27 Nov Bridging our Diversities Conference to give floor to world leading human rights educators
CANADA: Cision reports on a conference to be held between 30 November and 3 December at Concordia University in Montreal of Human Rights Educators from around the world. Participants from over 50 are expected to attend the International Conference on Human Rights Education; Bridging Diversities. According to the report, conference sessions will discuss ways governments, civil society organizations, academia and international institutions can better respond to global challenges through human rights education. The conference is co-organized by Equitas–International Centre for Human Rights Education; the UN Human Rights Office; Concordia University; Université du Québec à Montréal; McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and Western Sydney University (Australia). Andrew Gilmour, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and a keynote speaker at the conference is quoted as saying, “Human rights education helps people know their rights – so they can better claim and defend them. And encourage them to stand up for the rights of others,”
The complete Cision article may be found here:
Another report by Scoop World is found here:
The Conference’s website is here: