Call for applications for the 2013-2014 cycle of the Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights (MCR), an interdisciplinary part-time postgraduate programme in children's rights, which is jointly organised by the Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB) in Sion and the University of Fribourg, both in Switzerland. The next cycle of this two-year programme will begin on 4 February 2013 and the deadline for applications is 30 September 2012.

The European Union, the Council of Europe and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) jointly launched three projects to promote minority integration in the Western Balkans at an event in Budva, Montenegro, which took place from 27 to 29 June 2012.

On June 20, the Committee of Ministers adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)7 on the Public Responsibility on Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy, which was approved by the CDPPE at its plenary session in March.

The Guidelines for Educators to Counter Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims will be the focus of a hearing which will take place on 26 June 2012 at the Summer Session of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). 130 participants, mainly members of PACE, but also civil society activists, diplomats and journalists will discuss how intolerance and discrimination against Muslims can be addressed through education and how the Guidelines for educators can be helpful in this regard.

The UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights at the University of Connecticut, in collaboration with the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, invite applications for the first Asia Regional International Leadership Training Programme: A Global Intergenerational Forum, to be held November 1 – 10, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Applications must be received by July 13, 2012.