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Apply now: Global Institute of Human Rights Certificate Program

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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Global Institute for Human Rights Certificate Program, May 28-31, 2024 – Registration is now open.

The Global Institute of Human Rights Certificate Program is an immersive, live virtual online course of study aimed at undergraduate students, graduate students, and new career professionals passionate about a career in human rights advocacy, or just looking to enhance their understanding and awareness of the laws, norms, policies, movements, and strategies critical towards addressing the world’s most pressing human rights challenges. This opportunity is unique compared to traditional academic studies of human rights, as the focus of this program is to bring working human rights advocates from around the world to the table, allowing them to share their experiences with the next generation of human rights advocates.

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Program highlights include:

  • Theory Blended with the Examination of Developing Trends in Human Rights
  • Unique Chance to Directly Learn from Leaders and Experienced Practitioners in the Field
  • Opportunity to Discover How Human Rights Intersects with Other Careers
  • Sessions designed to offer a Gateway to Becoming an Effective Leader & Advocate for Human Rights
  • Opportunity to Network with Peers & Fellow Advocates from Across the Globe

Taking place May 28 through 31, the 2024 Global Institute for Human Rights Certificate Program will be a four-day, live, virtual (online) experience that aims to provide a firm understanding of a range of issues, including, but not limited to: LGBTQ+ rights; refugee and migrant rights; women, peace, and security; environmental and climate justice; artificial intelligence for good; and access to justice and technology.

All participants who complete the program will receive a Certificate of Completion from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Turning Point Summit 2024

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The World House Global Network – Youth Working Group & The Dais

Turning Point Summit is a global platform where people can engage in dialogue, establish a shared vision, and work towards realizing it. The summit’s goal is to organize a global network of people who will commit to a year of social action on the critical conflict issues impacting their lives and the lives of their communities. Its objectives are to identify challenges and opportunities, stake positions on them, and formulate strategic solutions. To realize these, the summit will offer participants inspiring keynote speakers, real-time interactive engagement, and free training on nonviolent social action on the political culture, social institutions, and civic participation necessary to foster the justice, peace, and prosperity its theme fosters: Where do we go from here? A revolution of values.

Event dates: March 21-24, 2024

>> Learn more at https://www.turningpointsummit.org
>> Details about the Summit – https://bit.ly/TPS2024Resources
>> Turning Point Summit Community Whatsapp Group for Information – https://bit.ly/TPSWhatsapp
>> Application Form Link: https://bit.ly/TPSApply

Episodes 21 & 22 with Dr. Monisha Bajaj are available on Human Rights Education NOW!

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We are pleased to announce the availability of our latest installment of podcast episodes in Human Rights Education NOW! Episodes 20 & 21 feature conversations with Dr. Monisha Bajaj. Dr. Monisha Bajaj is a Professor of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco. She is the editor and author of eight books and numerous articles on issues of peace, human rights, migration, and education, including  Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth and World Yearbook of Education 2023: Racialization and Educational Inequality in Global Perspective. Dr. Bajaj has developed curriculum and teacher training materials—particularly related to human rights, racial justice, ethnic studies, and sustainability—for non-profit and national advocacy organizations as well as inter-governmental organizations, such as UNICEF and UNESCO. In 2015, she received the Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award (2015) from Division B of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Episode 21: Dr. Monisha Bajaj, Part One

In Episode 21, Dr. Monisha Bajaj shares her interest in human rights and human rights education, as well as her work at Human Rights Watch. Dr. Bajaj then discusses the work of Paolo Freire and Richard Pierre Claude. Next, she describes her work with Betty Reardon, and the evolution of the field of human rights education (HRE). Dr. Bajaj expounds upon the significance of social media and internet technologies in spreading HRE along with contemporary HRE challenges, including rising fascism. Later, Dr. Bajaj raises questions about the relevance of human rights and her thoughts on the impact of decolonization scholarship. She also explains the linkages between HRE and peace education; the importance of her work with immigrant and refugee communities; and the heightened presence of human rights across university programs. Lastly, Dr. Bajaj shares her thoughts on the reconceptualization of public discourse on human rights, and how the U.S. remains far behind in integrating HRE in mass public education.

Topics discussed:

  • Work at Human Rights Watch
  • Paolo Freire and Richard Peirre Claude
  • Dr. Betty Reardon
  • Evolution of the field of human rights education
  • Impact of social media and internet technologies in spreading HRE
  • Relevance of human rights 
  • Impact of decolonization scholarship 
  • Linkages between HRE and peace education
  • Work with immigrant and refugee communities
  • Reconceptualizing public discourse on human rights

Full topic listing available for PDF download HERE.

Listen on our Buzzsprout podcast website HERE. 



Episode 22: Dr. Monisha Bajaj, Part Two

In Episode 22, Dr. Monisha Bajaj shares HRE and peace education strategies to apply when working with marginalized groups, as well as her partner project with immigrant students in Oakland, California, and the book that emerged from the partner project. Next, Dr. Bajaj discusses how the HRE framework helps students from all backgrounds by broadening their perspective. Dr. Bajaj then explains the connections between HRE and social justice, and her thoughts on using HRE to focus on social and economic rights and address endemic problems. Dr. Bajaj also shares the importance of having leaders who are human rights-informed and her concerns for a growing authoritarianism in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Bajaj then emphasizes the value of a national HRE conference, and John Terry and the New Jersey HRE conference on human rights and climate change. Lastly, she describes her most significant role models in HRE; a quote that summarizes her views on HRE; and one critical change she thinks would advance HRE in  the U.S. 

Topics discussed:

  • HRE strategies when working with marginalized groups
  • Partner project with immigrant students in Oakland, California.
  • HRE framework supporting students from diverse backgrounds
  • Connection between HRE and social justice 
  • HRE as a framework for working on social and economic rights
  • Importance of having leaders who are human-rights informed
  • Growing trend toward authoritarianism
  • HRE National conference
  • John Terry and the New Jersey HRE Conference
  • Significant role model and inspiring quote 
  • Critical change that would advance HRE in the U.S.  

Full topic listing available for PDF download HERE.

Listen on our Buzzsprout podcast website HERE.

Every Man, Woman, and Child & Every Living Soul The Original Musical Presentation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Composer and musician (Merrill Collins (We Declare!) teams up with Kristen Caven (The Winning Family) to present her original song that first brought the UDHR to the grassroots level.

Often performed for international peace organizations, Every Man, Woman, and Child makes engagement with this global document a musical pleasure for any community. Instructions, lyrics, scores and educational materials for presenting the thirty documents of the UDHR in a musical setting are included with a new, non-binary version of the song, Every Living Soul.

Adaptable for all ages, this project is perfect for musicians and non-musicians, religious leaders, yoga and dance teachers. Get songs wherever music is streamed, full scores are available on the publisher’s website.

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>> January 15, 2024 Workshop

Human Rights 75 – Youth Dialogue | UN Web TV

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Human Rights 75 Youth Dialogue: Amplifying the HR75 initiative among young people

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The Youth Dialogue organized on the margins of the Human Rights 75 High-level event is aimed to ensure that young people play an active role in the HR75 initiative and in shaping human rights commitments for the future.

The event will allow young people to express their concerns and expectations about the future of human rights and share their vision of what States, the UN and young people should do to strengthen human rights in the coming years.

The Youth Dialogue will involve the discussion of the Human Rights 75 Youth Declaration, the presentation of the Youth Rights Advocacy Toolkit, and the launch of the OHCHR documentary “Changemakers: Stories of young human rights educators”.

Sharing Wordless Picture Books across Cultures and Languages

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Monday, December 11, 2023

11am Central (via Zoom) – REGISTER HERE

In response to the waves of refugees from Africa and the Middle East arriving to the Italian island,Lampedusa, the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), led by Deborah Soria, launched the project “Silent Books, from the world to Lampedusa and back” in 2012. The project involved creating the first library on Lampedusa to be used by local and immigrant children and annual Silent Book lists and exhibits that travel the globe.

with Deborah Soria
Biblioteca IBBY lampedusa

Sponsored by the International Children’s and Young Adult Literature Collection, UWM Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with support from the Center for International Education and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

UNITAR: UN Young Leaders Online Training Programme

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Are you interested in working at, or with, the United Nations? The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is offering new editions of its online training programme for young leaders from all over the world, designed to provide a first-hand experience of the United Nations.

Unfold your potential as a young global leader with this unique training opportunity. Get direct access to UN institutions and staff, build your knowledge about the United Nations, including the UN System, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and conference diplomacy, and entry points to launch a career within the United Nations.

The Young Leaders Online Training Programme is open for registration in four editions:

  • January Edition: 08 January 2024 – 02 February 2024. Apply By: 4 Jan 2024
  • April Edition: 22 April 2024 – 17 May 2024. Apply By: 18 Apr 2024
  • June Edition: 17 June 2024 – 12 July 2024. Apply By: 13 Jun 2024
  • August Edition: 29 July 2024 – 23 August 2024. Apply By: 25 Jul 2024

The four-week course takes place on UNITAR’s e-Learning platform, and includes live webinars and e-workshops with UN experts, as well as virtual guided tours through the UN premises.

This programme is open to university students, high school students, and other aspiring young leaders of similar backgrounds. Junior and mid-career professionals from the public and private sectors are equally welcome to apply.

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University of Minnesota, Human Rights Program: Assistant Director

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The Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites applications for the position of Administrative Associate 2 (Job Code 8208A2). This position has the working title Assistant Director and functions as Program Coordinator. This is a 100%-time, 12-month, one year temporary position, subject to the University’s Civil Service Employment rules. This position may be extended contingent upon availability of funding and satisfactory performance.

With the Director charting the intellectual agenda of the Program, the Assistant Director ensures the implementation and success of programs and activities. The Assistant Director is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Program, including financial administration, communications, program and event management, and curricular support. The Human Rights program is affiliated with the Institute for Global Studies (IGS) and the West Bank Administrative Hub in the College of Liberal Arts. The Assistant Director contributes to the leadership and operations of IGS in areas of expertise and need. This position offers an opportunity to work with flexibility and allows for a partially remote work arrangement. Salary range is $50-65K, depending on qualifications and experience.

Priority application deadline is December 4, 2023. Apply online via the University of Minnesota Employment System; reference job opening ID 358550. 

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