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 […]
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 […]
Livelihoods and Empowerment: A Case Study of Burmese Refugees in Thailand
Dana MacLean Humanitarian Journalist. Freelance focused on a wide variety of topics, including food security, livelihoods, human rights issues, and natural disasters e-mail: dana.savannah@gmail.com / web: http://danasavannah.wordpress.com/ . Abstract: The research examines the transition from emergency relief and needs-based service delivery to sustainable human rights- based action by NGOs working in ten Burmese refugee camps in Thailand, that […]
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 […]
The Value of Education for Refugee Livelihood
Callixte Kavuro University of Cape Town, Safety and Violence Initiative, Parliamentary Monitoring Group callixtekav@gmail.com . Abstract: Central to the development of humanity and community is education. Education is universally recognised as one of the essential human rights and economic freedoms. For economic progress, it is regarded as an indispensable vehicle of empowering the disadvantaged and […]
Internet Speech: Is It Free or Not?
Alexia Kapsampeli London School of Business and Finance e-mail: alexiakapsabeli@hotmail.com . Abstract: As the Internet is continuously growing, there has been a serious issue: can we express ourselves freely in the cyberspace or not, because it is strictly monitored? The freedom of expression is a fundamental human right which has been violated even in the Internet […]
MIGRANTS MATTER
Find us: www.facebook.com/migrantsmatter migrants-matter.blogspot.com @MigrantsMatter on Twitter What is Migrants Matter? Migrants Matter is an advocacy campaign led by students from close to 40 countries. Before we thought of launching a campaign, we talked, like most students do. We talked about boys, girls, wine, movies, music… And we talked about the challenges facing […]
Human Right of Women a Grey Stand
Rita Eluwade Author of the book “Trafficked Women- a Problem of Vulnerability without Rehabilitation” E-mail: rita.wealthygeneration@gmail.com . Human right laws still remain a grey stand when it comes to women. I will be focusing on two areas: human trafficking and human rights laws for women and girls. Human rights of people should depicts freedom to […]
