation  

  • Aoife Nolan, Vice-President of the Council of Europe's European Committee of Social Rights 

  • Magdalena Sepúlveda, former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 
     

The moderator and other speakers are still to be confirmed.  

How? 

This online seminar will be held on Zoom and will be available in English, French and Spanish.  

Click on this link to register: https://bit.ly/3lx32wI

Why?  

Privatisation and commercialisation are increasing in many areas, from the provision of services such as education and health, to the governance of land and natural resources. This raises a number of human rights concerns, including increased inequalities and segregation, restrictions in access, and the loss of democratic control over areas essential for human dignity. Dynamics of financialisation are further exacerbating the dispossession of communities and people, while creating new levels of concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a few actors. 

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed and exacerbated the existing inequalities and injustices related to privatisation, and has revealed the equalising and redistributive power of public services. This is a crucial moment to build public services as part of a just recovery and transition to a more sustainable and resilient economy and society 


 

 

English
Date: 
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Type: 
Webinar
Time: 
2-4pm UTC, 4-6pm ECT (Amsterdam)
Location: 
Online
Organizer(s): 
Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER)
ActionAid
EACHRights
Eurodad
Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR)
Oxfam
SID
Transnational Institute
Speakers: 
former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights 
former UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context
Teaser: 

Join us for a unique and dynamic online discussion on 26 October 2021 bringing together seven global and regional human rights experts to reflect on the crucial role of public services in building a more sustainable, inclusive, socially-just, and resilient economy and society. 

Interpretations - English, French and Spanish. 

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Democratic Public Services
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Topic: 
Border Wars
English
Programmes: 
War & Pacification
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How to stop the displacement of millions caused by European arms exports

 
In a follow-up event to the report, we invite you to join a discussion with an expert panel on the implications of these alarming findings for European policy: Which steps need to be taken to control arms exports and prevent further displacement?
 

4pm (CET) - 28 September 2021


Panel

  • Dr. Hannah Neumann (MEP, The Greens/European Free Alliance)
  • Catherine Woollard (Director, European Council on Refugees and Exiles)
  • Andrew Feinstein (Author ‘The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade’)
  • Apostolis Fotiadis (Researcher/Co-author 'Smoking Guns' report)
  • Leone Hadavi (OSINT EU Arms Investigator)
 
English
Date: 
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Type: 
Webinar
Time: 
16.00 CET
Teaser: 

Our groundbreaking report ‘Smoking Guns’ found that European arms exports have contributed to the displacement of at least 1.1 million people. Our research joined the dots between Europe’s arms exports, forced displacement and migration.

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Topic: 
Border Wars
War on Terror
Programmes: 
War & Pacification
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Arms exports; Hannah Neumann; migration

Empire, Islamophobia and the War on Terror

Topic: 
War on Terror
English
Programmes: 
War & Pacification
Article type: 
Multi-media
Body: 

Video of The racist roots of the War on Terror Video credit Josh Akinwumi They discuss how Arab and Muslim communities were racialised and targeted well before 9/11 and what interests this dehumanisation served. Deepa Kumar is the author of the recently published book, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire: Twenty Years after 9/11. Arun Kundnani is a TNI associate and author of The ... Read more

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Abolish national security
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War on Terror, Islamophobia, anti-racism, 9/11

El fin innoble de la lucha contra el terrorismo

Topic: 
Guerras de frontera
Guerra contra el terror
Spanish
Programmes: 
Guerra y Pacificación
Article type: 
Article
Body: 

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Image Source: 
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Related content: 
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Regions: 

An ignoble end to counter-terrorism

Topic: 
Border Wars
War on Terror
English
Programmes: 
War & Pacification
Article type: 
Article
Body: 

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Image Source: 
DariuszSankowski at Pixabay
Related content: 
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Grappling with growth

Topic: 
Climate and Environmental (in)justice
Transformative practices
English
Programmes: 
Agrarian & Environmental Justice
Article type: 
Article
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In search of Real Utopias

Topic: 
Transformative cities
English
Programmes: 
Public Alternatives
Subtitle: 
The Transformative Cities People’s Choice Award as a research tool
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Article
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