17 Mar OMAN: Human Rights Violations Reduced Through Education
According to a report in the Times of Oman Human Rights reports received by the Oman Human Rights Commission declined by 50% in 2017. The...
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14 Mar United Kingdom: Amnesty International Lists Children’s Books With Human Rights Connections
Amnesty International, UK has posted to their website a list of children’s books that best uphold, illuminate or celebrate human rights and the values that...
14 Mar INDIA: New Centre for Human Rights Lawyers Established
Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), a collective of Indian lawyers and social activists engaged in legal aupport to vulnerable and needy segments of society, has...
14 Mar SOUTH AFRICA: Police Engae in Human Rights Education
South African Police Service (SAPS) officers of the Kwazakele Station participated in a joint fitness enhancement and human rights education. The oficers walked about 4.5...
12 Mar PAKISTAN: University Organizes Seminar on Human Rights Education and Sensitization
The University of Engineering and Technology (UET) in Peshawar has organized a seminar on Human Rights Education and Sensitization in conjunction with the Ministry of...
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...
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...