Opportunity for Human Rights Advocacy at UN General Assembly
What Is Happening?
- Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, will be in New York for the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly.
- She will participate in the Summit of The Future and be available for interviews from 20 to 24 September.
- Callamard will address ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, emphasizing the importance of global action.
Why Does It Matter?
- This year’s General Assembly and Summit of The Future offer a unique opportunity to address global challenges.
- Leaders are urged to move from rhetoric to action, focusing on cooperation, climate emergency, and multilateral order breakdown.
- Callamard stresses the need for collective action to safeguard the future of humanity amid crises worldwide.
What Can We Expect?
- Callamard will engage with State representatives and human rights defenders to discuss civil society inclusion, governance, and global tax reform.
- Priority issues include authoritarian practices, regulation of new technologies, climate crisis, and women’s rights.
Call for Human Rights-driven Future
“For Amnesty International, there is only one acceptable pathway to the future: that which is paved with universal and indivisible human rights,” states Agnès Callamard.
Background
UNGA79 convenes from September to December 2024, including the Summit of The Future on 22-23 September, focusing on global governance challenges post-global shocks.
Dr Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, brings decades of human rights advocacy experience to the forefront, urging world leaders to seize this historic opportunity at the UN General Assembly.
Source: www.amnesty.org