{"id":136513,"date":"2025-01-14T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T07:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/human-rights-defenders-are-key-to-conflict-resolution-says-turk\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T09:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T07:10:18","slug":"human-rights-defenders-are-key-to-conflict-resolution-says-turk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/human-rights-defenders-are-key-to-conflict-resolution-says-turk\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,\u2019 says T\u00fcrk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136513\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T\u00fcrk highlighted the critical role of human rights defenders in today&#8217;s tumultuous global landscape in a speech on Monday to Wilton Park, the executive agency of the United Kingdom\u2019s Foreign office.<\/p>\n<p>For many workers, defending human rights is not just a job, but a calling. As he noted, many \u201cwork out of a deep sense of service to others, and a desire to make a meaningful impact.\u201d From conflict zones to post-war societies, they provide crucial support to detainees and victims of torture, deliver emergency relief, document violations and expose the root causes of conflict. \u201cHuman rights defenders are key to conflict resolution. They are the messengers of dignity, justice and peace,\u201d said Mr. T\u00fcrk.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite their invaluable work, human rights defenders face \u201cunacceptably high\u201d threats, with some attacks amounting to war crimes. For journalists and humanitarian workers, being killed, kidnapped, harassed or detained has become an increasingly likely reality. Women are particularly vulnerable, often targeted by sexual violence, online threats and risks to their family.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. T\u00fcrk stressed the importance of ensuring defenders\u2019 safety, arguing that it is both a legal imperative and a vital step toward achieving justice and peace. Mr. T\u00fcrk cited the criminalisation of dissent, the forceful suppression of peaceful protests and restrictions on non-governmental organisations as alarming developments.<\/p>\n<p>These events often force human rights defenders to operate in exile, exposing them to new forms of persecution and repression, including online surveillance. \u201cThe full impact of digital technologies on the work and safety of human rights defenders is not yet known,\u201d he warned, underlining the urgency of addressing these modern threats.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. T\u00fcrk urged governments to take decisive action, including establishing well-resourced national protection systems and supporting civil society networks that provide cross-border protection. He also noted the importance of reacting swiftly to emerging threats. \u201cThe risks of this work must not be shouldered by the defenders alone,\u201d he said, emphasising the need to support NGOs at risk and to push back against the labelling of defenders as terrorists, foreign agents or traitors. \u201cWe must do everything we can to make sure [defenders] can operate safely wherever they are,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/01\/1158961\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/human-rights-defenders-are-key-to-conflict-resolution-says-turk\/\">\u2018Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,\u2019 says T\u00fcrk<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[17578,402,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-136513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-human-rights-defenders","tag-un","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}