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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Podcast on Human rights Education, Part 2
A second 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/
19th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights – Tromsø, Norway
If you would like to see and listen to the highlights of the ASEM Seminar on Human Rights and Human Rights Education held between 4-6 November 2019, the Asia-Europe Foundation has made them available on Youtube.
The Archipelago is Home to New Literature and Art on Migration
The Archipelao is a writers collective that builds community and mentorship with refugee and migrant background writers. Our collective was founded by Kieren Kresevic Salazar in 2019 to train new writers who are refugees in Indonesia towards professional publication and forge relationships between writers across islands. the archipelago online magazine is a home for new literature …
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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/
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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