19 November 2015 The world’s first national framework to focus on preventing violence against women was launched this week. Change the Story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia was developed by Our Watch, the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s …
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ACHRE Annual General Meeting
18 November 2015 Today the AGM of the Australian Council for Human Rights Education took place and a new ACHRE Management Committee was elected for 2016. The new management Committee consist of: ACHRE President: – Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (NSW) 2 Vice Presidents: – Dr Linda-ann Blanchard (WA) – Ms Pera Wells (VIC) Secretary/Public Officer: …
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Conversations in Peace
17 November 2015 The book launch of Conversations in Peace, on August 11th 2015 at Gleebooks saw a gathering of 200 people – thank you to all ACHRE members who could attend! According to the editors – Lynda-ann Blanchard and Hannah Middleton – a primary reason for publishing this significant text is as a tool …
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Investigating Diversity, Human Rights and Civil Society
16 November 2015 Dr Lynda Blanchard, Project Coordinator & Vice President ACHRE 2015 has seen the development of a regional human rights education initiative entitled “Investigating Diversity, Human Rights and Civil Society in Japan and Australia” as a collaboration between Chuo University’s Law Faculty (Japan) and University of Sydney’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies …
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12th Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue Civil Society Consultation
16 September 2015 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Report by Chander Khera Mr Chander Khera of ACHRE along with other interested NGOs attended a debrief by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on the 12th Australia- Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue. The dialogue was held on 14 August 2015 in Canberra. Vietnamese …
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Citizens for Humanity awarded to the Al Amanah College
20 August 2015 Today I have had a pleasure to address the Year 10 Al Amanah College in Liverpool (see: https://www.alamanah.nsw.edu.au) about human rights in Australia, and in particular about refugee issues, immigration detention and children’s rights. The students have shown a great interest in human rights issues and a lively discussion followed. At the …
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12th Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue
11 August 2015 On Wednesday 11th August, representatives from Australian and international NGOs met with a delegation from Vietnam, which included Mr Vu Anh Quang who is Director General, Department of International Relations and Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss human rights issues as they relate to both countries. The discussion was facilitated by Mr …
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Australian Community Cohesion Conference – July 2015
The Australian Council for Human Rights Education (ACHRE) was a proud sponsor of the ‘The Advancing Community Cohesion – Towards a National Compact Conference’ (ACCC) held at University of Western Sydney (UWS) Parramatta Campus on 15-17 July. Dr Ozdowski, AM, ACHRE President, was conference convenor and Ms Pera Wells, ACHRE Vice President and Assoc. Prof. …
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Law Society Grant to fund International Humanitarian Law activities
1 July 2015 The NT Council for Human Rights Education has been awarded the Law Society Public Purposes Grant (2015 round) to facilitate International Humanitarian Law (IHL) activities and public education courses in Darwin. In the advent of natural disasters, internal conflict and displacement of millions of civilians juxtaposed with external intervention and use of …
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Future International Human Rights Conferences
22 June 2015 After the Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos in Santiago de Chile withdrew as the host of 6th International Human Rights Education Conference (IHREC) in December 2015 I wrote to the international human rights education network to seek a new host. I received a number of proposals including from Burma, …
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