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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220111T160000
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DTSTAMP:20250610T114602Z
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SUMMARY:Member Onboarding Session
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to new members!\n\n\n\nThe Hub team will be hosting a monthly onboarding session to facilitate a soft landing within the community. \n\n\n\nThese sessions are also open to all other members\, especially to those who might want a refresher on onboarding procedures or to meet new members! \n\n\n\nThe sessions will last about 45min and will be virtual for the time being. \n\n\n\nNote: This event is for Hub members only. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/member-onboarding-session-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220111T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220111T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T114604Z
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SUMMARY:Community Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Dear Hub members\, \n\n\n\nWe are excited to invite all of you for this in-person event: Community Drinks at the Hague Humanity Hub’s Café. This is a perfect time to connect with new and current members of the Hub and seeing them off of the small screens\, and in a COVID safe way!  \n\n\n\nMore details to come soon! If you have any questions\, feel free to contact us at programming@humanityhub.net.  \n\n\n\nNote: this event is for Hub members only! \n\n\n\nWarmly\, \n\n\n\nThe Hub Team
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/community-drinks-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220112T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220112T163000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115049Z
CREATED:20211213T074800Z
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SUMMARY:Partos event: Basic PME Course
DESCRIPTION:Are you a development professional eager to learn how to build a Theory of Change and accompanying M&E framework? Then consider joining the upcoming 3-day basic Planning\, Monitoring\, and Evaluation training starting 12 January 2022. Next to three days of training\, you’ll receive two individual coaching sessions. Partos and Adriaan Korevaar from Shape Your World are now offering this course in a highly interactive online fashion. \n\n\n\nThe number of places is limited so make sure to sign up before 21 December via the form on this page if you’re interested in joining. \n\n\n\nFor whom is this course?\n\n\n\nFor program managers\, starting M&E staff\, and policy advisors from international non-profit organisations. You will learn the essentials of using a Theory of Change (ToC) for your program design implementation and M&E. This starts from the design phase and leads you through the monitoring and evaluation framework with a focus on learning and improving. \n\n\n\nSet up of the course\n\n\n\nThe course will comprise 3 half-day interactive online sessions and 2 individual coaching sessions. During the training days\, you learn and practice with the principles of the Theory of Change (ToC)\, a roadmap that shows how and why an initiative will lead to the desired results. The focus of the personal coaching sessions in between training days will be to help you build your own specific TOC and M&E framework. \n\n\n\nWe will make sure that there is ample opportunity to connect with other participants\, so you are able to discuss and reflect on the topics this training is about. \n\n\n\nWhat we expect from you\n\n\n\nCome prepared with context information for the program you want to create a ToC for.Homework: in between the training days you are expected to apply the training to your program. You can expect 3-4 hours of homework in between online sessions. We suggest that you create a ToC and to make a monitoring plan with the help and feedback of your colleagues.Coaching: to help you move forward with application\, each participant can sign in for 2 coaching sessions with Adriaan Korevaar in between trainings.Interaction: during the workshop we expect you to actively contribute and interact with one another via break-out rooms. In between the training days we advise you to interact with the training colleagues.\n\n\n\nWhy would you follow this training?\n\n\n\nYou’ll receive teaching materials that focus on international aid and development organisations.There will be lots of attention for questions that you might have\, considering your own organisation and/or programme.In between the training days\, the trainer is available for coaching\, questions and advice.\n\n\n\nPractical details:\n\n\n\nNumber of participants: a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 15 \n\n\n\nDates (all meetings are online): \n\n\n\n12 January 2022\, 12.30-16.30 h \n\n\n\n21 January 2022\, 12.30-16.30 h \n\n\n\n2 February 2022\, 12.30-16.30 h \n\n\n\nplus two individual coaching sessions (on 18 or 19 January and 27 or 28 January) \n\n\n\nDeadline for registration: 21 December 2021\, 12.00 \n\n\n\nPrice: € 500\,- (incl. 0% VAT) for people working at Partos member organisations and € 650\,- (excl. 21% VAT) for non-members . When the training is full\, Partos members will get priority in following the course. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here for the basic PME course
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/partos-event-basic-pme-course/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T123000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115445Z
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SUMMARY:Crisis-ready non-custodial sanctions and measures
DESCRIPTION:Probation agencies and others supporting the use and implementation of non-custodial sanctions and measures have been significantly impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and measures adopted by criminal justice systems and governments in combatting the spread of the virus in prisons and communities at large. While the focus has often been on mitigating the extreme risk of contagion in detention settings\, the adopted emergency and early release measures\, broadened use of alternatives to imprisonment and restrictions on movement\, in-person meetings and community services has posed challenges to probation work and shifted needs and risks for both probation staff and clients.   \n\n\n\nBased on research into the use and delivery of alternatives to imprisonment in the EU and the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on probation in Europe\, Central Asia and South Caucasus\, PRI has developed the 10-point plan for Crisis-ready non-custodial sanctions and measures\, a tool that offers probation leadership\, practitioners\, policy makers and others involved in the delivery of non-custodial sanctions and measures across the world evidence-based and practical guidance on building and strengthening services that are flexible\, non-discriminatory and better able to respond to and adapt in the face of crises.    \n\n\n\nOn 20 January 2022\, PRI will hold an online event to launch the new 10-point plan\, discuss key findings from the conducted research and hear about the experience of non-custodial sanctions during the ongoing pandemic from varied perspectives. Speakers will include representatives of the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF)\, the Kyrgyz Probation Service\, as well as the project research teams.  \n\n\n\n20 January 2021 11:00 – 12:30 CET The event will be in English. Simultaneous translation to Russian will be available.  Register here\n\n\n\nThis event received IPPF funding in support of the Foundation’s goal to ensure that criminal justice systems equitably and effectively deal with the impact of COVID-19 on offenders who are in either custodial or non-custodial settings. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/crisis-ready-non-custodial-sanctions-and-measures/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T170000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115238Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The (unsafe) situation in the Sahel and the implication on humanitarian aid
DESCRIPTION:Cordaid – Ellory Mahou\n\n\n\nThe humanitarian situation in the Sahel is deteriorating quickly and significantly. People’s needs across the region are now at unprecedented levels\, and their vulnerabilities are deepening and increasing due to escalating conflict\, rising food insecurity\, multiplying climate emergencies and the pandemic. During this webinar we would like to give an update about the situation in the Sahel and the implications of the unsafety and insecurity on humanitarian aid. \n\n\n\nOne of the experts that will share her story during this webinar is Anna Schmauder (Clingendael) – she focuses on governance and political orders in Mali\, Burkina Faso and Niger\, armed group dynamics (including jihadist) and the international response to the Sahel crises. \n\n\n\nMore detailed information on this webinar will follow. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/webinar-the-unsafe-situation-in-the-sahel-and-the-implication-on-humanitarian-aid/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T171500
DTSTAMP:20250610T115249Z
CREATED:20220110T095255Z
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SUMMARY:Wereld Café: shift the power@work
DESCRIPTION:Bottlenecks & Creative Solutions\n\n\n\nDuring the Wereld Café on January 20th\, this dream paper\, bottlenecks and creative solutions will be discussed with representatives of Dutch organisations and international partners that receive assistance. How do they view envisaged changes\, and would this work in their daily practice? Which best & worst practices are at hand and what are some of the difficult questions that need to be addressed? \n\n\n\nMore information \n\n\n\nSpeakers & Guests\n\n\n\nGuests include Moses Isooba (Director Uganda National NGO Forum This link opens in a new tab)\, Zohra Moosa (Director Mama Cash This link opens in a new tab)\, Maite Smet (Coordinator Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action This link opens in a new tab) and Bart Romijn (Director Partos This link opens in a new tab). The presentation is in the hands of Ama van Dantzig. This webinar is of interest to professionals working in the field of international cooperation\, both in the Netherlands and internationally. \n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/wereld-cafe-shift-the-powerwork/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220120T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115220Z
CREATED:20211228T072454Z
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SUMMARY:Conversations on the future of Europe in the world: The EU’s ‘Global Gateway’: from Brussels to Bishkek and beyond
DESCRIPTION:LINKS Europe\, in collaboration of The City of The Hague and with the support of The Hague Humanity Hub\, cordially invites you to a policy dialogue on the future of connectivity in the European Union: The EU’s ‘Global Gateway’: from Brussels to Bishkek and beyond. The event is the fourth in our series\, Conversations on the future of Europe in the world\, and aims to contribute to the debate within the framework of The Conference on the Future of Europe This link opens in a new tab. \n\n\n\nIn July 2021\, the 27 member states of the European Union’s European Council published conclusions tasking the European Commission and the bloc’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to put together a new global EU connectivity strategy. The document stressed the importance of both physical infrastructure and regulatory frameworks; high-impact and visible projects and activities globally; coherent and streamlined financing schemes; and ways to incentivise the private sector to finance and implement the strategy. Above all\, it reflected a desire of EU member states for a coherent and co-ordinated connectivity agenda that brings together the bloc’s institutions with that of the national governments.  \n\n\n\nChristening the project ‘Global Gateway’\, the European Commission has since allocated €300 billion to a multifaceted strategy\, “to boost smart\, clean and secure links in digital\, energy and transport and strengthen health\, education and research systems across the world”. Considering China’s immense and growing ‘Belt and Road Initiative’\, the EU’s aspiration for a strong and aligned connectivity strategy is unsurprising. But what must this strategy consider? What approaches should it take\, and where should its priorities lie? \n\n\n\nThis policy dialogue will look at the EU’s developing connectivity strategy – identifying areas of importance and potential pitfalls\, assessing different approaches\, and highlighting best practices – with the participation of experts and the general public.  \n\n\n\nThe event will be moderated by Mr Amit Arkhipov-Goyal\, Program Manager\, Elva Community Engagement and the speakers include Ambassador Terhi Hakala\, the EU Special Representative for Central Asia (pre-recorded speech); Dr Maaike Okano-Heijmans\, Senior Research Fellow\, the Clingendael Institute; and Dr Wouter Jacobs\, Academic Director of the Leadership in Commodity Trade and Supply Networks programme\, Erasmus University Rotterdam. \n\n\n\nProgramme: \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nMr Amit Arkhipov-Goyal\, Program Manager\, Elva Community Engagement \n\n\n\nOpening Remarks (pre-recorded statement) \n\n\n\nAmbassador Tehri Hakala\, the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia.\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nDr. Maaike Okano-Heijmans\, Senior Research Fellow\, The Clingendael InstituteDr. Wouter Jacobs\, Academic Director of the Leadership in Commodity Trade and Supply Networks programme\, Erasmus University Rotterdam\n\n\n\nParticipants in the policy dialogue will hear short presentations from the guest speakers\, after which everyone present will be asked to contribute their views on the topic in short 1–2-minute presentations\, followed by a general discussion. The opinions and ideas expressed in the meeting will be reflected in a short summary of proceedings\, which will be submitted for consideration within the larger Conference on the Future of Europe This link opens in a new tab. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place online 16:00-18:00 on Thursday\, 20 January 2022. \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/conversations-on-the-future-of-europe-in-the-world-the-eus-global-gateway-from-brussels-to-bishkek-and-beyond/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220125T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220125T163000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115452Z
CREATED:20220119T102758Z
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SUMMARY:Access to EU Funding 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about the following specific calls (application deadline dates behind each call): \n\n\n\nENERGY+CLIMATE \n\n\n\nInteroperable solutions for flexibility services using distributed energy storage – 26 April 2022Demonstration of innovative forms of storage and their successful operation and integration into innovative energy systems and grid architectures – 26 April 2022Demonstration of cost-effective advanced biofuel technologies utilising existing industrial plants – 26 April 2022Demonstration of complete value chains for advanced biofuel and non-biological renewable fuel production – 27 October 2022Decarbonising industry with CCUS – 26 April 2022Building and renovating by exploiting advanced materials for energy and resources efficient management – 30 March 2022Boosting green economic recovery and open strategic autonomy in Strategic Digital Technologies through pre-commercial procurement – 30 March 2022\n\n\n\nEDUCATION\, TRAINING\, EMPLOYABILITY \n\n\n\nCooperation partnerships in the field of youth\, sport\, VET\, school and higher education – 23 March 2022Capacity building – 07 April 2022Education for democracy – 20 April 2022\n\n\n\nJUSTICE\, GOVERNANCE\, DEMOCRACY \n\n\n\nCall for proposals for action grants to support transnational e-Justice projects – 15 March 2022Global governance for a world in transition: Norms\, institutions\, actors – 20 April 2022Artificial intelligence\, big data and democracy – 20 April 2022\n\n\n\nENTREPRENEURIAL\, INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT ECOSYSTEMS \n\n\n\nIntegration of social innovation actors in innovation ecosystems – 26 April 2022Towards more inclusive networks and initiatives in European innovation ecosystems – 26 April 2022Expanding Investments Ecosystems – 04 October 2022\n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/access-to-eu-funding-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220125T151500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220125T170000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115440Z
CREATED:20220117T145403Z
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SUMMARY:(DUTCH) Online Symposium: Meer meten is Meer Weten of Meer macht?
DESCRIPTION:“Meer meten is meer weten\, of meer macht?” – Online symposium over digitale technologie en de rechtsstaat\n\n\n\nHet Platform Burgerrechten en het Netherlands Helsinki Committee organiseren op 25 januari “Meer weten is meer weten\, of meer macht?”\, een symposium over de inzet van digitale technologie door de overheid en de impact hiervan op het functioneren van de rechtsstaat. Experts geven lezingen over relevante thema’s op dit terrein\, waarna ruimte is voor een paneldiscussie over deze onderwerpen. Geïnteresseerden zijn van harte uitgenodigd om dit evenement online bij te wonen. \n\n\n\nDe overheid zet steeds vaker nieuwe technologieën zoals voorspellende algoritmes\, apps of surveillance apparatuur in als antwoord op maatschappelijke vraagstukken. Fraudeopsporing en criminaliteitsbestrijding\, handhaving op straat\, maar ook de aanpak van de COVID-19 crisis maken hier onderdeel van uit. De inzet van deze middelen gaat gepaard met een heilig geloof in digitale oplossingen. Deze nieuwe technologieën worden vaak ingezet zonder dat er kritisch wordt gekeken naar de gevolgen voor de grondrechten van burgers en de daadwerkelijke effectiviteit van het systeem. \n\n\n\nHet rechterlijk vonnis over SyRI bevestigde begin 2020 dat het gebruik van risicoindicatiesystemen kan leiden tot discriminatie en het onterecht bestempelen van burgers als potentieel fraudeur zonder dat zij zich hiertegen kunnen verdedigen. Dit vonnis bleek werkelijkheid in de toeslagenaffaire. Ondanks de lessen die we uit deze twee voorbeelden kunnen trekken blijft de overheid inzetten op het gebruik van algoritmes en risicoprofielen. Met het voorstel voor de Wet Gegevensverwerking door Samenwerkingsverbanden (WGS)\, door tegenstanders reeds tot ‘Super SyRI’ gedoopt\, wil het Ministerie van Justitie deze datakoppelpraktijken op vele terreinen de standaard modus operandi maken. \n\n\n\nOok zien we een (potentiële) botsing met grondrechten bij de stijgende inzet van gezichtsherkenning door overheden om o.a. handhaving makkelijker te maken. Waar dit in een recent verleden nog een dystopisch instrument leek\, zien we een verschuiving binnen de EU waarin de inzet van gezichtsherkenning binnen de nieuwe AI-wetgeving toch rechtsgrond lijkt te krijgen.    \n\n\n\nHoewel dit beleid vaak wordt bekritiseerd omwille van privacy\, is dit lang niet het enige grondrecht dat onder druk staat. Vaak is er ook sprake van een gebrek aan transparantie. Hierdoor wordt het onmogelijk je als burger tegen deze systemen te verdedigen. Als burger weet je niet of je op een lijst van de overheid staat en op basis van welke factoren terwijl je wel de consequenties ervan kan ondervinden. Zo wordt iedere burger bij voorbaat verdacht. Dit geeft de overheid een enorme informatiemacht die de checks & balances binnen onze democratie tart en de fundamenten van onze rechtsstaat raakt. De groeiende inzet van digitale middelen is dus niet alleen een technologisch issue\, maar tevens een rechtsstatelijk vraagstuk. In dit evenement zullen we hierover in gesprek gaan\, waarbij we specifiek kijken naar drie voorbeelden: de WGS\, de Europese Europol Verordening en het voorstel van de Europese AI-Verordening. \n\n\n\nWanneer: dinsdag 25 januari 1515-1700Waar: Zoom Wie: \n\n\n\nModerator: Joeri Buhrer Tavanier\, Programma Manager Nederlands Helsinki ComitéKeynote spreker: Tijmen Wisman\, Platform Bescherming Burgerrechten – “De inzet van technologie en de bescherming van burgers tegen willekeur”Panelleden:Nadia Benaissa\, Bits of Freedom: “AI verordening”Sarah Eskens\, universitair docent Law and Technology\,  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: “Data-verwerkende bevoegdheden van Europol en hoe deze zich verhouden tot de rechtsstaat”Quirine Eijkman\, College voor de Rechten van de Mens: “Wet gegevensverwerking door samenwerkingsverbanden (WGS): (hoe) botst het met de bescherming van mensenrechten?”\n\n\n\n\nRegister here!
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/dutch-online-symposium-meer-meten-is-meer-weten-of-meer-macht/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220127T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220127T180000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115036Z
CREATED:20211207T155446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250610T115036Z
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SUMMARY:peace&justice café - The Hague in the World and the World in The Hague
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the first peace&justice café of the year\, together with professionals from the Hague’s ecosystem and (re)connect on our common goals.  This café will discuss the international profile of the Hague\, and explore how the work done in The Hague is making an impact worldwide\, and how internationals are contributing to The Hague.  Change-makers in the Hague and those who are part of peace and justice ecosystems all over the world will connect. The event is co-created by the Hague Humanity Hub and the City of the Hague\, where many hundreds of international organisations and NGOs are working to make a more peaceful and just world. \n\n\n\nFor more details and to sign up check here This link opens in a new tab
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/save-the-date-peace-and-justice-cafe-the-hague-in-the-world-and-the-world-in-the-hague/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220127T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20220127T193000
DTSTAMP:20250610T115443Z
CREATED:20220119T091853Z
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SUMMARY:Israel's demonization of Palestinian human rights defenders
DESCRIPTION:The recent targeting of Palestinian civil rights organizations in the context of the so-called ‘war on terror’ has led to a rolling back of civil liberties. What implications is this having on the work of human rights defenders and what responsibilities do states and international organizations have to protect human rights defenders?  \n\n\n\nJoin us for a critical discussion as we analyze the recent targeting of Palestinian civil rights organizations in the wider context of the so-called ‘war on terror’ and the rolling back of civil liberties that it has led to. \n\n\n\nSpecifically\, we will discuss: \n\n\n\nthe circumstances under which these ‘designations’ were madethe implications this is already having for the work of human rights defenders associated with these organizationsthe responsibilities of States and international organizations to protect human rights defenders\, andhow the struggle of these 6 Palestinian organizations connects to other political and social struggles that we are facing today.\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nOn 19 October 2021\, six Palestinian civil rights organizations were designated by way of a military order as ‘terrorist’ organizations by the Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz. These designations have been widely rejected by Palestinan and Israeli civil society organizations\, as well as by international human rights NGOs\, foreign governments and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. \n\n\n\nDespite these principled statements\, there have been no consequences – diplomatic\, economic or political – for Israel’s suppression of human rights defenders. The representatives of these Palestinian human rights defenders continue to fight for the  bare minimum political space necessary to be able to do their work. \n\n\n\nIsrael is not alone in pursuing this tactic. For the last 20 years\, governments across the world have instrumentalized the so-called ‘war on terror’ as a powerful tool to target\, isolate\, and deligitimize critical voices and political opposition. Civil rights have been rolled back and undermined in the process\, particularly amongst Muslim communities\, indigenous communities and people of colour. Accordingly\, surveillance\, political repression and so-called preventative policing have been normalized and intensified – always in the name of fighting terrorism and largely through the targeting of racialized communities. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nAhmed Abofoul\, Legal Researcher and Advocacy Officer\, Al Haq OrganizationSahar Francis\, Director\, Addameer OrganizationFuad Abu Saif\, General Director\, Union of Agricultural Work CommitteesChris Collier\, Consultant and expert on Human Rights DefendersNisha Kapoor\, Associate Professor in Sociology\, Warwick University\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\nJeff Handmaker\, Associate Professor in Legal Sociology\, ISS \n\n\n\nOrganizers\n\n\n\nOrganized by the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)\, Dutch Scholars for Palestine and Students for PalestineOpens external (Leiden)\, Access2Justice Lab\, Lectoraat Recht & Rechtvaardigheid Hogeschool LeidenOpens external\, International Lawyers (Geneva). This event is hosted by ISS. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister
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