(St. Paul, MN; December 13, 2022) On December 7, 2022, World Without Genocide, a human rights non-profit at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, MN,\u00a0was one of nine human rights organizations, known as NGOs (non-governmental organizations), awarded Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC.\u00a0 ECOSOC is one of the six main organs of the UN.<\/p>\n
Special Consultative Status gives NGOs access to ECOSOC and to its many subsidiary bodies, to the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations, to ad hoc<\/em> processes on small arms, and to attendance at special events organized by the President of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n NGOs in consultative status can typically be accredited to attend relevant UN global conferences and can also host events at the UN headquarters in New York.<\/p>\n Other organizations with this status include Amnesty International; the International League for Human Rights; the International Bar Association; and the Special Olympics.<\/p>\n The UN has granted Consultative Status since its beginning in 1946; today, several thousand NGOs around the world represent civil society at the UN.<\/p>\n World Without Genocide promotes education and action to protect innocent people, prevent genocide, prosecute perpetrators, and remember those affected by genocide.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n World Without Genocide is also formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (St. Paul, MN; December 13, 2022) On December 7, 2022, World Without Genocide, a human rights non-profit at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, MN,\u00a0was one of nine human rights organizations, known as NGOs (non-governmental organizations), awarded Special Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC.\u00a0 ECOSOC is one of … <\/p>\n