In 2009 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) had its 30th anniversary. On the occasion of this recent anniversary and the International Women’s Day, the research platform „Human Rights in the European Context“ organized in cooperation with the Austrian NGO-CEDAW-Committee a public lecture on „Women’s Rights- The Unknown Factor?”. On the panel discussed Angelika Kartusch, Austrian Lawyers Association, Claudia Thallmayer, WIDE – Women in Development Europe, Maria Rösslhumer, Austrian Women’s Shelter Network, WAVE – Women Against Violence Europe, moderated by Julia Planitzer (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights).
From 12 to 22 February 2010, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, and his team have conducted a fact-finding mission to Jamaica. In the police lock-ups visited, the Special Rapporteur has found inhuman conditions of detention.
Институтот за човекови права Лудвиг Болтцман со задоволство ги повикува сите невладини организации и други организации на граѓанското општество во Македонија кои работат на полето на социјалната исклученост, сиромаштијата и дискриминацијата, да земат учество на привиот состанок за формирање на Национална платформа за борба против сиромаштија. Состанокот се организира со учество на Европската мрежа против сиромаштија (EAPN), а ќе се одржи на 11 март 2010 во Скопје. За повеќе информации ве молиме погледнете ја поканата.
The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights is glad to invite all NGOs and civil society organizations of Macedonia, dealing with social exclusion, poverty and discrimination, to the kick-off meeting for establishing a national Anti-poverty Platform. The meeting is organized with the participation of the European Anti-poverty Network and will be held in Skopje on 11th of March 2010. For more information please see the open invitation below.
The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights and ZARA - Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit as members of the Racism and Xenophobia Information Network (RAXEN) would like to support the Rumanian NGOs in their fight against racism targeted at Roma.
The Interlaken Conference on the Future of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has started on February the 18th. The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) sees the ECtHR as an important actor in guaranteeing and promoting human rights standards in the Member States of the Council of Europe.
Applications for the E.MA Programme will be accepted until 19 March 2010. E.MA is an intensive and rigorous one-year academic programme to educate professionals in the field of human rights and democratisation, and provide its graduates with practical work experience.
