Amnesty International's work in human rights education spans formal, non-formal and informal sectors across all continents. Information about international human rights education is online now, including methodologies and resources for educational practice.

Amnesty International is seeking a Project Coordinator to coordinate an international human rights education initiative, which is aimed at raising awareness, informing debate and enabling action in order to tackle human rights abuses that drive and deepen poverty. Deadline is on January 18, 2010.

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee continued its discussion on a Draft Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training on January 25 during its fourth session in Geneva. Among other issues, the role of youth as a substantive factor promoting human rights education and training was discussed.

Svein LorentzenHanne Sophie GreveInger S. EngerTheo KoritzinskyGuido Bellatti CeccoliGabriele MazzaViljana LukasSubstitute Members:Cesar BirzeaVera StastnaLoveleen Rihel BrennaArild ThorbjørnsenSvein LorentzenChair, ProfessorNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)Graduated from the Un ...

The UN Human Rights Council's Advisory Committee was held from 3-7 August 2009. A brief report on human rights education and training dealt with at this session has been published.

The three month course at the University of Nottingham gives students an in-depth understanding of international human rights standards and the international machinery of the United Nations, Council of Europe, the OAS and the African Union. The course also shows how these standards are implemented and how they work in practice. There are two programmes each year: January to March and September to December.

EWC Executive Director Ana Perona-Fjeldstad participated and gave a presentation at the IAU 2009 International Conference that took place in Lebanon; 4-6 November. The theme for this conference was: The Role of Higher Education in Fostering the Culture of Dialogue and Understanding.

The International Association of Universities and Notre Dame University – Louaize are jointly organizing the 2009 IAU International Conference on The Role of Higher Education in Fostering the Culture of Dialogue and Understanding. It will be held at and hosted by Notre Dame University – Louaize in Lebanon, on November 4-6, 2009.

The Centre for Human Rights Education at the University of Teacher Education Lucerne/ Switzerland is issuing a call for participation for the 7th International Human Rights Forum "Human Rights and Pervasive Computing", which will take place from May 18-19.

We are proud to announce that Robert Jackson has been appointed as Professor II in Education and Religious Diversity at the European Wergeland Centre.