Each year on July 18, people across the globe pause to honour a man whose moral courage changed the course of history. Mandela Day invites every person to devote 67 minutes of service to others—one minute for each year that Mandela dedicated to the struggle for human rights and equality.

Congratulations to my McMaster University colleague and friend, Juliet Daniel, on being awarded a Distinguished University Professorship—an honour that reflects her remarkable contributions to science, mentorship, and community service.

My new book, "The Role of Networks in Advancing Human Rights," co-edited with Dr. Mark Gibney (University of North Carolina) and Dr. Shareen Hertel (University of Connecticut), examines how human rights networks operate and impact outcomes on a global scale.

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@participedia.bsky.social is pleased to be an organizing partner in the "Indigenous Politics and Democracy Theory Workshop Series." The topic for this session is "The Two Row Wampum: Democracy, Reconciliation, Decolonization."
Thanks to our keynote speakers, Yann Allard-Tremblay and Rick Hill Sr.

At the 11th Session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development at the UN Headquarters in New York, I will lead an interactive dialogue on climate justice as both a foundational framework for guiding climate action and a central objective in tackling the crisis.

At the 11th Session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development at the UN Headquarters in New York, I will facilitate a discussion on the implications of recent reversals in international development assistance on the right to development.

Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development to discuss financing-for-development in the new international context

The 11th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development will take place at the UN HQ New York with open public meetings on Thursday 3 April and Friday 4 April 2025, 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm ET.

I will be presenting my thematic study on Climate Justice.

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We are delighted to welcome Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji to the Centre for Human Rights & Restorative Justice @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social to speak at our @participedia.bsky.social workshop on "Democratizing Human Rights." Judge Eboe-Osuji was the 4th President of the International Criminal Court.

Thanks to the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guelph, Dr. Rene Van Acker, and the Dean of the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, Dr. Uwafiokun Idemudia, for inviting me to deliver the keynote address at the university.

@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social Master of Arts in Globalization is an interdisciplinary program that examines the complex political, social, economic, cultural, discursive and theoretical developments and how they impact our communities, and the environment in which we live.

The UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (EMRTD) is pleased to invite you to its side event organized at the 3rd Preparatory Committee of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), 10-14 February, UN HQ NY.