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Note of concern about the measures taken by the Argentine government concerning for the archives of the Ministry of Defense
Paris, April 12, 2024
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ICA SAHR – International Human Rights Day (Press release)
The Section on Archives and Human Rights (SAHR) of the International Council on Archives is pleased to take part in the celebrations of United Nations' International Human Rights Day, established to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 
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Have you registered for Sunday’s ICA/SAHR Webinar? – Come celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!
In celebration of this anniversary, the ICA Section on Archives and Human Rights (SAHR) is hosting a webinar which will feature a presentation by Trudy Huskamp Peterson on the close relationship between archival materials and selected articles of the Declaration, in addition to launching a newly developed knowledge base on archives and human rights. Join us on Sunday at 16:00 CET (Paris time) as we celebrate this important milestone! 
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Promoting Environmental Democracy: comments submitted by the SAHR towards the UN Human Rights Council in October 2023
ICA SAHR commends the preparation of a comprehensive report by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment on ‘Promoting Environmental Democracy: procedural elements of the human right to a clean, health and sustainable environment’ (for 55th session of the Human Rights Council).
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Statement of Concern About the Mutual Support Group in Guatemala [GAM]
The International Council on Archives [ICA] is an international association created in 1948 to promote the development of archives, with advisory status to UNESCO in the field of archives and documentary heritage.  Its Section on Archives and Human Rights [SAHR] assesses the role of archives as evidence for human rights violations and monitors the loss and potential loss of significant archives in this context. 
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World Press Freedom Day – 3 May 2023
The Section on Archives and Human Rights (SAHR) of the International Council on Archives invites archivists, record keepers and professional archival associations to be a part of the observance of the United Nations' World Press Freedom Day celebrated every year on the 3rd of May. This year marks 30 years since the Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993. 
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New technologies and enforced disappearances: Response to the call for comments by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances by the ICA SAHR
New technologies and enforced disappearances: Response to the call for comments by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances by the ICA SAHR
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International Human Rights Day 2022 
The Section on Archives and Human Rights (SAHR) of the International Council on Archives invites archivists, record keepers and professional archival associations to be a part of the observance of the United Nations' Human Rights Day celebrated every year on the 10th of December. It marks the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).