IFLA Statement on Afghanistan
IFLA's President Christine Mackenzie and Secretary General Gerald Leitner have issued the below statement concerning the situation in Afghanistan. Read More
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- 19 August 2021
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Libraries Have Role in G20 Pillars of Action – People, Planet, Prosperity: G20 Culture Ministers Declaration
Ministers from the G20 Nations met in Rome from 29-30 July for the first meeting devoted to Culture in the history of the G20. Read More
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- 05 August 2021
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Libraries for Human Rights: insights from Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Library Association and IFLA have prepared a joint submission for the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of the country. Drawing on the experiences of the library field, the submission flags important trends and ways in which libraries work to support the fundamental rights to education, work, and access to science in Zimbabwe, and sets out recommendations on how more could be done. Read More
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- 20 July 2021
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Libraries for Human Rights: good practices and key trends in Uganda
A joint submission by IFLA and the Uganda Library and Information Association to the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review outlines key developments and ways that libraries work to support the fundamental rights to education, health, and work in Uganda, and how more could be done. Read More
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- 16 July 2021
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A Place for Libraries in Upholding Cultural Rights through the Protection of Cultural Heritage
At the request of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights convened a workshop with the goal of taking steps towards developing tools for the “dissemination of an approach to the protection, restoration and preservation of cultural heritage that promotes universal respect… Read More
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- 22 June 2021
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IFLA Input to OHCHR: Minorities, Equal Participation, Social and Economic Development, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A call for inputs by the UN Human Rights Council centred on the persistent issues of discrimination, exclusion and marginalisation experienced by various national, linguistic, ethnic and religious minorities. From outsized negative impacts of nascent technology trends on specific groups to more severe health… Read More
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- 10 June 2021
Libraries, Minority Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: IFLA contributes to an OHCHR call for inputs
The key theme of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda is “Leaving No-one Behind”; the pandemic has highlighted the urgency of addressing disproportionate barriers and disparities that various minority groups are experiencing. An IFLA input to a UN Human Rights Council consultation examines the role of access to information in facilitating minority rights within the context of sustainable development, and ways that libraries support it. Read More
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- 10 June 2021
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IFLA Input to OHCHR: Minorities, Equal Participation, Social and Economic Development, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A call for inputs by the UN Human Rights Office issued in May 2020 emphasised the persistent issues of discrimination, exclusion and marginalisation experienced by various national, linguistic, ethnic and religious minorities. From outsized negative impacts of nascent technology trends to… Read More
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- 09 June 2021
Libraries, Minority Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: IFLA contributes to an OHCHR call for inputs
The key theme of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda is “Leaving No-one Behind”; the pandemic has highlighted the urgency of addressing disproportionate barriers and disparities that various minority groups are experiencing. An IFLA input to a UN Human Rights Council consultation examines the role of access to information in facilitating minority rights within the context of sustainable development, and ways that libraries support it. Read More
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- 09 June 2021
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Cities for Digital Rights: Advocacy and engagement opportunities for libraries
A new IFLA briefing offers an overview of the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, and highlights areas where its targets and goals overlap with the work of the library field, creating scope for engagement, collaboration and advocacy for libraries. Read More
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- 15 April 2021
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