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  Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2009   Message from Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2009
10-12-2009 (UNESCO) -   More...

 

  UNESCO hosts youth debates on education as a human right   UNESCO hosts youth debates on education as a human right
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.  More...

 

  Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence award ceremony on 16 November   Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence award ceremony on 16 November
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.  More...

 

  The first World Human Rights Moot Court Competition organized in South Africa   The first World Human Rights Moot Court Competition organized in South Africa
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.  More...

 

  Round Table on “Memory and Human Rights” concludes UNESCO’s commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights   Round Table on “Memory and Human Rights” concludes UNESCO’s commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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).  More...

 

  Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights (17-28 August 2009, Turku/Abö, Finland)   Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights (17-28 August 2009, Turku/Abö, Finland)
26-01-2009 (Institute for Human Rights at Abö Akademi University) - organized by the Institute for Human Rights at Abö Akademi University.  More...

 

  Meeting of the UNESCO/ISESCO Arab Research-Policy Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ARADESC Network)   Meeting of the UNESCO/ISESCO Arab Research-Policy Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ARADESC Network)
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.  More...

 

  The Director-General awards the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights   The Director-General awards the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights
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.  More...

 

    Nominations Sought: 2008 United Nations Prize in Field of Human Rights
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.  More...

 

  EIUC Summer School on Cinema and Human Rights   EIUC Summer School on Cinema and Human Rights
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.  More...

 

  European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA) in Venice : call for applications for the academic year 2008/2009   European Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA) in Venice : call for applications for the academic year 2008/2009
27-01-2008 () -   More...

 

  Message from Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007   Message from Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2007
04-12-2007 (UNESCO) -   More...

 

  UNESCO launches a year-long commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights   UNESCO launches a year-long commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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.  More...

 

    Joint UNESCO/ISESCO initiative to support the creation of the Arab Research-Policy Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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.  More...

 

    Award Ceremony of the 2006 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
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.  More...

 

  University of Pretoria's Centre for Human Rights wins 2006 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education   University of Pretoria's Centre for Human Rights wins 2006 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
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).  More...

 

  10 December 2006 – Human Rights Day   10 December 2006 – Human Rights Day
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.  More...

 

  Message from Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2006   Message from Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2006
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.  More...

 

  SHS e-news n° 2 – May 2006 – Call for nominations  for the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education   SHS e-news n° 2 – May 2006 – Call for nominations for the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
05-05-2006 (UNESCO) -   More...

 

  10 December 2005 - Human Rights Day   10 December 2005 - Human Rights Day
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.  More...

 

  60 Cartoons for Human Rights – Exhibition by Plantu - UNESCO, 7-10 December 2005   60 Cartoons for Human Rights – Exhibition by Plantu - UNESCO, 7-10 December 2005
01-12-2005 (UNESCO) -   More...

 

  Award Ceremony of the 2004 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education   Award Ceremony of the 2004 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
18-05-2005 (UNESCO) - Vitit Muntarbhorn, winner of the 2004 UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education  More...

 

  Vitit Muntarbhorn wins the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education   Vitit Muntarbhorn wins the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education
11-12-2004 (UNESCO) -   More...

 

  Message  from the Director-General on the occasion of Human Rights Day - 10 December 2004   Message from the Director-General on the occasion of Human Rights Day - 10 December 2004
10-12-2004 (UNESCO) -   More...

 




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