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...
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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...
06 Feb INDONESIA: FM Speaks at Conversation on Human Rights
Speaking at Indonesia’s Jakarta International Conversation on Human Rights, the country’s Foreign Miniister spoke of the importance of cooperation in the propmotion and protection of...
05 Feb New York: Scientists Discuss Human Rights
Integrating the teaching of Human Rights with Science, Technology, Engineering and technology (STEM) curriculums was explored at a recent conference of the American Association for...
03 Feb INDIA: Seminar Focuses on the Conjunction of Globalization, Environment and Human Rights
As reported by the Times of India, a two-day national seminar on the interesting and relevant combination of Globalization, Environment and Human Rights was held...
21 Jan PAKISTAN: Human Rights To Be Included in Primary Curriculum
Writing in The Express Tribune Saba Naz reports that Life Skills, including knowledge of Human Rights, will be included in the curriculum of primary schools...
20 Jan THE GAMBIA: Human Rights Training for Gambian State Intelligence Service
Jellofnrews reports on a three day training workshop, part of a human rights building program, conducted to provide training to The Gambia’s State Intelligence Service...