Open lecture "Campaigns and communication activities in international development efforts in terms of human rights"
On this year's World Human Rights Day, we invite you to an open lecture "Campaigns and communication activities in international development efforts in terms of human rights"
Venue: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Lecture room 17
Time: Thursday, 10 December 2009, between 12.00 and 14.00
Open Lecture on Human Rights Day will be focussed on the question of principles of human rights and human dignity in activities of raising awareness and fund-raising of international development actors, with particular emphasis on the non-governmental sector.
Where are the boundaries of legitimacy and dignity in the visualization of human rights violations and attempts of mobilization of the general public for the (financial) support of development efforts? How can we take into account the principles of human rights in awareness-raising and fund-raising activities? When can we say that a certain campaign in its communications, language and objectives includes the aspect of human rights?
Introductory section by Ekvilib Institute representative Anita Ramšak will be followed by a lecture by:
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Salvatore Parata, a representative of an international non-governmental development organization International Federation Terres des Hommes, who works in the area of children's rights.
The lecture will be held in English.
Lecture description:
In the last 15 years, the principles and standards of human rights have become more and more involved in the operation of various development actors, including the United Nations agencies, international organizations such as the OESC, OECD, non-governmental development organizations, etc. In the scope of the lecture participants will be introduced to basic principles of human rights and development cooperation in terms of human rights (human rights based approach to development) and will learn, how this relates to the field of campaigns and other communication activities in the development sector. Individual case studies will be presented and critically evaluated in terms of human rights. The lecture will also point out when and why an individual campaign, in terms of its message, language and objectives, truly includes a human rights aspect.
You are cordially invited!
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Open lecture is organized by Ekvilib Institute under the European project Great - "Global Rights: Europeans Acting Together!".