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29.06.2016, 17:23:27
Call for Applications for the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2016-2017 Deadline for applications extended: 22 July 2016 Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), in cooperation with its partners the Advocates for Human Rights from Minnesota, the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights /ESCR-Net/ and the European Women Lawyers’ Association/ EWLA/ are pleased to announce the Call for Applications to participate in the training programme of the Sixth Round of the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2016-2017. The first session of the Institute will be followed by a workshop of the International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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08.06.2016, 15:27:03
Deadline for applications: 30 June 2016 Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation (BGRF), in cooperation with its partners the Advocates for Human Rights from Minnesota, the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights /ESCR-Net/ and the European Women Lawyers’ Association/ EWLA/ are pleased to announce the Call for Applications to participate in the training programme of the Sixth Round of the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute (WHRTI), 2016-2017. The first session of the Institute will be followed by a workshop of the International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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04.03.2014, 18:00:01
Extended deadline: 3rd September 2013
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04.03.2014, 17:59:26
You are required to draft a 3-5 pages legal analysis on an issue from your country related to one of the three themes of the Institute (violence against women, reproductive rights, employment discrimination). The purpose of this exercise is for you to have a solid document that you can develop further throughout the year in order to transform it in an advocacy tool for promoting and protecting women’s rights in your country. We hopethat you will be able to use it, for instance, in engaging in a dialogue with competent public officials in your country, drafting a shadow letter/shadow report to a UN Treaty Monitoring Body (UNTMB), initiating a strategic litigation case, etc. Register to read more
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04.03.2014, 17:57:12
Based on the considerations of facts and law, and having examined the evidence and arguments presented by the parties during the proceedings, the Commission concluded that the USA failed to act with due diligence to protect Jessica Lenahan and Leslie, Katheryn and Rebecca Gonzales from domestic violence, which violated the State’s obligation not to discriminate and to provide for equal protection before the law under Article II of the American Declaration.
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04.03.2014, 17:55:26
In its 49th session, in July 2011, the CEDAW Committee adopted views in two communications - against Brazil and Bulgaria
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04.03.2014, 17:53:00
Handbook on European non-discrimination law produced by the European Court of Human Rights and the FRA was lounched at the end of March 2011. It is a comprehensive guide to non-discrimination law and relevant key concepts.
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04.03.2014, 17:51:43
On 5th of April 2011, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women.
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04.03.2014, 17:50:54
On 7th of April, the Council of Europe adopted the text of a new Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. It will be open for signature in Istanbul , on 11 May 2011, on the occasion of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers gathering Ministers of Foreign Affairs from 47 Member States.
