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On-going activities

  

1. General, conceptual activities

- Establishment of section on Human Security on Website of ETC.

http://www.etc-graz.at/human-security/

- Establish the online-journal “Human Security Perspectives” to contribute to the global human security community.

http://www.hs-perspectives.etc-graz.at/

 


2. Human rights education and human security

- Dissemination and development (updates and translations) of the manual “Understanding Human Rights”.

http://www.etc-graz.at/webseiten-alt/human-security/manual

- Training activities on human security (seminars, conferences, workshops, symposia).

- Organization of seminars, conferences, workshops, and symposia in the field of human security, e.g. the symposium on “human security responses to 9/11”, Vienna 2002, or the seminar on “human security and the prevention of crime and corruption”, Graz 2003.

- Introducing Human Security into curricula in the field of human security education and developing of curricula for human security education.

- Preparation of the 2nd international “Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security”, to be held in August/September 2004.

http://www.summeracademy.etc-graz.at/

 


3. Building human security in post-conflict situations: South-East-Europe as an example

- Cross-border partnership in post-conflict situations: The Human Rights Centres Network in South-East-Europe

http://www.see-hrc.net/

 


4. Human security and the local level

- Coordination of the Implementation of the project “Graz - 1st Human Rights City in Europe”.

http://www.etc-graz.at -> Website ETC/ Projects

- Cooperation with the People’s Movement on Human Rights Education (PDHRE) in establishing the 1st Human Rights City in Europe.

http://www.pdhre.org/

 


5.Research activities

- Publication of papers in the field of human security, e.g. “Human Security and Prevention of Terrorism” by Wolfgang Benedek, or “Human Security and Human Rights” by Gerd Oberleitner.

- Cluster of student papers and diploma thesis

http://www.etc-graz.at -> Website ETC/ Publications