Interview with Marta Benavides: “Human Rights and 23rd Century Movement”
Javier Collado Ruano: Today, 10thDecember 2013, we celebrate the 65º anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For this reason, we have a special person with us to commemorate it. Allow me to introduce Ms. Marta Benavides, a good friend from El Salvador and an international activist working on culture of peace, sustainability, inclusiveness, […]
Emerging Human Rights
Over the past decades, massive changes have taken place in the world. Without going any further, 65 years have passed since The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Member States of the United Nations have realized the necessity of a binding document (considering that UDHR is no legally binding) […]
“Solidaridad sin fronteras para los derechos humanos de los refugiados” Entrevista a Osvaldo Laport, Embajador de buena voluntad de ACNUR
Ruth Marjalizo: Señor Laport, en primer lugar, gracias por darnos la oportunidad de compartir algo de su tiempo en un día tan importante como hoy: el Día de los Derechos Humanos. En segundo lugar, gracias por querer compartir con nuestros lectores y lectoras sus experiencias y conocimientos, teniendo en cuenta que una persona como usted […]
Education about Human Rights begins in Childhood
Français Version Sonia Colasse Author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo . Since 1948, we celebrate every year the International Day of Human Rights. Humans Rights, what a nice expression you might say. But, we all know that they are not always respected as they should. Moreover, does every country have […]
Les droits de l’homme commencent dès l’enfance
English Version Sonia Colasse Author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo . Dans l’histoire de l’humanité, nous pouvons célébrer chaque année depuis 1948, la journée mondiale des droits de l’homme. Les droits de l’homme, c’est une jolie phrase, me direz-vous! Cependant, on peut se rappeler qu’elle n’est pas toujours respectée à […]
Statement by FW de Klerk on the Death of Nelson Mandela
FW de Klerk, as Honorary Member at Education for Life NGO Resource: FW de Klerk Foundation It was with the greatest sadness that I have learned of the death of Nelson Mandela. My wife Elita and I would like to convey our deepest condolences to his wife, Graça Machel, the Mandela family and their friends, to […]
Building a Global Citizens Movement: Towards a World Citizens Movement. The Johannesburg Compass: Questions and Orientations
Resource: deeep.org 1. Who are we? As citizens, global and local, and participants of the ‘Building a Global Citizens Movement Johannesburg Conference 2013’, we acknowledge our responsibility for the planet and for humanity and we take responsibility for our individual and collective actions. Collectively, we acknowledge that to reach a just and sustainable world […]
The Reversibility of Economic Social and Cultural Rights in Crisis Contexts
Felipe Gómez Isa Lecturer in Public International Law and researcher for the human rights institute, Instituto de Derechos Humanos Pedro Arrupe at Deusto University, Bilbao, (Basque Country, Spain) e-mail: felipe.gomez@deusto.es / web: www.idh.deusto.es . Abstract: International human rights law has increasingly imposed clearer and more precise obligations on states in the area of ESCRs. But at the same […]
Dadaab Refugees Fear Repatriation will deny them the Right and Freedom to University Education
Mugo Mugo Conflict Researcher and Co-Founder of African Media Initiative on Development (AMID-Africa). Masters of Arts Student of Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation at Innsbruck University March 2014. Holder of Masters Degree in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies from UN’s-Mandated University for Peace (2012). e-mail: patrickmaragi@gmail.com / web: @PMugoMugo . Abstract: Among the refugee community […]
The Special Case of the Right to Primary Education of Children with Disabilities in India: Legally Lacking
Payel Rai Chowdhury Department of Human Rights and Human Development at Rabindra Bharati University, India. e-mail: payelrc03@gmail.com . Abstract: The education of children with disabilities must be organized not merely on humanitarian grounds, but also because proper education enables a disabled child to largely overcome his/her handicap, and makes him or her a useful citizen. Social […]
