Colombia
UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Violence, Public Policies and Governance (695), established in 2005 at the Universidad Externado de Colombia (Colombia).
Fields/Disciplines
Human rights, violence, public policies.
Objectives
- To promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the fields of a human rights, violence, as well as public policies and governance, contributing thus to a culture of human rights and of a culture of peace.
- To facilitate collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in Colombia and elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in other regions of the world.
Host Institution
Members
- Universidad Externado de Colombia (Colombia).
- Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
- Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos(São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil).
- Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil)
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain).
- Universidad de Camerino (Italy)
- Universidad Paris X - Nanterre (France)
Partnership
- UNDP Oslo Centre for Governance (Norway).
- GEDIM - Globalização Econômica e Direitos no Mercosul (Programa MOST-UNESCO; Rio de Janeiro) (Brazil).
- RED&S - MSH-Paris (Réseau Européen Droit et Société (France).
UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network
Social and human sciences, UNESCO Office in Quito.
Event
"Pedagogy and human rights" (2 November 2011, Université Paris X, Nanterre, France)(available in French only)
Document
Progress report 2009-2010 (short version)
Contact
Prof. Dr Marcela GUTIÉRREZ QUEVEDO, UNESCO Chairholder
Universidad Externado de Colombia
E-mail: catedraunesco(at)uexternado.edu.co
Phone: (571) 3419900 /Ext. 2200, 2202 y 2204
Carrera 3 Este No. 10-45
Bogotá
Colombia