Auteur/autrice : Heidi Barathieu-Brun

E.MA 2007/2008: calendar of the Introduction week: The European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA) 2007/2008 will start on 17 September 2007. Structure of E.MA 1st and 2nd semesters;

EIUC Library;
Internship and Fellowship Programmes;
Documents of Reference;
e.ma-Archives;
Links;
Contact.

About e.ma: The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) was established in Venice on 15 September 2002 with the aim of providing an institutional foundation and autonomous management to the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA) and in order to enable the member universities to jointly develop additional human rights educational programmes.

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Linked with Martin Scheinin – Finland.

The Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University
operates within the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and works in close cooperation with the Department of Law within the same Faculty. The main functions of the Institute pertain to research and education in the field of human rights. The Institute has a long experience in arranging human rights courses of high standard. Moreover, it is currently coordinating a Nordic School in Human Rights Research, for post-graduate students and doctoral candidates from the Nordic and Baltic countries. A Master’s Degree Programme in International Human Rights Law was introduced in the fall of 2006 … (full text).

(All links run under the same URL, to be clicked inside the Homepage).

There are Research, Degre Pr5ogrammes, Human Rights Courses, Projects, Networks, Documentation, Publications, Links.

And contact: Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Gezeliusgatan 2, 20500 Turku / Åbo, Finland.
Telephone: +358 (0)2 215 4713, Fax: +358 2 215 4699.

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UE Cellule de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Droits de l’Homme

Homepage: The Interdisciplinary Research Cell in Human Rights (CRIDHO) has been created within the Centre for Legal Philosophy (CPDR), an extra-department Institute of the University of Louvain, by scholars seeking to understand the development of fundamental rights by relying on other disciplines, especially economics and political philosophy. The CRIDHO works on the relationship between market mechanisms and fundamental rights, both at the level of interindividual relationships as at the level of the relationships between States in the European or international context. The hypothesis of the CRIDHO is that the conflict between the  » freedom  » of economic agents on the market, with the vulnerability this results in for the less well endowed agents, and the guarantee of fundamental rights, which could exclude the commodification of these rights, requires a reflection on the context in which the individual freedoms to contract and to exchange are exercised, and on the need to transform this context to enhance the autonomy of the individual. This hypothesis is tested on the different material questions which are investigated within the CRIDHO : internal market and competitive deregulation, respect for privacy in the sphere of employment, the need for an open method of coordination of fundamental rights policies in the European Union, freedom of contract and anti-discrimination law in the field of employment …

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Linked with the Open Society Institute.

EurasiaNet http://www.eurasianet.org/about/index.shtml
provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia. The web site also offers additional features, including newsmaker interviews and book reviews. Based in New York, EurasiaNet advocates open and informed discussion of issues that concern countries in the region. The web site presents a variety of perspectives on contemporary developments, utilizing a network of correspondents based both in the West and in the region. The aim of EurasiaNet is to promote informed decision making among policy makers, as well as broadening interest in the region among the general public … (full text).

Sitemap;
partners;
events;
disclaimer;
Contact: Email.

The Central Eurasia Project CEP strives to make available more and better information about human rights and the social and economic health of the South Caucasus and Central Asia both within the region and internationally. Some of its projects focus on the neighboring countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan as well. The CEP pursues this work along three lines. Research and advocacy efforts on key open society issues – outlined in cooperation with colleagues from affiliate foundations in the region – form the backbone of this strategy, which is further enhanced by public information efforts and a targeted grants program … (full text).

Linked with Cristina Guseth – Romania.

Freedom House, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization, is a clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world. Through a vast array of international programs and publications, Freedom House is working to advance the remarkable worldwide expansion of political and economic freedom.

Advocacy;
action;
analysis;
newsroom;
get involved;
Special reports;
contact.

About: Throughout its history, Freedom House has opposed tyranny around the world, including dictatorships in Latin America, apartheid in South Africa, Soviet domination of Central and Eastern Europe, and religiously-based totalitarian regimes such as those governing Sudan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Continuer la lecture de « Freedom House »

on the World Bank Group in India

Linked with Harsh Dobhal – India.

The World Bank Tribunal, the first of its kind in India, is an opportunity for concerned groups and individuals to present research and evidence that objectively examines the impact that the World Bank’s policies and projects. It will serve as a forum to hear the concerns of communities that have been directly effected by Bank funded projects and to envision alternate models of development that will better meet the needs of India’s poor. Panelists include three retired Supreme and High Court Indian Judges, prominent academics and activists such as Eric Toussaint and Arundhati Roy, ex Indian Prime Minister V.P. Singh, and the spiritual leader Sivak Suvaraska.

The World Bank Group WBG in India;
What you can do;
Who is involved;
Worldbanktribunal: Subscribelists;
Tribunal downloads: Conceptnote in english, and Conceptnote in hindi;
Press Release;
Contact by the Web.

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Linked with Harsh Dobhal – India.

Journal of Sustainable Development Southern Initiatives (ISSN 0973-5380) is a quarterly published by us.

Surely we live in times of great upheavals. Our mindless exploitation of the earth’s limited resources have damaged the environment and brought unbearable stress on ecosystems and human lives. Sustainabilty and sustainable development is the only universally acknowledged way to reduce these stresses and disparities that are a threat to our common future.

News;
journal;
Sustainable Development;
Economics;
Rural Development;
Urban Poverty;
Forums;
Southern Initiatives in pictures;
Diaries;
Read: DIARIES 2000 – 2007 (a 45 pages pdf text);
Contact: Phone +91-9830237135, E-Mail.

MISSION: Established in the year 2000, Southern Initiatives is a registered non-profit civil-society group with a mission to empower the common wo/man through coordinated research-based advocacy, nurturing of peoples movements on issues, networking and direct action.

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Linked with Alina Radu – Moldavia, with ,
The International Association of Women in Radio and Television IAWRT,
founded in 1951, is a forum for personal contact and professional development among women broadcasters worldwide. We are a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Comprising women of many nationalities across the broadcast spectrum, we arrange international conferences with workshops, screenings, lectures, training and professional networking.

Training;
Conferences;
Archives;
Photo Gallery;
Contact.

About:

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(Good for Muslims & Good for the World)

Linked with Mike Ghouse – USA.

The World Muslim Congress (Motamar Al- Alam Al-Islami), which enjoys Consultative Status with the UN in New York through the ECOSOC and UNICEF and observe Status with the Jeddah-based Organisation of the Ialamic Conference (OIC), was founded in an assemblage of eminent leaders from the World of Islam held in Makkah in 1926.

History;
Events (from 1926 – 1999);
Branches;
Links;
The Muslim World;
Contacts.

… The Motamar’s 1951 Conference held in Karachi saw the seeding of many ideas of cooperation among the Muslim countries and people, which in the years that followed became realities.

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Studies in Religious Pluralism & Pluralistic Governance

Linked with Mike Ghouse – USA, with Ziki.com, with Muslims demand an Apology from MIM,  with World Muslim Congress.

The Foundation for Pluralism, 2665 Villa Creek Dr, Suite 206, Dallas, TX 75234, Phone (972) 919-4466, Fax (972) 919-4467, E-mail.

We welcome individuals who have risen above all prejudice towards their fellow beings, a few of them we are currently involved or interacting with are: Swami Nityananda Prabhu,  Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi, Maryann Thompson-Frenk, David L. Hoffman, Rev. Mark Hernandez, Mirza A. Beg, Dr. Mohammad Omar Farooq, Dr. Michael Jenkins , Dr. Howard Cohen, Dr. Abusaleh Shariff and my sister Dilshad Noor. I am blessed to know them.

Programs;
Pluralism 101;
Religion;
Pluralism & Governance;
Discuss;
Blog;
Membership: If you are interested in actively participating in our efforts, please send an email.

(in english, en français).Linked with Mike Ghouse – USA, and with Muslims demand an Apology from MIM.

Join us.

Ziki.com is a next generation search engine focused on people, powered by people;
Ziki inc is a New-york company founded in january 2006 by Olivier Ruffin and Patrick Chassany.

Ziki is a free way to search for comprehensive information about a person based on published information available on the Web.

An estimated 30 percent of Internet research relates to people searches. “To Google someone” has become a part of everyday language for most Americans, and with the explosion of social networks and publication platforms (blogs, photo sharing sites, video sharing sites, etc), Internet users have scattered across the Web a mine of personal information. Since this information is searched on a regular basis , there is a need to organize and present it in a structured way.

Why search with Ziki.com? Because of our broad and comprehensive search capabilities, you can use Ziki :

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Linked with Lyudmila Pavlichenko – Russian Federation.

In english: on this page of the Women’s Information Network;

Members, Sphere of interest, Contact;
E-mail.

Originated in the First Forum of Women of the Don held on April 28, 1993 in Novocherkassk for 101 participants from 13 cities and regions of the Rostov Oblast. Founding conference was held on September 18, 1993.The organization has a wide network of branches in Rostov-on-the-Don, Taganrog, Novocherkassk, Shakhty, Kamensk, Belaya Kalitva.Educational programs, creating new jobs, retraining women for new jobs, legal counseling and protection.Goals: – to increase women’s role in social, political, economic and cultural life; – to improve legal and social protection of women; – to promote the restoration of moral and spiritual values in society. Objectives: – to involve women in state government and administration; – to inform public about the social status of women; – to strengthen the family, to promote understanding of the value of motherhood, housework, rights of the child; – to promote civil peace; – to offer assistance to women and youth in the realization of their right to work in the market economy;

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(exists also in espanol, portugues, français, russian).

Linked with Gus Cairns – England, and with Asia by DU, Africa by AIDS.

Homepage;
News;
Newsletter;
Treatment & Care;
HIV worldwide;
Living with HIV;
Preventing HIV;
Search for HIV & AIDS services across the world;
HIV basics;
Contact.

About aidsmap: On this site you can find more original, daily news on developments in the world of HIV than any other HIV website. The site also includes completely searchable databases of HIV treatment and care, worldwide HIV organisation listings, and one of the most comprehensive ranges of patient information available on the web …

Verknüpft mit Monika Gerstendörfer – Germany, and linked with Computer as a place of violence.

• Startseite;
• TaskForce für effektive Präventon von Genitalverstümmelung, gibt es realisierbare Strategien?
• Aktuelles;
• Thesen;
• Kontakt-Formular auf der Webseite.

Die Lobby für Menschenrechte e.V. fungiert als Dachverband und als Interessenvertretung für Organisationen, die im Problembereich der « sexualisierten Gewalt » bzw. in der Menschenrechtsarbeit tätig sind. Sie wurde von Frauen gegründet, die … Die Lobby arbeitet auf der Basis wissenschaftlich fundierten Wissens, der Kenntnis der Lebensrealität der Opfer, eines ausgezeichneten Netzwerks … und einer schier unerschöpflichen Energie. Politische Lobby-Arbeit im Gewaltbereich ist notwendig! (full text).

Anti-Kinderporno-Seiten:

• Anti-Kinderporno, erklären;
• Kinderrechte;
• Gibt es schlechte Geheimnisse;
• Kontakt-Formular auf der Webseite (unten).

English links:

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Protecting the constitutional principle of the separation of state and church.

Welcome to the Freedom from religion Foundation FFRF.
Our national association of nontheists has been working since 1978 to promote freethought and defend the constitutional principle of the separation of state and church. With more than 10,000 members (and growing fast), we are the largest group of atheists and agnostics in North America.

Purposes;
Take Action;
Books;
News Releases;
Events;
Links;
Contact.

The Foundation has taken the lead in successfully challenging the faith-based initiative. FFRF’s lawsuit against the White House faith-based office is at the U.S. Supreme Court, awaiting a decision. Get involved: join or make a donation to our Legal Fund.

Membership in the nonprofit, tax-exempt Foundation includes a subscription of ten issues a year to the Foundation’s lively newspaper, Freethought Today. Your membership supports the Foundation’s work, now more critical than ever, to keep state and church separate.

Freedom depends upon freethinkers.