ABA SIL International Human Rights Committee  Social Media Guidelines Y2015­16 

 

  

The ABA SIL International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) maintains social media presence across the web as an additional method for communicating with members, attracting new members, and sharing current news and committee announcement with our online community. This document provides a list of our social media presence, basic info about each network, and guidelines for submitting material publication.  

 Y2015­16 COMMUNICATION & WEBSITE MANAGERS The IHRC’s Communication and Website Managers are charged with the day‐to‐day maintenance and management of the committee’s many avenues of communication, including the committee’s social media networks. and IHRC members appointed to assists Vice Chairs and managers with relevant tasks, projects and campaigns.   

✉ Stephanie Williams – Co‐Chair, Communication Manager  ✉ Gigi NIkpour  – Senior Advisor, Asst Communication Manager ✉ Stephanie Snow – Steering Committee Member  QUESTIONS & SUBMISSIONS CONTACT  

✉ SUBMISSIONS  ‐ Send all questions and publication submissions to our committee email address: inthumrights@gmail.com. Submissions for publication should comport with the guidelines enumerated below. Please include your contact information. The IHRC reserves the right reject any submission for any reason.  

  

Social Media Presence & Guidelines   

IHRC Website (Official)  http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=IC950000  

IHRC Blog  http://inthumrights.blogspot.com  

IHRC Gmail  inthumrights@gmail.com  

IHRC Email (ABA)  inthumrights@mail.americanbar.org  

IHRC Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/ABAIHRC 

IHRC LinkedIn  http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3157733&trk=my_groups‐b‐grp‐v  

IHRC Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/abaihrc/ 

IHRC Slideshare  http://www.slideshare.net/ABA_IHRC 

IHRC Twitter   https://twitter.com/ABAIHRC  

 Facebook – Anyone can post an item related to human rights to our Facebook page. Posts by                                 non‐admins will appear on the Page’s Timeline on the right side. Please be aware that Facebook                               pages are visible to anyone with internet access.  LinkedIn – IHRC’s LinkedIn subgroup “ABA International: International Human Rights” is a                       “closed” group. The subgroup is “closed” for the protection of members who live in more                             restrictive countries, whomight not otherwise feel comfortable contributing to or participating in                         group discussions. A “closed” group means that only group members see the contents of the                             discussion board and that the content posted to the discussion board is not indexed to search                               engines. Additionally, only groupmembers can post items to the discussion board or comment on                             other members’ posts.   Everyone who joins IHRC’s LinkedIn subgroup receives a Welcome letter that includes a copy of                             the group rules. The group rules are also located at the top of the sub‐group’s main discussion                                 page. Simply click the “i” (for information) and then select “Group Rules”. Please pay due                             attention to the posting rules (e.g., no long titles, no titles in all caps, no URLs as titles, no                                     harassing posts, no spam, etc). By joining the group, members agree to abide by the rules. We                                 reserve the right to remove any discussions that do not comply with the rules or are otherwise                                 deemed inappropriate for the group. We reserve the right to remove any group member who                             repeatedly violates the rules.   Slideshare – Slideshare is the world's largest community for sharing PowerPoint, OpenOffice                       presentations, Keynote, PDF and infographics. Anyone can submit a presentation and request                       that we upload it to our Slideshare account. All documents uploaded to Slideshare are visible to                               public by default. Uploaded documents can be shared to most social networks. Additionally, the                           code for each presentation may be extracted and embedded into most blogs and websites. Check                             here for a list of acceptable Slideshare formats.    

 

 

IHRC Blog – We invite and encourage members of the legal profession, scholars and educators,                             human rights advocates, journalists, law students, and anyone else genuinely interested in global                         human rights issues to submit a short article for publication on the IHRC’s Official Blog,                             “International Human Rights Forum.”   ♦ Format: Word, Word compatible or plain text (.docx, .doc, .odt, .ott, .txt)  ♦ Font Size: 11 or 12 pt  ♦ Length: 1‐2 pages (500‐1000 words)   

Include your name and the following information with your submission:  1. Title  2. Summary (approx 2‐4 sentences) 3. Links/URLs  4. Image(s)   5. Short Bio  6. Special instructions, if any  Keep in mind that items published on our blog are visible to anyone with internet access, be sure                                   to proofread your work prior to submitting it.   Instagram is an online mobile photo‐sharing, video‐sharing and social networking service that                         enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking                                 platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr. The IHRC opened an Instagram account                           in November 2015 and will use the account to share pictures from our events (e.g., conferences,                               lobby day, committee meetups, etc.) and to share visual human rights stories shared by                           Instagram account holders with similar interest. IHRCMembers can subscribe to our feed as well                             as share images with us.   

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Disclaimer  The ABA IHRC’s social media networking groups are not intended to replace committees,                         committee meetings or committee listservs, but rather, to complement them. Social media                       presence is maintained by members of the ABA International Human Rights Committee. Unless                         expressly stated otherwise, views and opinions expressed on our social media networks belong                         to the content provider or the individual poster and should not be construed as the views and                                 opinions of American Bar Association, Section of International Law, or this committee.                       Additionally, the posts, material, and views posted on this blog have not been approved by the                               ABA Staff, the House Delegates, or the Board of Governors of the ABA. Contact us if you have any                                     general questions, concerns or suggestions: inthumrights@gmail.com. Thank you, Happy Posting!  

 

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