Michel Forst is a French national actively involved in the defence of human rights.
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20 Facts About Michel Forst
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Michel Forst then worked as director of social healthcare institutions in the field of childcare, the elderly and those in extreme poverty.
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Michel Forst became the executive director of Amnesty International Frances in 1989, serving for ten years.
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Michel Forst remained in this position until 2001, when he joined the UNESCO in the Office of Social and Human Sciences.
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Michel Forst left in 2005, when he was appointed Secretary General of the French national human rights institution, the Commission nationale consultative des droits de l'homme.
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Michel Forst is a founding member of Front Line Defenders, an Irish non governmental organisation based in Dublin and a former board member of the International Service for Human Rights.
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In 2015, Michel Forst was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French government.
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In 2008, Michel Forst was appointed Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, taking over from Louis Joinet.
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Michel Forst resigned from this position in 2013, before the end of his mandate.
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In June 2014, Michel Forst became United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.
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Michel Forst made recommendations regarding better protection for human rights defenders.
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Michel Forst undertook country visits and regularly reported to the Human Rights Council and to the United Nations General Assembly.
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Michel Forst presented reports on the situation of environmental and land rights defenders, of defenders working in the field of business and human rights, on the situation of defenders working for the rights of people on the move.
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Michel Forst presented a report on good practices in the protection of human rights defenders.
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Michel Forst presented a number of country reports after he officially visited those countries, including Australia, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Hungary and Mexico.
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Michel Forst sought to make his mandate more accessible to human rights defenders and to the general public.
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Michel Forst notably undertook academic visits to many countries.
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Michel Forst developed his presence on social media - with a Twitter and a Facebook account and he published user-friendly versions of his official reports to the United Nations.
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In 2018 and in the context of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, Michel Forst actively supported the idea of a second Human Rights Defenders World Summit[1] and developed many activities to celebrate the declaration and its impact on support for civil society.
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Michel Forst's final substantial action in the role was a visit to Peru, and the presentation of a report on the situation for human rights defenders there.
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