Greece
UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Democracy and Peace (905) , established in 2010 at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Greece)
Fields/Disciplines
Human Rights, Democracy and Peace
Objectives
The specific objectives of this Chair are to:
- analyze the new challenges of democracy and peace, as well as the establishment of the rule of law in Greece, South-Eastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean sub-region;
- reinforce the capacity-development of academic institutions dealing with human rights issues, mainly through the consolidation of a database on this matter, and the establishment in Athens of a specialized human rights library;
- foster North-South and triangular North-South-South cooperation through the establishment of an international network of researchers/ professors/ experts on issues of human rights and peace.
Host Institution
The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Greece)
UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network
Contact: Prof. Panayiotis V. Tsiros, Rector
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
136, Syngrou Avenue
Athens 17671
Greece