On August 6th Hiroshima Day and Aug 9t h Nagasaki Day, 2020—ACHRE members were involved in human rights education activities associated with honouring the ‘hibakusha’ of Japan and remembering the atrocity of nuclear war. Including webinars teaching and learning about the perils for humanity in developing nuclear arms and global civil society efforts …
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2020 Global Peace Index Launch
Registration required: Please Click here to register Join us for a webinar with Charles Allen APM, Director of Partnerships at The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), and Dr. Julian Droogan, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University. IEP recently released the Global Peace Index 2020 report, which measures peace and its economic impact. The …
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AHRC position on the draft ‘COVIDSafe App’ Bill
The Australian Human Rights Commission has released its Position on the draft ‘COVIDSafe App’ Bill after analysing the draft bill to ensure that it includes all necessary protections of human rights.
Creating spaces for radical pedagogy in higher education.
This paper available at https://doi.prg/10.7577/hrer.3363 tells stories from a higher education study abroad collaboration entitled Investigating Diversity, Human Rights and Civil Society in Japan and Australia. Starting from a pedagogical focus on students’ active learning about human rights, this project has come to value relationship building- between academic institutions, civil society and community groups, and …
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New podcast available
A new podcast on Human Rights Education is available. This includes material from the work Associate Professor Nina Burridge was involved in for the Asia-Europe Foundation. It is available on Sound Cloud, Spotify and the ASEF Facebook page. SoundCloud:https://ow.ly/GQte50z0ztZ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iBUwOeglkr0R1x0yYHLwD ASEF’s Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/AsiaEuropeFoundation/
The 2020 Close the Gap campaign report
The 2020 Close the Gap Campaign report, again written by the Lowitja Institute sets out a blueprint for change, presenting 14 recommendations for Australian governments that must be urgently implemented to avoid further preventable deaths and protect Indigenous health, wellbeing, culture and Country. The Report has warned that only systemic reform will make up for …
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ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART
ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE HEART VOICE. TREATY. TRUTH. The comprehensive website https://ulurustatement.org/ provides excellent resources to equip people to better understand why and how to work towards Constitutional Reform. First Nations people explain that “We have coexisted as First Nations on this land for at least 60,000 years. Our sovereignty pre-existed the Australian state …
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Australian Human Rights Commission Medal Winner – Rosemary Kayess
Leading disability rights activist Rosemary Kayess has won the prestigious 2019 Human Rights Medal in recognition of her work in international human rights law for people with disability. Ms Kayess, a tireless advocate for equal rights for people with disability in Australia and worldwide, contributed to drafting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of …
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One Year Anniversary of the UNTL Human Rights Centre
August 27th, 2020, marks one year since the inauguration ceremony of the premises of the new Human Rights Centre of the National University of Timor-Leste (HRC-UNTL). Since its establishment, the Global Campus of Human Rights has been helping develop human rights education and research, thanks to a project supported by the European Union. Project Manager of HRC—UNTL Adriano Remiddi, also thanks …
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Free Online Course on Human Rights – Put the World to Rights!
As the world faces unprecedented times, where many people are especially vulnerable, it is more important than ever to understand how you can protect and promote human rights. And you can do so from the comfort of your home! About the course Through this free online course, you will learn about the underlying principles of human …
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