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Meetings/Events/New Resources:

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> Manual: Human Rights Yes!

   New educational tool based on UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
   By Janet E. Lord, Katherine N. Guernsey, Joelle M. Balfe & Valerie L. Karr
   Nancy Flowers, Editor 
   Learn more at www.humanrightsyes.org

> Inaugural Lecture: "The Totalitarian Imagination: Religion, Politics, and Education"

   Prof. Liam Gearon, Crucible Senior Fellow, Roehampton University (U.K.)
   Monday, March 17, 2008
   R.S.V.P. to Lemady Rochard: L.Rochard@roehampton.ac.uk or 020-8392-3256

> Presentation: Human Rights Ed. In Secondary Schools

   Presented by Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights)
   Read / download PowerPoint >  

> Human Rights Syllabi Web Site

   AIUSA Educators Network and U.C. Berkeley
   Submitted by Rita Maran
   Read announcement >

> 2006 Annual Report - Bulgarian Helsinki Committee

   Submitted by Vyara Ivanova, Adminstrative Director, BHC
   Read English text > 

> Current Issue: Romanian Journal of International Law

   Association for International Law and International Relations (ADIRI)
   Message from publisher >
   Issue summary >

Human Rights Courses/Applications/Scholarships:

> Advanced Course: International Protection of Human Rights

   Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University
   18 - 29 August, 2008, Turku/Åbo, Finland
   APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 APRIL 2008 
   Read announcement >

> Master's Programme in International Human Rights Law

   Åbo Akademi University, Finland
   Read announcement >

> BA in Human Rights Studies

   University of Dayton, Ohio (USA)
   Click here to read announcement >

> MA in Human Rights Practice

     Roehampton University (London, UK)
     Göteborgs Universitet (Sweden)
     Universitet i Tromsø (Norway)
     Read / download brochure >

 

> Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship 

     Cultural Processes in Eastern Europe
     University of Oxford  
     Click here for more information >
 

Appeals, Petitions, and Other Documents:

> Call for Papers: First Global Conference on Genocide

   International Network of Genocide Scholars at the
   Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Violence
   The University of Sheffield/UK 
   View call for papers >

> CSHR Newsletter - April 2008 Issue

   Centre for the Study of Human Rights, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
   Read / download newsletter >

> Draft Resolution on "Untouchability" Passed by U.S. House

   Bipartisan measure addresses treatment of Dalits and Tribals
   Press release from Rep. Trent Franks >
   Draft resolution >   

> Speech: Local Governments / Corporations & Human Rights

   By President Theordore Orlin
   Delivered July 13, 2007 at the Osaka Human Rights Center, Japan
   Click here to read full text >

> IHREC Congressional HR Caucus Testimony

   Statement by President Theodore Orlin on February 16, 2007
   Washington, D.C.
   Click here to read statement >
   View photos of event >
  

> Call for Human Rights Books

   Human Rights Centre at the University of Prishtina
   Posted by IHREC President Ted Orlin
   Click here for details >

> Global Appeal for Human Rights Learning

   People's Movement for Human Rights Learning
   Click here for more information >

> Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Human Rights Education

   Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education (CCHRE)
   University of Leeds School of Education
   Click here for more information >

> Director, Jesse Unruh Institute of Politics

   University of Southern California
   Los Angeles, CA, USA
   Click here for more information > 

> Directors / Assistant Directors for Mumbai, New Delhi 

   Human Rights Law Network (HRLN)
   New Delhi / Mumbai, India
   Click here for more information >
    

> Lecturer (Below the Bar) in International Human Rights Law

   Irish Centre for Human Rights
   Galway, Ireland     
   Click here for more information > 

 

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