26 April 2017 UNESCO ‘s policy guide on Education about the Holocaust and preventing genocide provides effective responses and a wealth of recommendations for education stakeholders who wish to engage in or to reinforce this education. The publication will serve as a resource for policy-makers, curriculum developers, textbooks writers and publishers, and teacher educators. It suggests key …
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Article about Citizen for Humanity Program
20 April 2017 An article about ACHRE Citizen for Humanity program was published in Journal of the Economics and Business Educators New South Wales, Issue 2, pages 69-71 by Dr Lynda-ann Blanchard. It is an important educational resource to help teachers and their students to develop a passion for Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies and …
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Report from Brighton Secondary School
30 March 2017 Ms Barbara Richards, Deputy Principal, Brighton Secondary School wrote to the ACHRE thanking for financial and expert support provided to her School implementing the Citizen for Humanity Program for all Year 9 students. The letter acknowledged “the enormous effort and success of the Project work in raising an awareness of human rights …
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8th International Human Rights Education Conference – Call for Papers
1 March 2017 The Organising Committee for the 8th International Human Rights Education Conference “Bridging Our Diversities” to be held in Montreal, Canada, between 30th November and 3rd December has issued “Call for Workshop Submissions and Paper Proposals” – see ATTACHMENT below. The deadline to submit is 30th April 2017. For more information about the …
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ACHRE Supporting Regional Human Rights Education
1 March 2017 The Women Peace and Leadership (WPL) Program is an intiative of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at the National University of Timor Leste (UNTL). The program was developed in response to the observation of then president Xanana Gusmao, that many young women didn’t have the confidence and skills to express …
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8th IHREC to be held in Montreal, Canada
15 February 2017 The International Human Rights Education Conferences (IHREC) established in 2010 are a global discussion forum to connect around shared human rights challenges and focus on good practices and innovation in education. The 8th IHREC entitled: “Bridging our diversities. An international forum to explore human rights education solutions to global challenges.” will be …
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7 IHREC, Santiago, Chile – Conference Summary and Papers
14 February 2017 The papers and panel presentations from the 7th International Human Rights Education Conference have been now published by Conference Secretariat and are available at: https://ihrec2016.org/en As you go to the details of each panel, the presenter’s names are links to their papers. If you want to download, for example, the papers from …
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DFAT Consultation on Human Rights with NGOs
9 February 2017 ACHRE was represented by Vice President, Pera Wells, at the annual DFAT consultation on human rights with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) which took place at the National Museum in Canberra on Thursday 9 February. The event attracted representatives of NGOs from all over Australia, including a significant number of Aboriginal people. Both the Foreign …
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Australia’s bid for the UN Human Rights Council
8 February 2017 Australia is a candidate for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council for the term 2018-20. In connection with that candidacy Australia has lodged voluntary pledges in relation to each of the five campaign pillars-see the attachment. The ACHRE has joined a number of civil society organisations including the Human …
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World Programme for Human Rights Education-Midterm Review
6 February 2017 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is preparing a progress report on the implementation of the third phase (2015-2019) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education to be submitted to the Human Rights Council in September 2017. The report will address national implementation of human …
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