Located in Costa Rica within the United Nations mandated University for Peace (UPEACE), the UPEACE Human Rights Centre conducts research on issues concerning human rights. The UPEACE Human Rights Centre aims to promote understanding, respect and enjoyment of human rights through research,...
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Located in Costa Rica within the United Nations mandated University for Peace (UPEACE), the UPEACE Human Rights Centre conducts research on issues concerning human rights. The UPEACE Human Rights Centre aims to promote understanding, respect and enjoyment of human rights through research, education and other activities. The Centre is guided by the explicit mandate of the United Nations General Assembly to the University for Peace to "provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations.”
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The UPEACE-HRC conducts research on human rights and humanitarian law issues around the world. It conducts educational courses through face-to-face and online methodologies to empower people from around the world and build their capacities. It also conducts workshops, seminars and conferences...
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The UPEACE-HRC conducts research on human rights and humanitarian law issues around the world. It conducts educational courses through face-to-face and online methodologies to empower people from around the world and build their capacities. It also conducts workshops, seminars and conferences related to human rights.
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The UPEACE-HRC encourages youth to intern with us in order to live and research in a multicultural environment at a University mandated by the United Nations and guided by a culture of peace, human rights and sustainable development. Youth can also enrol in several human rights courses undertaken...
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The UPEACE-HRC encourages youth to intern with us in order to live and research in a multicultural environment at a University mandated by the United Nations and guided by a culture of peace, human rights and sustainable development. Youth can also enrol in several human rights courses undertaken by UPEACE-HRC, including face-to-face, online and field courses.
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