Mois : décembre 2009

Linked on our blogs with New NGO road map points the way to a more transparent EIB, and with CEE Bankwatch.

Client Earth is an organisation of activist lawyers committed to securing a healthy planet. We work oin Europe and beyond, bringing together law, science and policy to create pragmatic solutions to key environmental challenges. (Homepage).

Vision; Environmental justice; Partnerships; Staff; Supporters; Jobs;
Addresses and Contacts with London, and with Brussels;
Contact with the press.

About /what we do: We work to protect the environment through advocacy, lobbying, litigation and research. We use the best scientific and policy analysis when choosing strategic directions. Legal action, whether lobbying or in cases before courts and administrative bodies, will be built on solid law and science. Continuer la lecture de « Client Earth »

Linked with South Africa: International Human Rights Exchange, call for applications.

Go to study Human Rights in South Africa with the International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE), the world’s only multidisciplinary, semester long program in human rights.  IHRE offers students from Africa and North America a unique opportunity for intense theoretical and practical engagement with human rights … (Program Homepage).

How to apply; FAQs; Courses; Internship Host Sites; Workshops; guest lectures; Apartheid Museum;
Addresses (2 of 4): for applications: Institute for International Liberal Education, Bard College, PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000, USA;
or: Ms. Ayesha Kajee, Program Director, International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE), Tel: +27-11-717-4391, E-mail.
Contacts.

About: Program Overview: The International Human Rights Exchange (IHRE) is the world’s only full-semester, multidisciplinary program in human rights. The program is housed at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa and is a joint venture with Bard College. Continuer la lecture de « International Human Rights Exchange IHRE »

The Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (DRDC) is an independent, apolitical and not-for-profit non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Geneva (Switzerland.) DRDC was established in May 2004 with the view to injecting an independent and impartial civil society perspective for a peaceful resolution of armed conflicts in the Darfur region of western Sudan … (about DRDC 1/2).

Homepage;
About Darfur; Docs: peace process, docs, reports; studies; Photos; Members; Press; Archives; Donate;
Address: Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre DRDC, Crêts-de-Pregny 27, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland;
Contact.

About DRDC: … DRDC brings together a panoply of individuals from different backgrounds including intellectuals, scholars, community leaders, human rights and pro-democracy activists, and groups from Darfur and other parts of the world and engages them in an effort to help the people of Darfur to put an end to the conflict in the region and rebuild their destroyed lives and livelihood.  Continuer la lecture de « Darfur Relief and Documentation Center DRDC »

A global consumer dialogue on Access to Knowledge and communications issues (in 简体中文 English Français Bahasa Indonesia 日本語 한국어 Bahasa Melayu Português Русский Español) – and a Project of Consumers International CI.

Linked on our blogs with Consumers International CI, and with Production underway on CI Access to Knowledge film.

CI seeks to harness the collective voice and effectiveness of consumer groups working around the world and across issue sectors, to guarantee that consumer interests are adequately represented in national and global debates around intellectual property (IP) and communications rights, and thereby to serve as a catalyst for policy change, by putting pressure on governments and international organisations to develop more balanced IP and communications regimes … (english Homepage and log-in).

Activities; Working groups; Terms of reference; Workspace; Blogs; Books; Forums; Glossary; Links;
Contact. no contact found external of log-in

About: This is the home of Consumers International’s global projects to promote Access to Knowledge (A2Ki) for consumers.  Continuer la lecture de « access to knowledge – a2k (network.org) »

also in espanol – Linked on our blogs with Production underway on CI Access to Knowledge film, and with Children’s lunchbox packed full of unhealthy food reveals Which?

• CI is working to put the rights of consumers at the heart of decision-making.
• CI’s vision is a world where everyone has access to safe and sustainable goods and services. Where the strength of the collective power is used for the good of consumers throughout the world.
• Read more and download the CI information leaflet and Strategic Plan brochure in Media Resources … (about 1/2 /What is CI’s vision?).

Homepage;
Media Centre; Campaigns, projects; Key Issues; Members;
Blogs: CI blog in English, CI blog in Spanish, Junk Food Generation, Marketing Overdose, Access to knowledge (A2K);
Address (1 of ): Consumers International London Office, 24 Highbury Crescent, London N5 1RX, UK;
Contacts.

About: What is Consumers International? Consumers International (CI) is the world federation of consumer groups that, working together with its members, serves as the only independent and authoritative global voice for consumers.   Continuer la lecture de « Consumers International CI »