HUMAN RIGHTS ACADEMY Lillian Hjorth Director Human Rights

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 • Tools: Education in democratic citizenship, human rights, intercultural understanding. Participatory methods. Expert activity • Framework: UN Declaration on human rights education and learning, Co. E Charter on eduation for democratic citizenship and HRE • Target groups: teachers, students, journalists, youth, minorities, asylum seekers • Activities in Norway and abroad • Networks

Russia: HRE, democratic citizenship, intercultural understanding for teachers • 9 regions since 2008: • Partners: NGOs, Competence Centers for Teachers Human Rights ombudsmen, Moscov State Pedagogical University and others • 5+5+5, study trips to Norway, Council of Europe, developing educational materials • More than 1000 teachers have got in-depth education. Reaching thousands of pupils • Relations Norway/Russia

Education for journalism students • • • Since 2008: Human rights, intercultural understanding and ethics in journalism 5 days courses, 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, Kaliningrad, Jekaterinburg, Aims: Better journalism with focus on human rights; creating meeting places reducing stereotypes

Intercultural understanding, human rights and ethics in journalism • A training online manual for educators Authors: professors and • Sessions: • 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 - Journalism in multicultural societies - The international human rights system - The European human rights system - The philosophical foundation of freedom of speech - Freedom of expression as a human right - New media: Irreversable changes in journalism - Representation, identity and discrimination in journalism - Journalism and diversity - Accountability of journalists - The ”others” through history and today. The role of media in mass communication - Journalism and gender https: //www. journalism-edu. org

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

Portugal 1. We stand for human rights! Developing HRE in Lisabon Aims: Enlarge the range of stakeholders and promote greater cooperation between academia and CSOs in HRE Activities: Needs analysis, workshops, Compass etc. . Partners: Dinamo, Lisbon School of Education, DARE, HRA 2. How to teach human rights to children? Seminar for teachers and social workers Partners: ARISCO, HRA EEA grants

Bulgaria National Study on Domestic and Gender Based Violance and Elaboration of Victims 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 the Study of Democracy, HRA Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009 -2014.