Professor Emeritus Jane Williams has built a distinguished career spanning legal practice, government legal service, academia, and civil society activism. She played a pivotal role in securing legislation on the rights of the child in Wales and was instrumental in the campaign for a Welsh Youth Parliament. At Swansea University, she co-founded the Observatory on Human Rights of Children (now the Observatory on Human Rights and Social Justice) and the Children’s Legal Centre Wales. Her scholarship and advocacy focus on devolution, child law, and children’s rights, and she has pioneered pedagogical innovations, including trans-Atlantic Street Law collaborations and human rights–based research with children.
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OUR MISSION The Human Rights Educators USA (HRE USA) is a collaborative network to learn, teach, organize, advocate, and innovate for human rights education in the United States.
The SDA Bocconi School of Management is inviting applications for the Executive Master in Management of International Organizations (EMMIO), a specialized executive programme designed for executives.The programme focuses on strengthening leadership and managerial capacity in a context where international organizations face increasing geopolitical pressures, financial constraints, and complex stakeholder environments.
Professor Emeritus Jane Williams has built a distinguished career spanning legal practice, government legal service, academia, and civil society activism. She played a pivotal role in securing legislation on the rights of the child in Wales and was instrumental in the campaign for a Welsh Youth Parliament. At Swansea University, she co-founded the Observatory on Human Rights of Children (now the Observatory on Human Rights and Social Justice) and the Children’s Legal Centre Wales. Her scholarship and advocacy focus on devolution, child law, and children’s rights, and she has pioneered pedagogical innovations, including trans-Atlantic Street Law collaborations and human rights–based research with children.
As local governments gear up for this election cycle, building early, practical, cross-department readiness will be essential to ensuring smooth operations, protecting public trust, and supporting election administrators under pressure.
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We are proud to launch the Kirby Edmonds Fellowship Campaign, one of our most important fundraisers of the year.
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