UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Democracy (180), established in 1998 at the University  of the North Baia Mare (Romania).

Fields/Disciplines

Disciplines related to human rights and democracy.

Objectives

• To promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation activities in the field of human rights and democracy.
• To facilitate regional and sub-regional collaboration between high-level internationally recognized researchers and the teaching staff of the University.
• To foster research and to contribute to the development of a study plan concerning human rights, democracy and peace for use in the programmes of the University and other higher education institutions of Romania, by forming a national focal point for the activities in this field.

Host Institution

• University  of the North Baia Mare
• Webpage of the UNESCO Chair

In collaboration with

• Rumanian institute for human rights, Bucharest.

Partnership

• University of Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
• University of Zagreb (Croatia)
• University of Budapest (Hungary)
• University of Athènes (Greece)
• University of Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
• SNSPA (National Schoof of Politics and Administration) (Romania)
• University of Cluj (Romania)
• Kogalniceanu University of Iasi (Romania)
• University of Ljublijana (Slovenia)
• University of Istanbul (Turkey)
• University of Ankara (Turkey)
• Universities of Cernauti et de Kiev (Ukraine)

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Social and Human Sciences; CEPES.

Document

• Progress Report 2007 (short version)
  Activities of the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Democracy.

Contact

Dr Gheorghe Mihai Bârle
UNESCO Chairholder, UNESCO Chair for Human Rights and Democracy

Work Phone : 40 262 21 89 22

Fax:40 262 27 61 53

Street - Str. Victor Babes nr. 62A

City - Baia Mare
Postal Code - 4800
Country - Romania