The campaign is against hate speech online in all its forms, including those that most affect young people, such as forms of cyber-bullying and cyber-hate. The campaign is based upon human rights education, youth participation and media literacy.
‘Urban therapist’ Phil Wood is joined by Paul Chapman of London’s Lewisham Council, Ingrid Hauge Rasmussen,from Norway, project manager Irena Guidikova and others to review key themes and policy challenges discussed this week at the Dublin Intercultural Cities conference.
The case concerns the complaints of two young men, who are Roma, that they were misdiagnosed with a mental disability at the age of seven and placed in remedial schools where they were stigmatised as well as isolated from the wider population.
A report on the Russian Federation from the Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities expresses concern that “some minorities continue to face widespread discrimination in areas such as access to employment and housing as hostility against ‘non-Slavs’ is exhibited with increasing openness and sometimes fuelled by politicians.”
Human rights commissioner Thomas Hammarberg has today highlighted his fears about a rise in racism and xenophobia in Switzerland.
