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08-12-2009 (UNESCO) - To commemorate Human Rights Day 2009 and the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 10 December 2009, UNESCO hosts youth debates on “Why is Education a Human Right?” from 2 to 5 p.m. in Room I at UNESCO Headquarters.
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10-11-2009 (UNESCOPRESS) - The UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence was presented to this year’s two laureates - François Houtart, Belgian sociologist and theologian, and Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist – at a ceremony on Monday 16 November at UNESCO’s Paris Headquarters on International Day for Tolerance.
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17-09-2009 (University of Pretoria / UNESCO) - The first World Human Rights Moot Court Competition is organized by the University of Pretoria in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from October until December 2009. The Faculty of Law of the Pretoria University has developed fruitful cooperation with UNESCO. It hosts the UNESCO Chair in Law Education in Africa and the Centre for Human Rights which won the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education 2006.
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10-04-2009 (UNESCO) - On Tuesday 14 April 2009, the Permanent Delegation of Argentina to UNESCO and the Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO organized jointly a Round Table on "Memory and Human Rights" at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (France).
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26-01-2009 (Institute for Human Rights at Abö Akademi University) - organized by the Institute for Human Rights at Abö Akademi University.
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16-12-2008 (UNESCO) - On 18 and 19 December 2008, the members of the ARADESC Network and experts on cultural rights met in Rabat (Morocco) to discuss cultural rights in the Maghreb region and in Egypt.
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11-12-2008 (Office of the Spokesperson) - On 10 December 2008, the Director-General of UNESCO, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, celebrated Human Rights Day at UNESCO Headquarters by awarding together with the French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Ms Rama Yade, and the Mayor of Bilbao, Mr Iñaki Azkuna, the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights.
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02-07-2008 (United Nations) - The United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights was instituted by the General Assembly in 1966 (Res. 2217/XXI). This year’s prize will be awarded at the meeting of the General Assembly on 10 December 2008, as part of the annual commemoration of Human Rights Day which this year marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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22-03-2008 (EIUC) - The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) organises the EIUC Summer School on Cinema and Human Rights. The first Summer School was held in Venice (Italy) in 2005. The fourth edition of the Summer School is organized from 21 August to 10 September 2008. The deadline for submission of applications for the 2008 edition is 2 May 2008.
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03-12-2007 (SHS e-News 21 / December 2007) - On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007, at its Headquarters in Paris, UNESCO will unveil the list of activities commemorating the 60th anniversary of signing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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22-06-2007 (UNESCO) - The UNESCO Rabat Office and the Sector of Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO organized with support of ISESCO the meeting of regional research-policy networks on economic, social and cultural rights which was held in Rabat, Morocco, on 29 and 30 March 2006.
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25-05-2007 (UNESCO) - The University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights has received the 2006 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education at the official Award Ceremony which took place on the occasion of Africa Day, 25 May 2007, in the Auditorium of the University of Pretoria’s Law Faculty. The keynote address was delivered by Deputy Minister of Education, Mr Enver Surty.
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11-12-2006 (UNESCO) - UNESCO Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura, has designated the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) as the winner of the fifteenth edition of the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education (2006).
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09-12-2006 (UNESCO) - This Sunday, 10 December 2006 (Human Rights Day) will be the occasion to consider the situation of human rights throughout the world, to assess successes and failures, and to reflect on possible solutions to existing challenges.
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09-12-2006 (UNESCO) - Human Rights Day is the occasion to consider the situation of human rights throughout the world, to assess achievements and defeats, and to reflect on possible solutions to existing challenges.
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09-12-2005 (UNESCO) - Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December to mark the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
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18-05-2005 (UNESCO) - Vitit Muntarbhorn, winner of the 2004 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
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