Maina Kiai is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. He has more than 20 years experience working in civil society and human rights in Kenya, Africa and globally.
Maina Kiai es el Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre el derecho a la libertad de reunión pacífica y de asociación. Cuenta con más de 20 años de experiencia de trabajo con la sociedad civil y los derechos humanos en Kenia, África y el mundo.
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageReclaiming space through UN-supported litigationWorking together, the UN and civil society are using innovative legal action to protect fundamental human rights and re-open lost civic spaces. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on closing space. Español
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageUN forsakes its values when it favors ‘stability’ over fundamental rightsThough he should be focused on governments, the new High Commissioner for Human Rights will also need to hold senior UN officials to account for undermining rights, as recent events in Kenya show.
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageEviter l’étranglement financier de la société civile au KenyaLe Kenya a présenté en octobre un projet de loi qui aurait plafonné le financement étranger des ONG et exigé que l'argent transite par un organisme gouvernemental. La loi semblait sonner le glas pour une société civile dynamique. Suite à une pression locale et internationale soutenue, le projet de loi a été rejeté de justesse. Mais le Kenya, et la région, ne sont pas encore tirés d’affaire. English.
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIn Kenya, averting a move to strangle civil society with the financial nooseIn October Kenya introduced legislation capping foreign funding to NGOs and requiring that money be channeled through a government body. Though narrowly defeated, the law looked to be a death-knell for a vibrant civil society sector. But Kenya – and the region – is not out of the woods yet. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Funding for Human Rights. Français