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Dr Fernand de Varennes is a former Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Human Rights and the Prevention of Ethnic Conflict and the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law. Dr de Varennes is recognised as one of the world's leading legal experts on language rights and has written two seminal works on this topic: Language, Minorities and Human Rights (1996) and A Guide to the Rights of Minorities and Language (2001) and was awarded the 2004 Linguapax Award (Barcelona, Spain) in acknowledgement of his outstanding work in the field of linguistic diversity and multilingual education. Linguapax was born as a UNESCO initiative to bring a linguistic solution to specific issues in the area of peace research, defence of human rights and promotion of education for democracy. |
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LE DJAVAKHK
Exposé fait lors du briefing de
l'ONG Yerkir pour les experts du Comité des Droits de l’Homme des Nations
Unis, le
lundi 15 octobre 2007 à Genève au Palais Wilson par
Dr. Fernand De
Varennes
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TELECHARGER LE RAPPORT DE YERKIR SUR LA MINORITÉ ARMÉNIENNE EN GEORGIE
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91ème session du Comité du 15 octobre au 2 novembre 2007 Le Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques
Déclaration Universelle des droits de l'homme
Déclaration des droits des minorités nationales ou ethniques, religieuses et linguistiques
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He has also held the prestigious Tip O’Neill Peace Fellowship at INCORE (Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) in Derry, Northern Ireland and was a 2004 nominee for the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights (Gwangju, South Korea) awarded to individuals or organizations which have “…worked hard for human rights and related fields, especially those connected to the spirit of the May 18 uprising… and democracy, freedom and human right”.
He was the first to set up a regular law course on Asia-Pacific human rights in an Australian law school and established the then first LL.M. in human rights in Australia. Dr de Varennes has taught students from a variety of cultural backgrounds in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. He also has extensive international recognition for his research work on international law, human rights, minorities and ethnic conflicts and has worked with numerous international organisations such as the United Nations’ Working Group on the Rights of Minorities, UNESCO and the OSCE’s High Commissioner on National Minorities on these issues. He is Senior (Non-Resident) Research Associate at the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg, Germany, on the advisory board of numerous research centres and journals around the world and has taught in numerous institutions around the world, including at Seikei University, Gakushuin University and Daito Bunka University in Tokyo, Japan; the South Asian Human Rights and Peace Studies Orientation Course in Kathmandu, Nepal; Sam Ratulangi University in Manado, Indonesia; the Gwangju Human Rights School in Gwangju, South Korea; the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, South Africa; the European Academy in Bolzano, Italy; the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain, the University of Pécs in Hungary; the Cornell University - Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne Summer School in Paris, France; the Université de la Réunion; the European Politics Programme at the University of Pécs, Hungary; the European Regional MA in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia; the University of Pelita Harapan, Jakarta, Indonesia; and the Turku Law School and Åbo Akademi Institute for Human Rights in Finland.
He has also assisted in various minority rights initiatives, including the drafting of a proposed Irish language Act for Northern Ireland.
He has published five books and over sixty scientific articles and reports. His major publications include a two-volume series on human rights documents on Asia, a series of reports for Minority Rights International on minorities in Southeast Asia, Central Asia and East Asia, and a UNESCO report on the rights of migrants. He is currently working a new book on language rights, and a three-volume book series on ethnic and internal conflicts worldwide.
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Rapports Additifs de l'Union YERKIR pour le Comité des Droits de l'Homme de l'ONU
Interventions des experts de l'Union YERKIR lors des séances sur la Géorgie de la 91ème session du Comité des Droits de l'Homme des 15 et 16 octobre 2007.
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