Tehran to Host Human Rights Confab
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Since 1994, the Faculty of Law of Shahid Beheshti University has endeavored to promote research and training in the field of human rights.
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Iran is scheduled to hold its First International Conference on Human Rights and Environment at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University.
Researchers and scholar from the US, the UK, Pakistan, India, China, Switzerland, Norway, Argentina, Kenya, Iran, Australia, Lebanon, Senegal and France will attend the confab on May 13 and 14, 2009, IRNA said.
Experts from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and a number of Iranian and international non-governmental organizations will also participate in the conference.
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Organized by UNESCO’s Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy at Shahid Beheshti University, the conference will discuss national and international experiences, mechanisms and approaches concerning human rights, democracy and the environment.
Since 1994, the Faculty of Law of Shahid Beheshti University has endeavored to promote research and training in the field of human rights, including incorporating human rights as a compulsory subject at the doctorate level, contacting UNHCHR for determining the areas of human rights education and the establishment of the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy in the university.
UNESCO’s Chair for Human Rights was established in 2002 at Florida Atlantic University, USA. It aims to promote an integrated system of education, information, documentation and research in the field of human rights.
