60 Years European Convention for Human Rights: Campaign THAT'S RIGHT! ECHR 1950 - 2010 started on December 10thHuman Rights resounding throughout the land! Or - to stick to the truth - the negation of Human Rights. The European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC GRAZ) developed a year-long campaign in commemoration of 60 years ECHR. The campaign GANZ RECHT! (roughly translated: that's right!) is based on posters and postcards confronting hate speech with relevant articles of the ECHR. With this material we want to evoke discussions and show that each colloquial statement (of the type that can be heard in public buses, from right-wing politicians etc.) is affecting or even violating the rights of people - the ECHR has constitutional status in austria. Additionally, there will be action days, round tables and debate training workshops in provincial towns and a website dedicated to the campaign. The campaign THAT'S RIGHT! ECHR 1950 - 2010 that will be continued throughout 2010 started at the traditional Christmas fair in Graz on Human Rights Day 2009: ETC collaborators and students of the Afro-Asian Institute offered passers-by and visitors of the Christmas market postcards and 'human rights gingerbread' thus starting discussions on human rights topics. The campaign is supported by Zentrum polis (Politik lernen in der Schule/Centre for Citizenship Education and Human Rights Education) and by the Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture. In 2010, a comprehensive booklet supporting strategies against hate speech and giving didactic suggestions for school teachers will be published. (11 December 2009)
All posters, all themes ... (in German) Human Rights Day 2009: Impressions ...
New Publication: EUROPEAN YEARBOOK ON HUMAN RIGHTSThe protection of human rights lies at the very core of European integration. But considering the multitude of activities by the European Union, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as well as the important role of civil society, it is often hard to keep track. In-depth analysis by human rights experts is important for understanding changing paradigms and assessing emerging trends.
Wolfgang Benedek / Wolfram Karl / Anja Mihr / Manfred Nowak (Eds.) (16 September 2009)
Summer academy on Human Rights and Human Security
The seventh international summeracademy on human rights and human security titled Human Security, Peace and Stability: Special Focus on the Balkan Region was held at the ETC Graz from 12 to 23 July 2009. This year, the academy was organised on behalf of the Institute for International Law and International Relations as an Erasmus Intensive Programme in the framework of the EDEN network (European Doctorate Enhancement in Peace and Conflict Studies). It brought together profressors and doctoral students from ten European universities, raning from Coimbra to Utrecht. The topics of the lectures and workshops ranged from consequences of the Franco regime to peace-building and democratisation to the identity-forming effects of narodna muzika in ex-Yugoslavia. Methodolical aspects were covered in lectures and workshops on publication, and the student presented their PhD theses. Several of their contribution will also be published in an EDEN junior publication by the end of 2009. The summer academy was financed with means of the European Commission in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme. (31 July 2009)
Homophobia and equalisation in the European Union
An experts talk and discussion took place at the ETC on 19 January 2009, where Niraj Nathwani (FRA – Fundamental Rights Agency of the Europan Union, Vienna), Eva Kovacechova (FRALEX-Expert for Slovakia), Klaus Starl (ETC, FRALEX-Partner for Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia and Ireland) and Márton Udvari (FRALEX-Expert for Hungary) discussed with the audience. The discussion was moderated by Wolfgang Benedek (ETC and University Graz). (21 January 2009)
Comparative Study ... (pdf) Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) ...
New publication: SCIENCE EDUCATION UNLIMITEDApproaches to Equal Opportunities in Learning Science
How to realise equality of chances in science education in a multicultural and multilinguistic society? For the first time, experts and well-known scientists of countries of origin as well as countries of residence cooperated to address this issue. The authors of this book are scientists and experts of natural, social and educational sciences from Germany, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Turkey. Instead of the deficit-oriented approach the authors present a solution-oriented approach on a theoretical and practical level. This ranges from recommendations for school authorities and suggestions for teacher trainings to teaching material for science lessons.
“This book definitely deserves its title! Such cooperation is in itself an accomplishment, indeed too rare in academic and public life. I am fascinated by the common adherence to basic human values and democracy that seem to underpin the writings by the authors behind the book. It is most revealing to see how they, from widely different backgrounds, manage to address common important issues. These are challenges that face Europe as a whole, as well as each country in particular.” (Svein Sjoberg)
Addressees of this book are experts of education, teachers, teacher trainers, school authorities and politicians. The book is a contribution to gender and diversity mainstreaming. (18 December, 2009)
Project promise - Promotion of Migrants in Science Education ...
Free download: TIM HIEU VE QUYEN CON NGUOI ...... in English: Understanding Human Rights The Vietnamese translation of the manual on human rights education, Understanding Human Rights, is available in print since spring 2008. Now you can download the Vietnamese manual for free. The translation to Vietnamese and the publication in Hanoi were supported by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs. (29.9.2008)
Download Manual: Quyen con nguoi - P1.pdf (2,2 MB) Quyen con nguoi - P2.pdf (2 MB) Quyen con nguoi - P3.pdf (2,8 MB) Quyen con nguoi - P4.pdf (1,4 MB)
Peace Process in spite of Terrorism and Organised CrimeInternational Summer Academy on Human Security 2008 in at ETC Graz - The influence of transnational terrorist and criminal organisations on the peacebuilding process in the region: 50 lecturers and students from 25 countries discussed concepts of terrorism and organised crime in general and the impact on human security and teh peace process on the Balkans. (31 July 2008)
HUMSEC - Human Security in the Western Balkans ...
New publication: RAZBIRANJE NA COVEKOVITE PRAVAThe manual on Human Rights Education "Understanding Human Rights" has just been published in the 14th language version, in Macedonian: RAZBIRANJE NA COVEKOVITE PRAVA - Priracnik za edukacija od oblasta na covekovite prava Editorial partner and responsible for the translation to Macedonian language was the Macedonian Ministry for Foreign Affairs with support from OSCE and in cooperation with the Human Rights Centre at the South-East European University Tetovo. The print version is available through the Macedonian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. (8 July 2008)
Manual RAZBIRANJE NA COVEKOVITE PRAVA ... (pdf)
New publication: Internet Governance and the Information Society: Global Perspectives and European DimensionsThe legal, social and economic implications of the information society permeate every fiber of public life in the real world, infl uence politics and policies and test the limits of traditional notions of law, concepts of regulations and systems of governance. Uniting an impressive array of authors this book broaches the challenges of internet governance in the information society. Renowned scholars and practitioners from, among others, the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, academia and business shed lights on both, the global perspectives and the European dimensions of internet governance. This book brings together presentations delivered at two workshops organized at the University of Graz in the framework of a project on the role of multi-stakeholder participation for the implementation of human rights approaches in a connected world. The book identifies 2010 as the year where fundamental decisions on the future of the internet as we know it will be reached. Aimed at students, teachers and practitioners of law, sociology, international relations and technology, the contributions describe the challenges ahead and the road to travel by and is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of internet governance. Wolfgang Benedek, Veronika Bauer, Matthias C. Kettemann (eds.), INTERNET GOVERNANCE AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND EUROPEAN DIMENSIONS. Utrecht: elevenpub 2008 (22 April 2008)
New e-book: Winds of ChangeHow e-technologies can assist education on human and minorities' rights The results of the research project “ICT service in human rights education: The role of digital libraries”, implemented by the ETC Graz, the Institute for Ethnic Studies in Ljubljana and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Sarajevo in 2007, have been published as an e-book which is now available online. Aim of the ASO-funded project was to analyze digital libraries in South-Eastern Europe with regard to contents and applied human rights education, and to compare them to digital libraries in Western Europe. Besides structural analysis and a comparison of good practices the new publication gives also a rough guide to structures and handling of those digital libraries analysed. (18.2.2008)
ASO / Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office ... Institute of Ethnic Studies (Ljubljana) ... Human Rights Centre at the University of Sarajevo ...
New publication: Global Human Rights Institutions - Between Remedy and RitualThe range of global human rights institutions which have been created over the past half century is a remarkable achievement. Yet, their establishment and proliferation has paradoxes in store. Why do states create such institutions? What do they want to achieve through such institutions, and is it different from what the institutions themselves seek to accomplish? Are global human rights institutions effective remedies for violations of human dignity or temples for the performance of stale bureaucratic rituals? What happens to human rights when they are being framed in global institutions? Gerd Oberleitner: GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS: BETWEEN REMEDY AND RITUAL. Cambridge, Polity Press 2007 (18.2.2008)
Gone without a trace ...
Since the 26th of February 1992, thousands of people from former Yugoslavia have been erased (izbrisani) from residence and person registers in Slovenia. These persons have been fighting for their very survival for more than fifteen years, for those who are not listed in the register do not exist in the eyes of the law. They cannot marry, cannot receive medical treatment, cannot work and cannot find accommodation. Two decisions of the Constitutional Court from the years 1999 and 2003 calling for retroactive residence permit status and compensation have not been implemented. (27.11.2007)
'Gold' for Human Rights CitiesWithin the framework of a retreat on human rights learning, Awakening the Power of Human Rights Learning, that took place at Seggau Castle from 29 October to 1 November 2007, Shulamith Koenig, founding president of PDHRE (Peoples' Movement for Human Rights Learning) and spirit of the Human Rights Cities' movement, visited the Mayor of Graz, Mr. Siegfried Nagl. After exchanging experiences with local politicians the guests - besides Shulamith Koenig the representatives of Human Rights Cities, Susanna Chiarotti (Argentinia), Satya Das (Canada) and Raymond Atuguba (Ghana), were invited to sign the 'Golden Book' of the city of Graz. (19.11.2007)
Renate Kicker Vice-President of the CPTThe CPT, the Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, has recently elected a new chair. The CPT's long-time president Silvia Casale has moved to the new United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture which she is going to chair in future. Mauro Palma, an Italian specialist on prison issues, has been elected as the new President, Renate Kicker as the First Vice-President, replacing Mr Palma who formerly held that post. Andres Lehtmets, an Estonian psychiatrist, is the CPT's Second Vice-President. In his statement upon his election on the International Women's Day Mauro Palma underlined that in future the comitee will pay close attention to the treatment and conditions of detention of women deprived of their liberty - also a focus of the ETC's work set by Renate Kicker some years ago. Besides developing projects and attending conferences Renate Kicker chaired an international seminar on the topic of "Women in Prison" at the ETC, attended by Mauro Palma and that-time president Silvia Casale as well as several other members of the CPT and experts and prison governours from Italy, Albania and Austria. The seminar in October 2006 also was the starting point for the elaboration of a project led by Renate Kicker. Aim of the project is the setting and unification of standards in prison staff education and the development of specialized training units for prison governours and staff.
Course on Human Rights EducationOn February 6th, 2007, this year's course Introduction to Human Rights Education was closed with the awarding of the certificates. Twenty participants had attended the course and got their certitificates and a CD with training material produced inthe course. The course offers an introduction to human rights education and is held together with the lecture series Understanding Human Rights every winter term. The three-day seminar first gives an introductory lecture focused on the methodology of HRE and in the second part the practical exercises elaborated by the participants: First, a human rights topic has to be set up in a didactic manner, then authors have to test their exercises and activities with their colleagues. This time, the participants presented teaching units on the topics freedom from poverty, discrimination, freedom of expression and of the media, freedom of religion, right to education and human rights of the child / child labour.
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