Opening of the FNF Human Rights Hub
Geneva
The FNF Human Rights Hub is a key actor and an important platform for the human rights network in Geneva.
On 10 July 2024, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation celebrated the inauguration of its Human Rights Hub in Geneva. At the heart of the Palais des Nations, the historic home of the United Nations in Geneva, the opening event brought together ambassadors, friends, and partners of FNF to promote the rule of law as a core strategy to strengthen the agenda for freedom.
As a liberal foundation working around the world to defend and promote human rights, the Hub's vision is to motivate and enable our network, promote the work of our partners by supporting their visibility at the international level, and enable experience and capacity sharing among each other.
The Hub was humbled to receive Dr. Marco Buschmann MdB, the former German Minister of Justice, to provide the keynote speech. He emphasized the timely relevance of protecting human rights as they are being questioned, ignored, and violated.
Since its launch, the Hub has brought the voices of FNF partners to the UN through two side-events to the Human Rights Council.
On the human rights situation in Venezuela and Nicaragua
Joining efforts with others, the Hub has successfully advocated for the renewal of the UN Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela. The UN Fact-Finding Mission is an essential mechanism to document human rights violations in the country and ultimately hold the Maduro regime accountable for its brutal repression. We connected Human Rights Defenders with inter-regional and international mechanisms for justice in Venezuela and with the Renew Europe Group in Brussels.
On the situation of human rights in Cambodia
Led by the Hub and in cooperation with Liberal International (LI), the side-event provided a unique opportunity for pro-democracy Cambodians in exile to meet with Astrid Thors from LI, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Cambodia, and diplomats. We amplified the voices of silenced activists and strengthened their platform for democracy.
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