IIMA Human Rights Office - Geneva

The mission of the Office is to create and promote a network between the Institute of the FMAs and the United Nations, its bodies and mechanisms for the protection and promotion of Human Rights. We seek to participate in drafting of international policies aimed at promoting the “Right to Education for All”. To this end, the Office organizes training courses, gives international visibility to the activities realized by the Institute worldwide and promotes new collaboration networks.

Welcome!

Dear friends,

We are glad to inform you that after our pleasant experience with the Italian blog, the IIMA Human Rights Office has decided to open a new blog in English.

On this blog, you may follow our main activities with the United Nations and its mechanisms for the protection and promotion of human rights, as well as news from the UN bodies and IIMA offices in different countries related to the right to education.

Do you want to collaborate with us? You can apply for an internship at the IIMA Human Rights Office. Click here!

Have a great time reading!

Youth Empowerment through Human Rights: Keeping the Dialogue Alive

On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, IIMA and VIDES, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Uruguay, organized a Side Event entitled "Youth Empowerment: a Human Rights Perspective," co-sponsored by 25 States and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), to encourage a reflection on the current situation of youth, and to analyze the human rights framework applicable to young people. This analysis involved a discourse between young human rights activists, State representatives, and experts on the rights of youth, and aimed to: (i) identify conditions which allow young people to fulfill their potential, (ii) to emphasize the value of the role of young people as privileged partners in the realization of human rights, and (iii) to encourage Governments and Civil Society actors to engage in constructive dialogue to move the youth rights agenda forward.

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The IIMA Office...

Attended the Human Rights Organizational Meeting (5 December, 2016-Palais des Nations)
Is attending the 91st Session of CERD-Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 November - 9 December, 2016-Palais des Nations)
Is attending the 9th Session Ninth session of the Forum on Minority Issues on "Minorities in situations of humanitarian crises”(24-25 November, 2016-Palais des Nations)
Is attending the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (21-22 November, Palais des Nations)
Is attending the 59th session of the Committee on the Convention Against Torture (7 Nov - 7 Dec, Palais Wilson)

Training Courses

Geneva, September 2016 - Training course for Salesian coordinators and youth pastoral leaders attending the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council
Geneva, June 2016 - Training course for Salesian advisors, operators, and provincial members attending the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council
Geneva, March 2016 - Training course for Salesian advisors, youth pastoral leaders and provincial members attending the 31st session of the Human Rights Council
Geneva, June 2015 - Training course for Auxilium faculty members attending the 29th session of the Human Rights Council
Geneva, March 2015 - Training course for Auxilium faculty and Salesian UK province delegates attending the 28th session of the Human Rights Council

Youth Empowerment through Human Rights: Keeping the Dialogue Alive

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