On 24 July 2019, Jeswynn Yogaratnam and the Hon Judge Jane Patrick presented the case study ‘Manipulation of the Law on Torture: Abu Ghraib & Guantanamo Bay’ at the University High School. Jeswynn presented as part of his voluntary ACHRE activities on human rights education in Victoria, through the talk series organised by the Victoria …
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Category:Citizens of Humanity
2019-2020 Citizen for Humanity Project – South Australia Youth Conference
As part of the 2019-2020 Citizen for Humanity Project – South Australia, a three day residential Youth Conference will be held between 13-15 March 2020. This conference is open to Years 10-12 students, with space for up to 97 participants. The event is financially accessible to all students via a bursary program. For further details email …
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Poverty Summit 2019 held in South Australia
As part of the Citizen for Humanity Project (CHP) for students and youth in communities across all educational sectors in South Australia, a Poverty Summit was held at the Adelaide Festival Centre. With over 300 students and 20 teachers attending from 24 different schools, this Summit was facilitated by the UN Youth. Aiming to raise …
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Citizen for Humanity Certificate for Hurlstone Agricultural High School
26 March 2019 It was great to have an opportunity to address a year 11 Legal Studies class at the Hurlstone Agricultural High School about human rights issues in the contemporary world and about Australian multiculturalism on 26th of March. The lively and well-informed discussion followed. To acknowledge their excellence in human rights, it was …
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HRE in Australian High Schools
5 October 2018 You may have seen the National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell in the news this week, calling for compulsory civics education for Australian students. There is cause for concern. Last year’s National Assessment by ACARA reported: • Just 38% of Year 10 students achieved at or above the proficient standard for their year …
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Adelaide International Conference
7 September 2017 The Brighton Secondary School students presented their work undertaken under the auspices of ACHRE Citizen for Humanity program at the Council for International Schools (CIS) Adelaide International Conference held on 7 September 2017. The note prepared by the students about their presentation is attached here. The note describes student experiences associated with the presentation …
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Citizen for Humanity Award to St Marys Senior High School
20 June 2017 Some 30 senior students St Marys Senior High School in St Marys attended a lecture by ACHRE President Dr Sev Ozdowski AM about the origin and contents of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and about the current human rights situation in Australia and worldwide. During the question time St Marys …
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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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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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