08 Mar SWITZERLAND: UNESCO holds conference on Human Rights Education
In conjunction with the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held a conference on...
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22 Feb UNITED KINGDOM: College to Teach Human Rights/Language to Immigrants
Hackney Community College (HCC) has initiated a plan to teach Human Rights along with language to immigrants. The program, ‘Human Rights in Practice’, is run...
19 Feb INDIA: Sikkim to Include Human Rights Education in Curriculum
The UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) and the Human Resource Development Department (HRDD) of the Indian state of...
19 Feb THAILAND: Government Sets Human Rights Agenda
Writing in Bangkok Post,Vitit Muntarbhorn, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, a former UN Special Rapporteur, UN Independent Expert and a member...
12 Feb PAKISTAN: Ministerial Level Meeting Held to Discuss Human Rights
PakistanToday reports that at a high level meeting chaired by Federal Minister of Human rights Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar discussed the establishment of federal and provincial...
11 Feb PAPUA NEW GUINEA: UN High Commissioner Visits Papua New Guinea
invitation of Prime Minister Peter O’Neill, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein visited Papua New Guinea and spoke to a...
11 Feb PAKISTAN: Prominent Human Rights Activists Dies in Pakistan
Asma Jahangir, a prominent Human Rights activists has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 66. Ms. Jahangir most recently served as UN special...
10 Feb SCOTLAND: Human Rights Fellowship Formed
The formation of The Scottish Human Rights Defender Fellowship has been announced by the University of Dundee. The Fellowship is a partnership between the university...
08 Feb UKRAINE: Educators Trained in Teaching Course on Human Rights
University level educators in the Ukraine have recently received training in using an interactive teaching technique to introduce students to the principles of democracy and...
08 Feb New York: University Establishes Institute for the Study of Human Rights
As reported in the independent student website Pipe Dream , Binghamton University (BU) of New York has established a Human Rights Institute. The article indicates...