Content tagged Human rights
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- A Unique Potential, A Real Responsibility: Libraries Mark Human Rights Day 2019
Today is Human Rights Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. In a message sent to IFLA members today, IFLA Secretary General Gerald...
News - 10 December 2019
Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Intellectual freedom, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Libraries for Human Rights: IFLA Contributes to Italian UN Human Rights Review
IFLA, working with the Italian Library Association, has provided input to the Universal Periodic Review of Italy at the Human Rights Council. The submission highlights the importance of access to...
News - 5 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Italy, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA Submission on Italian Universal Periodic Review
IFLA and the Italian Library Association have submitted a contribution to the Unviersal Periodic Review of Italy, as organised by the Human Rights Council. This underlines the importance...
Publication - 5 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Italy, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Libraries, Local Government, Human Rights and Sustainable Development: IFLA Submission to Human Rights Council
Through providing access to information and skills in a welcoming environment, as well as working as a platform for partnerships, libraries can realise rights and development. IFLA has...
Publication - 16 February 2019
Tags: Access to information, Human rights, Sustainable development, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reports, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- IFLA submission for upcoming UN report: 10th anniversary of the mandate in cultural rights
Next year, 2019, will mark as the 10th anniversary of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. To celebrate, the current Special Rapporteur – Karima Bennoune – has...
Publication - 12 November 2018
Tags: copy right, Cultural heritage, cultural rights, Human rights, UN, Publications
- IFLA submission for upcoming UN report: 10th anniversary of the mandate in cultural rights
Next year, 2019, will mark as the 10th anniversary of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. To celebrate, the current Special Rapporteur – Karima Bennoune – has...
News - 7 November 2018
Tags: Advocacy, copy right, Cultural heritage, cultural rights, Human rights, PERSIST, UN
- IFLA Secretary-General Welcomes Naming of Michelle Bachelet as Human Rights Commissioner
The rights of freedom of expression and access to information, privacy, education, and participation in cultural life are core to libraries’ mission. They give equitable access to the...
News - 22 August 2018
Tags: Access to information, Education, Freedom of access to information, Freedom of expression, Human rights, Privacy, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- Human Rights Day 2017: IFLA welcomes the start of the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner today wrote to IFLA members to mark the start of the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Dear all,...
News - 10 December 2017
Tags: Access to information, Freedom of expression, Human rights, FAIFE (Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)