Will you be at the CIVICUS World Assembly Saturday?
The 8th CIVICUS World Assembly will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 18th to 21st June 2008. The theme for the World Assembly is ‘Acting Together for a Just World: People, Participation and Power’. The finale event is a rally called 'Every Human Has Rights: Stand Up Against Poverty and Injustice'.
Human Rights remain a dream for many in the world, the rights to affordable food, safe shelter, liveable wages, amongst many others-and even the right to speak out against policies which deny these basic needs- are under threat.
This year we celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In commemoration of this, there will be a rally to support efforts to end global poverty and defend the freedoms to speak out against injustice.
We invite you to join the World Assembly delegates, Glasgow public and civil society in rally as they march from the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) to Kelvingrove Park at 10:30 am on Saturday, 21 June 2008.
To further honour the anniversary, there will be tuneful entertainment and information displays by local Non Governmental Organisation, along with presentations from World Assembly speakers:
- Ela Bhatt; Founder and Chair of Self-Employed Women’s Association
- Mary Robinson; Director of the Ethical Globalisation Initiative (Former Prime Minister of Ireland and UN Human Rights Commissioner)
- Salil Shetty; Director of the United Nations Millennium Campaign
- Alan Miller; Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission
- Netsanet Demissie Daniel Bekele; Ethiopian Anti-Poverty Campaigners
- Kumi Naidoo; Secretary General, CIVICUS (Moderator)
For more information, download the Every Human has Rights Rally flyer here
Attending the Every Human Has Rights rally in Glasgow? Tell us about it by sending an email to everyhumanhasrights@theelders.org
