Desde la Unión Internacional de Juventudes Socialistas (IUSY por sus siglas en inglés) reiteramos una vez más, nuestra profunda condena a la sistemática violación de Derechos Humanos en Venezuela.
Cómo jóvenes socialistas, socialdemócratas y laboristas, expresamos nuestra preocupación sobre los acontecimientos que se viven en Venezuela, hemos hecho llamados a la racionalidad y entendimiento político, entendiendo incluso que la única salida al conflicto que se vive, debe ser mediante un proceso de acuerdo, dentro del marco constitucional y de manera democrática.
La violación de Derecho Humanos debe ser condenada siempre, y es por ello que nos preocupa la gravedad de lo recogido y narrado por la Misión Internacional de Determinación de Hechos de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), donde se responsabiliza incluso, a funcionarios del régimen de Nicolás Maduro, cómo responsables de crímenes de lesa humanidad.
Ratificamos nuestra solidaridad con el pueblo venezolano, asimismo, exhortamos al cese de violaciones sistemáticas de Derechos Humanos y elevaremos nuestra firme posición y denuncia ante nuestras organizaciones fraternas, con el propósito de dar a conocer ante el mundo sobre los últimos acontecimientos en Venezuela.
Reiteramos, nuestro compromiso con la libertad, justicia social y democracia, y enarbolaremos firmes la defensa por la protección de Derechos Humanos en Venezuela y todo el mundo.
Author: admin
Updated: IUSY Activity Report January-August 2020
Declaración de IUSY ante Masacres de adolescentes y jóvenes en Colombia
Desde la UNIÓN INTERNACIONAL DE JUVENTUDES SOCIALISTAS (IUSY) rechazamos y condenamos todos los actos de barbarie que a través de estos meses se han perpetuado en el territorio colombiano. Los cuales solo demuestran una descomposición social por parte de los agentes del conflicto armado que por décadas ha aturdido el territorio nacional, sumándole la inoperancia por parte del gobierno nacional que no ha garantizado una paz estable y duradera. Por el contrario, como consecuencia de las decisiones gubernamentales que atentan contra el proceso de paz, se ha sembrado miedo y dolor bajo el supuesto objetivo de garantizar: la ̈seguridad ̈, termino disfrazado de guerra, asesinatos, secuestros, y dolor.
A la fecha en Colombia, en lo recorrido del 2020 hasta el mes de julio se reportan 294 personas clasificadas como menores o adolescentes, quienes fueron asesinadas. De los cuales 34, es decir el 11%, ocurrieron en Cali, ciudad con mayor cantidad de fallecidos en esos rangos en el país. Le sigue Bogotá con 20 casos y Medellín con 12. Pero justo este mes, AGOSTO, el mes de la juventud, donde solo debemos sonreír y trabajar en la implementaciòn de estrategias efectivas que promueven el liderazgo y participación de nuestros jóvenes van 34 asesinatos, de estos se reportan 16 en Nariño, 6 en Tumaco, 3 en Antioquia, 3 en Cauca y 6 en el Valle del Cauca.
No podemos tolerar este tipo de actos delictivos que atacan la integridad de la población, incrementando la inseguridad y ampliando la brecha del conflicto , el cual aísla cada vez más el objetivo de construcción de paz en uno de los países que más hemos apoyado como organización global en su proceso y que ha sido referente para prácticas de resolución de conflictos en el mundo. Desafortunadamente ahora nos cuestionamos de múltiples maneras sobre las verdaderas acciones gubernamentales que se están llevando a cabo en el territorio nacional y que no han garantizando integralmente los derechos de la población, no solo con la ola de masacres de la población joven de colombia, sino también con el asesinato de sus líderes sociales.
Por tanto manifestamos nuestro apoyo y solidaridad con la Organización Nacional de Juventudes Liberales de Colombia, que ha promovido la lucha por la defensa de los derechos humanos, la democracia, la justicia, y especialmente la paz en su territorio; y hacemos un llamado a los grupos armados y al gobierno nacional, de solidaridad, reflexión y toma de conciencia sobre las decisiones arbitrarias que evitan la garantía de paz en el territorio. Para que así, en este mes, EL MES DE LA JUVENTUD, se proteja y salvaguarde la vida de nuestros jóvenes inocentes, para que se detenga por completo la violencia, y se entienda que las armas y el conflicto no son la solución sino el diálogo y la paz.
La paz fue, es y será siempre el camino.
ENGLISH VERSION
IUSY Statement on Massacres of Teenagers and Young People in Colombia
From the INTERNATIONAL UNION OF SOCIALIST YOUTH (IUSY) we reject and condemn all the acts of barbarism that have been perpetuated throughout these months in the Colombian territory. They only show a social decomposition on the part of the agents of the armed conflict that for decades has stunned the national territory, adding to it the ineffectiveness of the national government that has not guaranteed a stable and lasting peace. On the contrary, as a consequence of government decisions that attempt against the peace process, fear and pain have been sown under the supposed objective of guaranteeing: ̈seguridad ̈, end up disguised as war, assassinations, kidnappings, and pain.
To date in Colombia, in the period from 2020 to July, 294 people have been reported as minors or adolescents, who were murdered. Of these, 34, or 11%, occurred in Cali, the city with the highest number of deaths in these categories in the country. Bogotá follows with 20 cases and Medellín with 12. But just this month, AUGUST, the month of the youth, where we should only smile and work on the implementation of effective strategies that promote leadership and participation of our young people, is 34 murders, of which 16 are reported in Nariño, 6 in Tumaco, 3 in Antioquia, 3 in Cauca and 6 in Valle del Cauca.
We cannot tolerate these types of criminal acts that attack the integrity of the population, increasing insecurity and widening the conflict gap, which increasingly isolates the objective of building peace in one of the countries that we have supported the most as a global organisation in its process and which has been a reference point for conflict resolution practices in the world. Unfortunately we are now questioning in many ways the real governmental actions that are being carried out in the national territory and that have not fully guaranteed the rights of the population, not only with the wave of massacres of the young population of Colombia, but also with the assassination of its social leaders.
We therefore express our support and solidarity with the National Organisation of Liberal Youth of Colombia (ONJL), which has promoted the struggle for the defence of human rights, democracy, justice, and especially peace in its territory; and we call on the armed groups and the national government to show solidarity, reflection and awareness of the arbitrary decisions that prevent the guarantee of peace in the territory. So that this month, THE MONTH OF YOUTH, the lives of our innocent young people will be protected and safeguarded, so that the violence will stop completely, and it will be understood that weapons and conflict are not the solution but dialogue and peace.
Peace was, is and will always be the way.
Statement on the Situation in Mali
(French version)
Ce 18 août 2020, une mutinerie dans une garnison proche de Bamako s’est conclue par l’arrestation du premier ministre Boubou Cissé et du président Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Dans la nuit, ce dernier fut forcé à annoncer sa démission, celle du gouvernement et la dissolution de l’Assemblée nationale.
L’Union Interantionale des jeunes socialiste dénonce ce renversement militaire antidémocratique. Les colères et les frustrations exprimées massivement dans la rue par les Maliens ont des raisons plus profondes. Le Mali traverse depuis des années une crise multidimensionnelle, y compris de gouvernance et de défiance envers le pouvoir politique. Mais l’obstination d’une frange de l’opposition à refuser radicalement la feuille de route de sortie de crise proposée ces dernières semaines par la médiation de la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CÉDÉAO) est coresponsable de la nouvelle situation, laquelle précipite aujourd’hui le Mali vers de nouvelles incertitudes.
En ces moments difficiles qui fragilisent davantage le Mali et la democratie, l’union Internationale des jeunes socialiste partage les inquiétudes du peuple malien. Il exprime sa pleine solidarité avec l’ensemble des forces démocratiques du Mali. Il appelle le pouvoir militaire qui s’est imposé à immédiatement permettre le retour à l’ordre constitutionnel et civil avec le soutien et la médiation des partenaires régionaux et internationaux.
(English version)
On August 18, 2020, a mutiny in a garrison town near Bamako ended with the arrest of Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. During the night, Mali’s president has announced his resignation and the dissolution of the National Assembly.
International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) condemns this antidemocratic military overthrow. The anger and frustrations expressed in the streets by Malians have deeper reasons. Mali has been going through a multidimensional crisis for years, including mistrust of governance and political power. The opposition is jointly responsible for the situation today that precipitates Mali towards new uncertainties. The opposition radically refuses the roadmap to end the crisis. This proposal has been made in recent weeks through the mediation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
In these difficult times which further weakens Mali and the country’s democracy, IUSY shares the concerns of the Malian people. We express our full solidarity with all the democratic voices in Mali. We call on the military power to immediately allow a return to constitutional and civil order with the support and mediation of regional and international partners.
Call for Participants: IUSY Training of Trainers 2020
Dear Friends,
We are glad to invite you to IUSY’s Training of Trainers of IUSY Pool of Trainers which will take place from the 14th to the 19thof September online.
Despite many difficulties and restrictions of travel and physical meetings, we emphasise the importance of finding ways of learning, engaging, supporting each other, demanding and driving for change.
In this Training for Trainers we aim to provide active members of IUSY the chance to acquire and develop training and facilitating skills, knowledge on non-formal education and youth work. Together we will explore non-formal education methods and discover how it can improve our activities. in addition, we will also strengthen the network of trainers to help us deliver IUSY activities and promote non-formal education within IUSY and its member organisations.
The training will consist of:
- Online sessions (approx. 2 hours per day)
- Offline work (home tasks)
- Designing of follow up activities
The course will require a considerable time and devotion from the participants such as joining the online sessions facilitated by the trainer, offline work individually and in groups as well as designing a follow up activity and its implementation.
During the Training, we will focus on the following competences:
- Understanding and facilitating individual and group learning processes (for example, group dynamic)
- Understanding of non-formal education approach
- Designing educational activities
- Communicating mindfully and meaningfully with others in the team, in the group etc.
- Intercultural competences in group activities
Participants are expected (profile of participants)
- To have be already involved in non-formal learning or strong interest in non-formal education
- To have the need to develop training competences and perform as a trainer/facilitator for IUSY and for their member organisation
- Belong to IUSY member organisation (activity is aimed towards youth activists)
- Be aged 18-35
- Have a proficient level of English (the only working language during the activity)
- Availability and commitment during the whole duration of the activity
- To share initiative and motivation in organasing follow up activities with IUSY
Since we expect to provide all regions with trainers for their events, we’re aiming for participants from all regions and from a variety of member organisations.
According to the IUSY statutes, we’re also looking to achieve a gender-balanced training so we reserve the right to select participants based on gender criteria if needed.
How to apply
Due to limited space of 12-14 participants, there will be an application process. To apply you must complete the registration by the 9th of September the latest.
Click here or follow the link https://forms.gle/ePLdfnaspenVs3Dv5 to complete the application form.
Content/online platform
The training will be held online on the Zoom platform. Addition online tools will be used to support the learning process. The time of the training will be specified as soon as possible taking into account the different time zones.
It is important to remember that IUSY activities are safe spaces that we are mindful and respectful towards each other.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact the coordinator of the project at the IUSY Secretariat:
Gohar Ghandilyan
IUSY Project Manager
Email: gohar.ghandilyan@iusy.org
Phone: +43 699 135 32 960
IUSY Secretariat
Email: iusy@iusy.org
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Solidarity with Lim Guan Eng, Democratic Action Party Leader!
IUSY is alarmed over reports of the arrest of Democratic Action Party (DAP) leader Lim Guan Eng of Malaysia.
We stand with our comrades in Malaysia as they face this difficult pattern of political persecution against opposition figures, a clear regression from reforms won after the fall of the Najib Razak regime.
The charges hurled at Mr Lim Guan Eng have been previously dismissed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency in 2018. The suspicious reopening of these cases confirms a budding pattern of political persecution under the new coalition government.
It is alarming that his detention happened in the midst of a global pandemic where attention from the government must be focused on taking care of the needs of the community, instead of a witch hunt against opposition figures.
We demand for the Malaysian government to accord Mr. Lim Guan Eng due process and end all forms of political persecution. We stand with all the people of Malaysia in their fight against corruption and attacks against civil liberties.
IUSY asks for immediate release of human rights Defender Mahmoud Nawajaa
The International union of socialist youth “ IUSY “ condemns the arrest of human rights defender Mahmoud Nawajaa by the Israeli occupation. On Thursday 30th July, Nawajaa was arrested from his home by the Israeli occupying forces (IOF). In violation of International Humanitarian Law, he was relocated to the Al-Jalama interrogation centre inside Israel. IUSY calls on the international community to effectively intervene for the immediate release of Nawajaa, and to ensure that the Israeli occupying authorities are held to account for the crimes committed against Palestinians.
At dawn on Thursday, 30 July 2020, the Israeli occupying forces arrested Mahmoud Nawajaa, a 34-year-old Palestinian activist and coordinator of the Palestinian National Committee of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), Movement from his home near Ramallah city. The IOF took Nawajaa to the Al-Jalama interrogation centre inside Israel, Mahmoud is one of the Palestinian activists who participated in deferent IUSY activities including summer camps, regional meetings, congress, and councils.
On 2 August 2020, at the request of the Shin Bet (Israeli domestic intelligence service), an Israeli military court extended the detention of Nawajaa for a period of 15 days under interrogation. The Shin Bet request was based on the so-called “investigation into a secret file” and association with an illegal party. Denying this charge, Nawajaa and confirmed to the military judge that his activity was purely peaceful, On Monday, 4 August 2020, an Israeli military court of appeal admitted an appeal filed by a lawyer, appointed by the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association to defend Nawajaa. The court reduced the period of his detention from 15 to eight days. As Nawajaa has been prevented from meeting with his lawyer since his arrest, the judge upheld that the military court should exercise control over the interrogation process. It should be noted that, in contravention to international fair trial procedures and rights enshrined in International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law, Nawajaa has not met with his legal counsel since the moment he was arrested.
Condemning strongly the arrest of Nawajaa, IUSY call for
- Immediate and unconditional release of international human rights defender Mahmoud Nawajaa.
- Recalls the decision of the European Court for Human Rights, dated 11 June 2020, which considers that the criminal conviction of activists on account of their participation in the BDS campaign violates their right to freedom of expression, enshrined in Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
- Stresses that Nawajaa enjoys protection on grounds of his BDS activity and opposition to racial discrimination policies implemented by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian citizens. Such protection is ensured by the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, issued by the United Nations General Assembly in 1998.
- Calls on the international community to take prompt action to hold accountable the occupying Power for the crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory, particularly systematic impingements on human rights defenders.
- Affirms that the Israeli occupying authorities have no power to try Palestinians on grounds of their political activity. Palestinians are under Palestinian jurisdiction, which allows political action, including calls for boycotting and imposing sanctions on Israel. This is in line with the right to freedom of expression enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- We call our member organizations to push their govermnet to take push Israel “ the occupation power” to stop all kind of violations against human rights defenders.
Statement regarding the recent attacks against Mapuche demonstrations in Chile
Declaración sobre los recientes ataques contra las manifestaciones el pueblo mapuche en Chile
Desde IUSY recibimos con preocupación la información sobre los grupos radicalizados que, durante el fin de semana, actuaron violentamente con armas, profirieron discursos racistas y quemaron símbolos espirituales del pueblo mapuche en localidades del sur de Chile.
Durante las ultimas noches se han registrado violentos enfrentamientos en las ciudades de Curacautin, Victoria, Ercilla, Collipulli y Traiguen, donde comuneros mapuche se encontraban ocupando las Municipalidades en apoyo a la huelga de hambre del machi Celestino Córdova y otros lideres que se encuentran condenados en cárcel.
Varios de estos actos violentos y manifestaciones racistas ocurrieron sin que agentes de la policía nacional desplegaran las medidas apropiadas para prevenir efectivamente su ocurrencia o impedir su continuación.
El Estado de Chile, en el marco de las convenciones sobre derechos humanos, tiene entre sus obligaciones la protección contra la discriminación fundada en orígenes étnicos. No está de más recordar que no ha pasado siquiera un año desde las graves violaciones a los derechos fundamentales ocurridas en las manifestaciones sociales en Santiago, reportadas por ACNUDH y otras ONG’s.
IUSY condena la escalada de violencia en Araucanía por parte del gobierno de Sebastián Piñera, en contra del pueblo mapuche. Como jóvenes socialistas es nuestro deber levantar la voz para que las autoridades prevengan, investiguen y sancionen estos hechos, enfrentando la narrativa racista contra las demandas mapuche.
A su vez, demandamos que la comunidad internacional disponga presión politica para asegurar el respeto de los derechos humanos en Wallmapu, a través de acciones de nuestras organizaciones miembros en sus países.
#JusticiaParaCamiloCatrillanca
#WallmapuLibre
(EN)
IUSY is concerned receiving information about the violent actions of radicalised groups that used weapons, made racist speeches, and burned spiritual symbols of the Mapuche people in towns in southern Chile during the weekend.
During the last nights, there have been violent confrontations in the cities of Curacautin, Victoria, Ercilla, Collipulli and Traiguen, where Mapuche community members were occupying the municipalities in support of the hunger strike of the machi Celestino Córdova and other leaders who are condemned to jail.
Several of these violent acts and racist demonstrations occurred without the National Police officers taking the appropriate measures to effectively prevent its occurrence or prevent its continuation.
The Chilean State, within the framework of the human rights conventions, has among its obligations the protection against discrimination based on ethnic origins. It is worth remembering that not even a year has passed since the serious violations of fundamental rights that occurred in the social protests in Santiago, reported by OHCHR and other NGOs.
IUSY condemns the escalation of violence in Araucanía by the Sebastián Piñera government, against the Mapuche people. As young socialists, it is our duty to raise our voices so that the authorities prevent, investigate, and sanction these events, confronting the racist narrative against the Mapuche demands.
In turn, we demand that the international community place political pressure to ensure respect for human rights in Wallmapu, through the actions of our member organisations in their countries.
#JusticiaParaCamiloCatrillanca
#WallmapuLibre