Uncategorized – Common Good Foundation (CGF)

CGF: Stop Execution of Afghan Nationals in Iran

CGF joins over 80 civil society organizations to request the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to stop the executions of Afghan Nationals in Iran. Since January 2025, there have been a total of 529 executions. The number continues to trend upward and represents a significant increase from 2024. Among those executed are nationals from Afghanistan who have fled due to persecution and other factors.

CFP: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) are interlinked and States have an obligation to respect, fulfill, and protect these rights. ESCR are also found in other treaties such as the Convention against the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In addition, ESCR are also found in regional instruments in different parts of the world. Given the prevalence of ESCR in international and regional conventions, this conference seeks to examine how much progress has been made on realizing these rights.

The Common Good Foundation in partnership with The Jersey Law Commission will be hosting a 1-day conference dedicated to ESCR. This inter-disciplinary conference welcomes scholars, practitioners, activists who work in areas of protection, fulfillment, and realization of these rights from around the world.

Some suggestions for abstracts/papers include:

• Effectiveness of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Effectiveness of the work of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights treaty body
• The intersection of ESCR and other international and/or regional conventions
• ESCR and enforcement mechanisms
• Broadening the scope of ESCR to include other types of rights
• ESCR in The Channel Islands
• Intersections and/or relationships between:
 ESCR and how it is provided to different groups, such as: ethnic, religious, linguistic minorities, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, children, the elderly, refugees, women, and LGBTQ+ persons
 ESCR and the environment (including oceans and climate change)
 ESCR and Artificial Intelligence
 ESCR and law
 ESCR and connections to other types of human rights violations and/or crimes

Other topics which are not listed here but are connected to ESCR are welcome.

Abstracts are due Monday, April 15, 2024.

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

Abstracts/Presentations which are accepted for the conference will have an opportunity to publish their article in the Special Edition issue for The Resolution Journal, dedicated to ESCR. This conference follows up on a previous report published by The Common Good Foundation, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Indigenous Groups in Asia.

This conference will be held in person, in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands on Friday, July 12, 2024. No travel stipends are available, all participants must handle their own expenses. There may be a minimal registration fee.

To learn more about Jersey, please visit: https://www.jersey.com/.

Protecting Minority Rights in the face of Mass Atrocities – Conference

The Common Good Foundation is excited to partner with Dr. Narissa Ramsundar, Professor at Canterbury Christ Church University (UK) to host “Examining Human Rights violations against minority groups” on July 14, 2022 from 9 am – 5 pm. This one day conference will examine minority rights from around the world and what mechanisms have done to address human rights violations. This conference compliments a previous report examining minority rights published by the Common Good Foundation which can be found here.

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ECOR concludes 2022 Milieura International Conference

The Earth, Climate and Ocean Research Foundation based in Kerala, India has concluded its two day conference titled, “Milieura- One Earth for All of Us: Changing Climate and Environment” which took place virtually on June 11th and 12th. The international conference featured select speakers from around the world. The conference addressed an area of topics which included climate change, oceans, and best practices to work together on environmental issues. The Common Good Foundation was excited to be a Knowledge Partner for this Conference.

United Nations Must Act to Protect Religious Minorities in Burma

The Common Good Foundation, along with 90 plus organizations and individuals, has signed a joint letter calling upon the UN Secretary General to stop rampant violations of religious freedom in Burma by the Burmese military.

Podcast: People’s Tribunals – Do They Achieve Anything?

People’s Tribunals are independent, peaceful, grassroots movements, created by members of civil society, to address impunity that is associated with ongoing or past atrocities. As such, they offer society an alternative history and create a space for healing and reconciliation to take place that may otherwise be stifled by political agendas and legal technicalities. Since the 1960’s, People’s Tribunals have grown and developed to address many kinds of situations, from genocide to environmental degradation.

Podcast: The impact of COVID 19 on Indigenous People’s rights

We urge Member States and the international community to include the specific needs and priorities of indigenous peoples in addressing the global outbreak of COVID 19.” ~ Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Anne Nuorgam.

In this episode of the HJ Talks About Abuse podcast, Alan and Regina Paulose discuss the impact of coronavirus on indigenous peoples from a human rights perspective.

Call for Papers: Environmental Crimes Law Conference 2019

The Common Good Foundation in partnership with The Resolution Centre, Jersey Law Commission, and The Resolution Journal, is hosting an Environmental Crimes Law Conference October 31^st and November 1^st 2019 in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.

The purpose of the conference is to bring together diverse professionals from different disciplines to discuss emerging trends and responses to environmental crimes. The conference welcomes papers on topics such as (but not limited to):

Wildlife crimes
Environmental criminal laws, policies, or prosecutions
The impact of environmental crimes on specific communities
Environmental/Social movements which respond to or address an environmental crime
Technological responses to environmental crime

All papers that are accepted will have an opportunity for publication in The Resolution Journal, an open access law journal.

The conference fee will be £150 per person. All expenses will be paid for by the attendee, there are no stipends offered for travel or other expenses. Further information for registration will be posted by September.

If you are interested in presenting, please submit the following to Regina Paulose: reginapaulose at gmail dot com:

A brief bio
Abstract – 300 words

The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, September 6, 2019. Notifications of acceptance will be delivered by early September.

A working rough draft of the accepted paper for the conference will be due by October 20, 2019.

PODCAST SERIES: Human Rights in a Burning World #3 — Bioethics & Forced Organ Harvesting: China Tribunal Findings

This week, the Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting of Prisoners of Conscience in China released and announced its findings. We read from those conclusions and talk to Wendy Rogers of the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China.

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The Common Good Foundation is partnering with Solidarity House Cooperative which is a worker-owned production company whose members have produced podcasts for nonprofit advocacy groups and churches. The operations director of Solidarity House Cooperative is Matt Stannard, J.D., a producer and activist with experience in international human rights litigation, municipal financial reform, and sustainable farming.

PODCAST SERIES: Human Rights in a Burning World #2 — The World Burns Unequally

Do international institutions free us from our colonialist history, or do they perpetuate it? This episode takes a critical look at international legal institutions through the lens of Third World Approaches to International Law, a legal movement explained by Thamil Ananthavinayagan, professor of international law at Griffith College in Dublin. Then, University of Hawaii futurist and political scientist Jairus Grove discusses the history of global violence and his new book Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World. This series is produced in cooperation with the Common Good Foundation, and sponsored by the World Peace Through Law section of the Washington State Bar Association.