Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 30th, 2009
Clarification by Cultural Survival: Ellen Lutz, Executive Director of Cultural Survival has
responded to Bilinda Straight’s earlier comments on their report in the following terms:
Given our shared commitment to the Samburu and other groups living in Northern Kenya,
I am deeply concerned that any antagonism — especially public — should emerge in our shared
determination to prevent terrible [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 30th, 2009
Researchers on Northern Kenya severely contest the Cultural Survival Report
to the UN Human Rights Council on the Samburu: The truth will only be known
by an Independent Investigation into the Violence in Northern Kenya
Researchers actively working with Samburu, Turkana, Pokot and other populations adjacent to
Samburu on topics directly relevant to issues concerning violence, health, [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Uncategorized, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 28th, 2009
See http://blog.marsgroupkenya.org/?p=1595 for Human Rights Violations of the Samburu People by the Government of Kenya: A report to the United Nations Human Rights Council submitted on November 1, 2009 By Cultural Survival
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Uncategorized, Youth, constituencies, elections on Nov 27th, 2009
Observations on the State of Indigenous Human Rights in Light of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Kenya
Prepared for
United Nations Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review
November 1, 2009
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival is an international indigenous rights organization with a global indigenous leadership and consultative status with ECOSOC. Cultural Survival, [...]
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Posted in Civic Education, Civil Society, Corruption, Crisis, Debt, Forum, Governance, Government, Judiciary, Kids, Laws, Mars Group, Multimedia, Parliament, Petitions, Publications, Youth, constituencies, elections on Jun 1st, 2009
THE PARTNERSHIP FOR CHANGE MESSAGE FOR MADARAKA DAY – 46 YEARS LATER IT’S NOT YET UHURU BUT CHANGE IS COMING.
Nairobi 1st June 2009
Summary: Madaraka was meant to;
- give Kenyans sovereignty over their political affairs and their resources
- give Kenyans a Bill of Rights to be enforced by an independent judiciary
- create a democratic, prosperous [...]
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