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22nd Human Rights School

for Croatian highschool students

Published: March 29, 2010 Author: CMS

Contact: CMS (cms.@cms.hr)

Center for Peace Studies, and Mlada MIRamiDA, in cooperation and with financial support from the Norwegian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, will organize in a period from 5th to 13th of April, 22nd national "School of Human Rights for Highschool Students" in Lower Stubica.

The school will include 20 high school students from all over Croatia. Topics are: Nonviolent Communication; Teamwork and cooperation; Human rights throughout history; Institutional mechanism for protection of human rights; Identity, prejudice and discrimination; Gender and gender equality; Women rights and media; Dealing with the Past; Activism Youth Forum Theatre and Video Activism.

All places for the attendance of the human rights school, are already filled up.

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Croatia – Zagreb

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