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 (1), with reference to minority groups. The convention, which has been ratified by every member country of the United Nations except the United States and [...]
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 that will help avoid many problems in the future, for the organization that you want to create:
NAME OF ASSOCIATION
CONSTITUTION
1. Name and date of commencement1.1 The [...]
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 being sent back to their countries of origin, such as Iraq.
Politicians, priests, the media, all seem to be missing a fundamental point. These refugees are [...]
Why are minority rights important? Because the true test of a pluralist, democratic society is the extent to which the society includes minorities, allows them to participate and integrate rather than excludes, vilifies and discriminates against them.
The term “minority rights” refers to the rights of individuals and groups that define themselves or are defined by [...]
The Danish Minister of Defense has decided that women in the military may not use Muslim headscarves or hijab. The decision has come in response to a recent debate about a Muslim woman in the Danish Home Guard, that was first promoted as a role model and then told that her headscarf was not allowed, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 ...