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Connect 14#1, September 2010
A Report on IDPs: Voices and Stories (Daisuke Shirane, IMADR UN Office)
Accountability is Needed! Report from an IMADR-sponsered UN Side Event held in Geneva on Sri Lanka (Michaela R. Told, IMADR Associate)
The Holocaust Against the Sinti and Roma (IMADR Secretariat)
14th Session of the Human Rights Council (Michael Phillips, IMADR Intern)
Seeking Collaboration between CERD and NGOs (Jade Johnston, IMADR Intern) (PDF)
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Connect 13#4, May 2010
CERD Concerns and Recommendations upon review of the Japanese Government Report
(Megumi Komori, IMADR Under-Secretary-General)
High Commisioner for Human Rights Meets Victims of Discrimination in Japan (Nina Kunimoto, IMADR Volunteer)
Update on Dalit Chidren's Daycare Centers (Society For Education and Development (SRED)
The Sayama Case: Another Step Forward (Megumi Komori, IMADR Under-Secretary-General(PDF)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter,
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Connect 13#3, November 2009
For the Effective Elimination of Discrimination Based on Work and Descent (Megumi Komori IMADR/IMADR-JC under-secretary-general)(PDF)
The Second Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right of Indigenous Peples (Akiyo Inoko and Makiko Kimura)
The View from CERD: Summary report of the 75th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Robyn Kerrison)
Minority Woman on the Rise make Visible Change; utilizing Japan's Periodic CEDAW Review (Yuriko Hara IMADR/IMADR-JC Secretary-General)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter,
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Connect 13#2, July 2009
IMADR at the Durban Review Conference: Focusing on discrimination based on work and descent (IMADR International Secretariat)
The Lack of Witness and Victim Protection in Sri Lanka: Waiting for the ship to come home (M.C.M. Iqbal)
The View from CERD: Summary report of the 74th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Deniz Ugur & Evette Scott)
Increasing Threat against the Sinti and Roma (Romani Rose) (PDF)
Appeal Letter to the Government of Germany Demanding Stronger Protective Measures for Minorities Including the Sinti and Roma
IMADR's 20-page newsletter,
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Connect 13#1, April 2009
From Yokohama to Rio de Janeiro: The Third World Congress Against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents (Laurence Cuny)
Affirmative Action in Crisis in the United States? (Michael Sharpe)(PDF)
NGOs and States Discuss Minorities' Right to Education: The inaugual UN Forum on Minority Issues (Kathryn Ramsay)
The UPR in Asia - a New Hope? (Michael Anthony)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter,
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Connect 12#4, December 2008
Bringing the Sayama Case to the UN: Kazuo Ishikawa joins the review of Japan's periodic report under ICCPR (Akiyuki Kataoka)
Racism in the Justice System: The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal (Claude Guillaumaud-Pujol et al.)
Report on the First Session of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Yuuki Hasegawa)
The Second Global Forum on Migration and Development Manila 2008: Challenges and prospects (Setsuko Arai)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter,
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Connect 12#3, September 2008
The "G8 Effect": Ainu indigeneity and the Indigenous Peoples Summit in Ainu Mosir 2008 (Ann-Elise Lewallen)
The Universal Periodic Review of India, Sri Lanka and Japan: Lessons learned (Georgina Stevens)
The View from CERD: Summary report of the 73rd session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Kimani Goddard and Phillip Slann)
Combating Discrimination and Racism against Sinti and Roma at the UN Level (Uwe Wensel)
Holding Responsible the World Superpowers as Receiving Countries of Exploited Migrants and Trafficked Persons (Setsuko Arai)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter,
connect, is published four times a year, showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
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Connect 12#2, June 2008
French Law and the Fight against Racial Discrimination in Employment (Barbara Portailler)
Preparations for the Durban Review Conference 2009: State and civil society initiatives and developments (Georgina Stevens)
The View from CERD: Summary report of the 72nd session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Chun-Yu Chow)
Uncovering Intersectional Invisibility: African American women and Japan's minority women (Malaya Ileto)
Rural Women's Voices Take Center Stage at the First Asian Rural Women's Conference (Tamil Nadu Women's Forum)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter,
connect, is published four times a year, showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
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Connect 12#1, March 2008
Sri Lanka - Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Interview with President Nimalka Fernando (IMADR International Secretariat)
IMADR Regrets the Termination of 2002 Ceasefire Agreement in Sri Lanka (IMADR International Secretariat)
Field Mission Report from Mannar (IMADR Asia Committee/Centre for Policy Alternatives/INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre/Law and Society Trust)
Unity is Strength: Struggles of Dalits lead to victories in southern Indian villages (Tamil Nadu Dalit Women's Movement)
We Cannot Tolerate the Institutionalization of Racism and Racial Discrimination: The "Japanese version of US-VISIT" tightens control over foreigners (Hideki Morihara)
Japan's Minority Women Stand Up and Reach Out: Surveys and recommendations from the viewpoint of Ainu, Buraku, and Resident Korean women (Yuriko Hara)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter,
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Connect 11#4, December 2007
From a Place for Childcare and Education to a Base for the Liberation Movement: The Dalit Daycare Center Project - past, present and future (IMADR International Secretariat)
Notes on the Kazuo Ishikawa Tour (D Jae Lee)
Institution Building and Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights: Deliberations at the Sixth Session of the UN Human Rights Council (Georgina Stevens)
The Adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A historic moment for human rights (IMADR International Secretariat & Rodolfo Stavenhagen & Tadashi Kato)
The Community Police in Guerrero: An alternative justice (Gabriel Baeza Espejel)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter,
connect, is published four times a year, and showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
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Connect 11#3, September 2007
Has Something New Emerged from the United Nations Human Rights Council? (Osamu Shiraishi)
The UN Human Rights Council One Year On: Opportunities and threats for minorities (Kathryn Ramsay)
Reflections on Caste, Class, and Gender in India: A report from participants of the 2007 IMADR India Study Tour
The View from CERD: Summary report of the 71st session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Sarah Hollier&Thomas Orrell)
CERD Expresses Concern over Canada's Treatment of Aboriginal Peoples (Ed. Bianchi)
The Sixth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Kanako Uzawa)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter, connect, is published four times a year, and showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
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Connect 11#2, June 2007
Launch of the Japan NGO Network for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Hideki Morihara, Secretary-General, IMADR/IMADR-JC)
A Murky New Year for Batti IDPs (Uditha Jayasinghe)
The Current Crisis in the Middle East and the Challenge to World Peace (Chandra Muzaffar)
On the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (Theo van Boven)
Japan's Conspiracy Crime Bill (Toshimaru Ogura)
Dalits in the Making of an Inclusive Democracy in the New Nepal (Durga Sob)
Human Trafficking: Strengthening the commitment of the churches in the face of human rights violations (IMADR Latin American Base)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter, connect, is published four times a year, and showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
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Connect 11#1, April 2007
Unheard Voices: Dalit Women (Tamil Nadu Women's Forum)
The View from CERD: Summary report of the 70th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Sarah Hollier)
Mainstreaming the Combat against Exploitative Migration at the World Social Forum [PDF 500KB] (IMADR International Secretariat)
Democracy, Human rights and Castes in Senegal (Penda Mbow)
Roma and Sinti Mobile Exhibition at the United Nations in New York (Uwe Wenzel)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter, connect, is published four times a year, and showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
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Connect 10#4, February 2007
An Ethnic Korean School Struggles to Survive in Japan [PDF 132KB] (D Jae Lee)
Domestic Violence among the Migrant Community in Japan (Sachiko Nakagome)
Creating Space for Indigenous Voices:
Conflict and Its Resolution (Joseph Doyle Hankins)
On Reclaiming a Ryukyuan Culture (Ben Takara)
The 2006 Empowerment Forum for Minority Women (Ryoko Tahara)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter, connect, is published four times a year, and showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
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Connect 10#3, December 2006
Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka:
A call to aid the internally displaced [PDF 660KB] (IMADR International Secretariat)
Globalization and Multiple Discrimination (Mieko Fujioka)
The View from CERD:
Summary report of the 69th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Rachel Pike)
Guatemala Project Update:
Tough challenges ahead for organizational buildup (Mieko Fujioka)
Trafficking in Persons in Argentina (Lic. Violeta Adela Correa)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter, connect, is published four times a year, and showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
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Connect 10#2, September 2006
The Holocaust Against the Roma and Sinti (Uwe Wenzel)
Guatemala's Periodic Report to CERD (Jorge Simaj Ruiz)
The Sayama International Solidarity Campaign (IMADR International Secretariat)
Fighting for the recognition of the marginalized and invisible in Japan (IMADR Japan Committee)
NGO Joint Statement: Overcoming 'Marginalization' and 'Invisibility'--Towards the Realization of a Multicultural Society Free of Prejudice and Discrimination
The Fifth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Makiko Kimura)
Obituaries: IMADR pays respect to Professor Soon Man Rhim and Professor Satoru Ogawa
Schools and Anti-Discrimination (Jefferson R. Plantilla)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter, connect, is published four times a year, and showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
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Connect 10#1, February 2006
One Year After the Tsunami - Update from Sri Lanka (Nimalka Fernando)
One Year After the Tsunami - Update from India (Burnad Fatima Natesan)
November Uprisings in France: Reasons and Remedies---An Interview with Mr. Mouloud Aounit (Catherine Cadou)
A Place to Sit: Dalit Women's Search for Inclusive Democracy in Nepal (Malaya Ileto)
The Working Group on the Declaration 2005: The Indigenous Struggle to include our Unique Worldview (Kent Lebsock)
Regulating the 'paradigm of racism' in the administration of justice (Hayato Nakamura)
The Effects of Hurricane Stan (Jorge Simaj Ruiz)
IMADR's 20-page newsletter, connect, is published four times a year, and showcases developments around the world in the fight against racism and racial discrimination, and helps grassroots activists and others strengthen international links through information sharing.
FORMAT: 210 x 242mm (20 pages)
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