Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative CHRI

  • CHRI’s mandate is to promote awareness of and adherence to the Harare Principles, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other internationally recognised human rights instruments and declarations made by the Commonwealth Heads of Governments as well as domestic instruments supporting human rights in the Commonwealth.
  • CHRI believes that the promotion and protection of human rights is the responsibility of governments but that the active participation of civil society acting in concert is vital to ensuring rule of law and the realisation of human rights. (Mandate).

Homepage;
Sitemap;
Citizens for Police Reform, Right to Information, Police reforms, Prison reforms, Human Rights advocacy;
Reports to CHOGM; What’s new; Publications; Archives; CHRI in the news;
Programmes; Governing Bodies; Job Opportunities; Links;
Addresses – CHRI New Delhi Office: B-117, Second Floor, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi – 110 017, INDIA;
Contact.

About: The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-partisan, international non-governmental organisation, mandated to ensure the practical realisation of human rights in the countries of the Commonwealth.  Continuer la lecture de « Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative CHRI »

International Centre for Human Rights Education equitas

(also in french)

  • Our mission: Equitas works for the advancement of equality, social justice and respect for human dignity in Canada and around the world through transformative human rights education programs;
  • our vision: Our innovative programs equip organizations and the communities they serve to build a global culture of human rights:
  • our values: … (full text /mission).

Homepage;
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Overview our programs; our Vision of Human Rights Education; Volunteer; Newsletter; Links;
Address: Equitas, 666 Sherbrooke West, Suite 1100, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3A 1E7;
Contact.

About: Equitas was established as a non-profit, non-governmental organization in 1967 by a group of leading Canadian scholars, jurists and human rights advocates with a mandate to advance democracy, human development, peace and social justice through educational programs.  Continuer la lecture de « International Centre for Human Rights Education equitas »

Forced Migration Online FMO

Linked with Understanding and Addressing the Phenomenon of Child Soldiers.

Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users. We have prepared an introductory guide to forced migration for visitors who are new to the subject … (full text Homepage).

Sitemap; Regional resources; Thematic resources; Events;
working papers; Journals; Blog; Discussions; Podcast; Videos; Photos;
FAQ; Donate; Feedback;
Address: Forced Migration Online FMO, Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), University of Oxford, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB, UK;
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About: Forced Migration Online – An Introduction And Overview. For more information about Forced Migration Online’s audience see our user survey results.

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The International Humanitarian-Economic Institute IHEI

mainly in russian – but also in german

Knowledge — Is that invaluable capital, riches, which under any conditions will be your property and will help to become the Man and the Person.

The International Humanitarian-Economic Institute was founded on September, 23, 1994. Then it was the Humanitarian-Economic NonState Institute renamed in IHEI in 2000. For ten years of its activity the institute has prepared more than three and a half thousand specialists in seven specialties: « Economy and management at the enterprise », « Finance and credit », « Book keeping, analysis and audit », « International relations », « Law », « History and a foreign language », « Psychology » … (english homepage 1/2).

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Address: Mayakovskogo Street 129 А, Minsk 220028, Belarus;
map (in Minsk, in russian);
Contact: tel/fax: (+375-17) 221-17-27, e-mail.

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The founder and the General director of International Humanitarian-Economic Institute is Alexander Nikolaevich Alpeev who has devoted all life to education and bringing up of youth. Today he is a good scientist and the organizer of science, a doctor of political sciences, professor, an academician and an honorable doctor of the International Personnel Academy and International Academy of Psychological Sciences, is awarded with the International gold medal « For Merits in Education ».  Continuer la lecture de « The International Humanitarian-Economic Institute IHEI »

Overseas Development Institute ODI

ODI is Britain’s leading independent think thank on international development and humanitarian issues

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Programmes; Resources; Events; Events bookings; Themes;
Media; Audio, video, podcasts; Updates and ODI news feeds;
Staff; Stucture and management; Fellowship; Jobs; Humanitarian Policy Group;
Address and map: Overseas Development Institute ODI, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD, UK;
Contact.

About: ODI is Britain’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

We do this by locking together high quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. We work with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries..