Catégorie : Civil Society

Linked with our presentation of Nuclear Weapons and Non-Proliferation – the Russian Perspective.

Also linked with our presentation of Alla Yaroshinskaya – Russian Federation.

4th Annual Stasiuk Lecture in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies:

Big Lie: Chernobyl twenty years on, by Dr Alla Yaroshinskaya (Moscow).

A member of Boris Yeltsin’s President’s Council from 1992 to 2000 and a former member of the Congress of Peoples’ Deputies, Alla Yaroshinskaya spent the last years working on ecological issues and nuclear disarmament. She has been a member of the Russian delegation to the United Nations to negotiate nuclear non-proliferation, and she continues to be a champion for the survivors of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, which has its twentieth anniversary this year. It was her series of investigative articles after this nuclear tragedy that brought Yaroshinskaya to international prominence and earned her the Alternative Nobel Prize in 1992.

The lecture is organized by the Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies with the support of Cambridge University Ukrainian Society. It is sponsored by the Stasiuk Program for the Study of Contemporary Ukraine, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta.

On: Friday 24th February 2006, Open: 5.30pm.

Venue: Robinson College, Grange Road, Cambridge , CB3 9AN, Umney Lecture Theatre.

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Website: http://www.camcrees.group.cam.ac.uk/ .

Contact: Dr Hubertus F. Jahn, Tel: +44 (0)1223 333253.

First Programm:

The Diplomacy Training Program is holding, in partnership with Migrant Forum Asia (MFA), the « Capacity Building on Human Rights and Migrant Workers in the Asia-Pacific Region – A Training Program for Advocates » on 7 – 11 April 2006 in Petaling Jaya.

The course aims to bring together advocates from the human rights movement, migrant workers organizations, women’s organizations, national human rights institutions and trade unions. The course content will focus on the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Family (ICRMW) in the context of the broader human rights framework, and other relevant standards such as the International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions. It will explore some of the key trends affecting migrant workers’ rights and identify some of the key challenges to implementing ICRMW and other relevant standards in the Asia-Pacific region.

Second Program:

It is also organizing a training program – in Darwin on 3-12 May 2006 – for community advocates working for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The training provides knowledge of international human rights law and the UN system, with particular emphasis on Indigenous Peoples’ rights; understanding of how international standards relate to issues such as intellectual property, the environment, community development and corporate accountability; Practical training in strategic advocacy and peoples’ diplomacy including skills in working with the media and using the internet for advocacy. This year there will be a special, additional focus on the Right to Health, particularly as it relates to Indigenous health issues.

For further information and application to attend the workshops, please contact: Diplomacy Training Program, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, ph: (612) 9385-2277 or (612) 9385 2807; fax: (612) 9385-1778;

e-mail: actiondtp@unsw.edu.au;

www.dtp.unsw.edu.au.

The International Human Rights Education Consortium will be holding its regional meeting for Asia on 22 – 24 May 2006 in Taipei.

For further information, please contact: Mab Huang, Chang Fo-Chuan Center for the Study of Human Rights, 70, Linshi Road, Shihlin, Ta i p e i Taiwan 111; ph (8862)2881-9471 ex. 6279 or 6110; fax (8862) 2881- 2437;

e-mail: hrer@mail.scu.edu.tw;

http://www.scu.edu.tw/hr;

or, Theodore S. Orlin, J.D, President, IHREC, Utica College, 1600 Burrstone Road, Utica, NY 13502, USA; ph(315) 792-3267; fax: (315) 792-3381;

e-mail: ihrec@utica.edu;

www.utica.edu/academic/institutes/ihrec.

Linked with

And linked with our presentation of The Origins of the Mainstream JapaNIEs Cultural “Order”.

The International Peace Research Association IPRA hold its next conference “Patterns of Conflict: Paths to Peace” in 2006, in Calgary, Canada, from June 29 to July 3, 2006.

The purpose of IPRA is to advance interdisciplinary research into the conditions of peace and the causes of war and other forms of violence. To this end, IPRA encourages worldwide cooperation designed to assist the advancement of peace research and, in particular:

·to promote national and international studies and teaching related to the pursuit of world peace;

·to facilitate contacts and cooperation between scholars and educators throughout the world;

·and to encourage worldwide dissemination of results of peace research.

IPRA was founded in 1964, and since then it has vigorously promoted peace research and peace education. With over 1300 members from some 90 countries, IPRA is the most respected scholarly association in this field. IPRA has links with more than 200 research institutions and is a member of the International Social Science Council. In 1989, IPRA received the UNESCO prize for Peace Education. IPRA has five regional associations: Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA), Africa Peace Research and Education Association (AFPREA), European Peace Research Association (EUPRA), Latin American Peace Research Association (CLAIP) and Peace and Justice Association (North America).

downloads from IPRA:

flyer;

the IPRA path;

The Peace Education Commission (PEC) of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) facilitates international exchanges about peace education and research related to peace education.

The Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA) is an international non-governmental organization of peace researchers, peace educators and peace advocates. APPRA, although an independent organization, shall function as a regional branch of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA).

Here some research institutions:

Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung AFK ist eine wissenschaftliche Vereinigung von Friedens- und Konfliktforscherinnen und -forschern verschiedener Disziplinen im deutschsprachigen Raum;

AFB;

Linked with Kinhide Mushakoji – Japan.

ARENA (online) is the Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives:

• ARENA is a regional network of concerned Asian scholars – academics, intellectuals, activists, researchers, writers, and artists – which aims to contribute to a process of awakening towards meaningful and people-oriented social change
• ARENA is a unique ngo because it has chosen to focus on the concerned Asian scholar as its immediate constituency, believing that this sector can play a vital role in the process of social transformation
• ARENA redefines concerned Asian scholar to refer to individuals capable of conceptualising, theorising, analysing, interpreting and articulating issues and concerns as direct participants of or in support of struggles for social transformation in the interests of disadvantaged peoples
• ARENA draws its members from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong sar , China, Australia and the us.

Programme Introduction; Events; Critical Thinking; Fellows by coutnry; Asian exchange; Beyond;
Contact.

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