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Human rights academy

Human rights academy. Lillian Hjorth, Director. Human Rights Academy. Ideal foundation (2008). Aims: strengthening democratic citizenship and respect for human rights. Promote dialogue and intercultural understanding

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Human rights academy

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  1. Human rightsacademy Lillian Hjorth, Director

  2. Human Rights Academy Ideal foundation (2008). Aims: strengthening democratic citizenship and respect for human rights. Promote dialogue and intercultural understanding Tools: Education in demo-cratic citizenship, human rights, intercultural under-standing. Participatory methods. Expert activity Framework: UN Declaration on human rights education and learning, CoE Charter on eduation for democratic citizenship and HRE Target groups: teachers, students, journalists, youth, minorities, asylumseekers Activities in Norway and abroad Networks

  3. Russia: HRE, democraticcitizenship, interculturalunderstanding for teachers 9 regions since 2008: Partners: NGOs, Competence Centers for TeachersHuman Rights ombudsmen, Moscov State PedagogicalUniversity and others 5+5+5, study trips to Norway, Council of Europe, developingeducational materials More than 1000 teachers have got in-deptheducation. Reachingthousandsofpupils Relations Norway/Russia

  4. Education for journalism students Since 2008: Human rights, interculturalunderstanding and ethics in journalism 5 dayscourses, study trips to Russia/Norway, innovative methods Norwegian partners: Volda University College, Oslo and Akershus University College, HRA Russian partners: Media departements at universities in St. Pet, Nizhny Novgorod, Kalinin-grad, Jekaterinburg, Aims: Better journalismwithfocuson human rights; creatingmeetingplacesreducing stereotypes

  5. Interculturalunderstanding, human rights and ethics in journalism A training online manual for educators Authors: professors and lecturers at universities in Russia (St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Jekaterinburg) and Norway (Volda University College, Oslo and Akershus University College) as well as HRA Sessions:- Journalism in multiculturalsocieties- The international human rights system - The European human rights system - The philosophicalfoundationoffreedomofspeech- Freedomofexpression as a human right - New media: Irreversablechanges in journalism- Representation, identity and discrimination in journalism- Journalism and diversity- Accountabilityof journalists- The ”others” throughhistory and today. The roleof media in masscommunication- Journalism and gender https://www.journalism-edu.org

  6. A training manual for educators • Interculturalunderstanding, human rights and ethics in journalism • https://journalism-edu.org

  7. Portugal 1. We stand for human rights!Developing HRE in LisabonAims: Enlargethe range of stakeholders and promotegreatercooperationbetweenacademia and CSOs in HREActivities: Needsanalysis, workshops, Compass etc..Partners: Dinamo, Lisbon School ofEducation, DARE, HRA 2. How to teach human rights to children? Seminar for teachers and socialworkersPartners: ARISCO, HRA EEA grants EEA grants

  8. Bulgaria National StudyonDomestic and GenderBasedViolance and ElaborationofVictims Support Model Objective: contribute to the prevention of DGBV and to improve the situation of the victims. A special focus has been on Roma women/ girls. The study has included a national representative survey, a survey among Roma, semi-structured questionnaires among police officers and social workers, focus-group discussions with Roma community representatives, and interviews with social workers at crisis centers for children and adults, as well as interviews with victims. Partners: Partners Bulgaria Foundation, Centre for theStudyof Democracy, HRA Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014.

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