United Nations HRC 2012: Joint NGO Statement on Human Rights Education
@21st Session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva September 2012 Joint Oral Statement by 21 organisations, including IARF: The World Programme for Human Rights Education [WPHRE] is an essential tool forimplementing the UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, a newnormative reference for the international community. We affirm that human rights education and training in […]
Peace Commission statement on Syria
Statement on Syria 09 September 2012 The Peace Commission of the International Association for Religious Freedom has noted with great concern that in the pursuit of geostrategic policies, ill-considered military and material support of ‘popular’ revolutions with poorly-defined aims and structures has led to situations where human rights have been systematically abused, religious freedom has been […]
HRE workshop Bethune College, Kolkata
25 – 26 August 2012 @Bethune College, North Kolkata, West Bengal Facilitator: Asit Basu (Ramakrishna Mission) Report of HRE held at Bethune College PDF, 5 pages illustrated)
HRE training at American College, Madurai
@American College, Madurai7 – 8 August 2012 Facilitator: Brother Albert Xaviour HRE Training, American College, Madurai (PDF, 17 slides illustrated)
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Memorial Day 2012 Bangalore
@Infant Jesus Matriculation School, Bangalore6 Aug 2012 Organized by Janhvi Gupte (RFYN Indore) Report (PDF, 3 pages illustrated) See also the related events in Chennai, Mysore and Tamil Nadu.
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day in Tamil Nadu
Hiroshima & Nagasaki Memorial Day 2012 IARF branches in Tamil Nadu state: Anna Nagar, Arumbakkam, Villivakkam and Arakonam6th to 11th August On 6th August, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Disaster Memorial Day was observed in the morning at Sri Venkateswara Engineering College, Thiruvallur, from 9.30 a.m. About 700 students assembled in the meeting hall and the function […]
Human Rights Education program – report June-July 2012
Two Human Rights Education trainings: Simdega College, Ranchi, Jharkhand state – 23‐24 June 2012 St. Joseph College for Women, Gynapuram, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state – 09‐10 July 2012 Report (PDF, 11 pages illustrated)
Hiroshima Day 2012 remembrance event, Mysore
@ Sri Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar Auditorium, Senate Bhavan, Manasagangotri, Mysore, India 9 August 2012 Reports of the event in the national press: When miseries rained on two Japanese cities A-bomb attack survivor calls for nuclear-free world ‘The roof of our house was blown away’ Local press reports: [nggallery id=27] See also the related […]
HRE training at Raja Peary Mohan College, W. Bengal
28th & 29th July 2012 Uttarpara, Hooghly, West Bengal.Facilitator: Asit Basu Report of HRE Workshop held in Raja Peary Mohan College
Chennai remembrance on Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 2012
International Peace Symposium Organised jointly by the Department of Human Rights & Duties Education of Ethiraj College for Women, and IARF-SACC-RFYN, Chennai. Mr. Hiroo Iso, an official Hiroshima survivor (Hibakusha), landed in Chennai, India on 10th August 2012… The program is part of a tour of Mr. Iso in India organised by the Hiroshima Peace […]