The legitimacy of any organization, institution or government is based first and foremost on real or perceived transparency and accountability. Equally important is whether there is a consistency between what is said and what is done. An organization that is predicated on combating the discrimination and vilification of ethnic and/or religious minorities, yet has no [...]
There are a number of things that you should do before you start a human rights organization. The first step is to write a few lines to help focus your thoughts. Try and formulate what goals you want the organization to achieve. Check the Internet to see if a similar organization already exists. A good [...]
The Dutch politician Geert Wilders, presented a shocking political program for Europe, yesterday at a meeting in Copenhagen:
1) Boycott the UN Human Rights Council.2) Revoke all laws against hate speech in Europe.3) All Islamic schools must be closed.4) Close all mosques.
Can one assume that this is the program his party will be working for at [...]
Over the years, there have been numerous “peace initiatives” to try to cut the Gordian knot of conflict in the Middle East. “Two state solutions” have been proposed since the establishment of the state of Israel. Actual results have been minimal.The right to self-determination of the Palestinian people continues to be a mirage in the [...]
The laws that regulate how to start an organization are different from country to country, region to region. I can’t provide the documentation necessary to include the various rules in all countries. Therefore, the following is based on general, internationally recognized principles and is not country specific.
Why start an organization?
There are many reason to start [...]
Denmark has taken a small step to combat genome harvesting and is supporting African countries with approx. 3.5 million Danish kroner, for a conference to pave the way for international rules on the exchange of genetic resources.
The article can be found here:http://ulandsnyt.dk/indhold.asp?ID=18776&mode=Nyhed
Another article on the issue of genome harvesting can be found here:http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/04/world/fg-virus5
The Danish parliament recently passed a law forbidding religious symbols in court rooms, after a refusal by the independent Danish Court administration to ban, in a theoretical situation, in the future, a female court official from wearing a hijab. The law covers all overt religious symbols such as hijab, yarmulke, turbans and crosses. However there [...]
A revolutionary aspect of what are commonly referred to as Web 2.0 technologies, is the ability of a person or a group of people to run an office from a USB pen drive and an Internet cafe. This provides a more level playing field than ever before, for people in the developing world.
A combination of [...]
According to a recently published European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights report, 42% of people of Turkish origin, living in Denmark, that were asked, replied that they had experienced discrimination within the 12 month period the survey covered. 62% of Sub-Saharan Africans between the ages of 16-24, that participated in the survey, reported discrimination in [...]
National boundaries and national school policies are decreasing in importance as new models of organization, learning, cooperation and production (both knowledge and industrial based), are evolving through community, collaboration and ...
The Danish public school system does not live up to the standards defined in articles 28, 29 & 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ...
Creating a democratic constitution that reflects the needs of an organization can prove to be a challenge for someone that has never tried it before. Below is a generic text ...
There has been a lot of debate in recent days in Denmark about statements from vicars and members of parliament that they would hide illegal refugees to prevent them from ...