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Fighting racist violence and discrimination: ECRI round table in Hungary

Date: 16 November 2009
Location: Budapest (Hungary) – Novotel Budapest Centrum, Rákóczi út 43-45.
Organised by the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)

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UNDEF - Fourth Round of Funding opens

United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding for projects to advance and support democracy: Project proposals should be submitted on-line between 16 November 2009 and 31 December 2009. Only on-line applications in either English or French will be accepted.

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Democracy Video Challenge. Democracy: Your Voice. Your Video

Create a video short that completes the phrase "Democracy is..." The Prize

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CfP: 9th International Conference on Romani Linguistics

2-4 September 2010, Helsinki - The 9th International Conference on Romani Linguistics (9ICRL) is scheduled for Thursday, September 2 through Saturday, September 4, 2010 at the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus, in the centre of Helsinki).

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SIDA Call for Proposals to Provide Grants for NGOs on Democratization and Human Rights

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), as part of the Special Initiative of the Swedish Government to strengthen democratization and freedom of expression, is extending grant support to NGOs, individuals and other civil society organizations in developing countries.

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Internet Governance Forum - 4rd meeting

Strasbourg, Nov 3, 2009 – The Council of Europe will be calling for greater protection and respect for human rights, rule of law and democracy on the Internet at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on 15-18 November in Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt).

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New CoE Publication: Manual on hate speech (2009)

The right to freedom of expression entails duties and responsibilities and is subject to certain limits, provided for in Article 10.2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which are concerned, among other things, with protecting the rights of others.

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UN launches ‘toolbox’ to help nations ensure access to food as basic human right

The United Nations took a step towards helping the billion people around the world suffering from hunger achieve access to adequate food with the publication of a ‘how-to’ guide providing the tools for governments, institutions and civil society to assert this basic human right.

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Theories and Practices of Citizenship in the New Balkan States

The CITSEE project (The Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia - see below for more information) is organising a conference on "Theories and Practices of Citizenship in the New Balkan States" on June 24-25, 2010 at the University of Edinburgh. Deadline: 2009/11/15

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OSCE Vacancy: Head of Human Dimension Dept (P5), Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is mandated to assist the country to make the transition to a stable, peaceful, democratic, multi-ethnic and self-sustaining society. Closing Date of application 30-11-2009
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