As we gear up for COP29, the upcoming Climate Summit in Baku, there’s a pressing issue on our minds: the imprisonment of peace activists and academics, including Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu and Bahruz Samadov by Azerbaijani authorities. High-profile events like these are opportunities to spotlight cases of repression, urging host governments to release political prisoners and… Read more »
Our Advocacy Advisor, Neringa Tumėnaitė, recently participated in the OSCE Warsaw Conference on the Human Dimension, a platform for member states and civil society organisations to discuss issues related to democratic governance and fundamental freedoms — freedom of assembly, expression, and human rights — in the region. This year high on the agenda were concerns… Read more »
At the end of last month we held online our III Meeting of the Experts & Delegates team and we want to take the chance to share this news not only to acknowledge the happiness of being able to meet, talk and discuss together the future of UNITED #advocacy work, but most and foremost to… Read more »
Our director Balint Josa joined the panel on the second day of the meeting of the General Directors of Sports of the European Union countries, held on September 21 and 22 in Valencia, focused on the need to eradicate hateful behaviour in sport, contributing to the panel specifically dedicated to hate speech. In particular he… Read more »
On 15-16 June one of our delegate, Youssef Aroog has represented UNITED at the “Equality & inclusion in football” conference organised by FARE network Talking about this experience Youssef said: “Sport has a lot to do in a world full of inequalities even in games including football. The Equality in Football conference is a unique… Read more »
Our Delegate, Shahab Saqib, presented a paper at the Law & Society Association Annual Conference 2023. The conference was held in San Juan (Puerto Rico) on the theme of “Separate and Unequal”. Shahab explored and illuminated the connection between Race and Citizenship, by arguing further how racist doctrines use different mechanisms to sustain inequality. Shahab’s… Read more »
The year 2023 will be bigger than ever for UNITED, and we want you there! On March 4th, together with the organisation’s Director, Balint Josa, UNITED will be having a catch up online meeting to connect with our Experts & Delegates and discuss upcoming opportunities. You can find below the agenda of the meeting,… Read more »
