The Diversity Conference Organising Committee is pleased to announce the forthcoming Symposium on Diversity and Human Rights to be held for the first time at the United Nations House in Beirut, 1-3 November 2006.

This symposium is a joint initiative of the American University of Technology in Halat, the Globalism Institute at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, Common Ground Conferences, the United Nations  Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Beirut (OHCHR), Myriad Consultants and a number of committed human rights activists keen to generate on-going opportunities, events and activities that maintain the issue of human rights on the world agenda.

The focus of the symposium will be broad, encompassing key issues in the areas of human rights, immigration, refugee movements, diasporic communities, women's rights, democracy and citizenship. Its scope and concerns will be international, but the location of the symposium in the Middle East mean that its perspectives will include a strong interest in how these issues play out in this critically important region and among the diasporic communities which have connections back to this region. For further details, please visit the symposium website at http://ds6.cgpublisher.com/

The symposium will feature keynote addresses from high profile international and national speakers such as Dr Nawal el Saadawi who has accepted the invitation. We await confirmation from other prominent keynote speakers and regular updates will be available on the Symposium website.  The Symposium will bring together participants from the scholarly, government, and community sectors, including academics, research students, public administrators and policy makers, NGO and community workers, diversity practitioners, legislators, lawyers and judiciary. 

Previous Conference items

• 31/10/2006: International Conference on Trafficking in Minors
• 30/10/2006: Social Protection Intitiatives for Children, Women and Families: An Analysis of Recent Experiences
• 28/10/2006: Slavery Then, Slavery Now: Engaging Young Africans In Combating Child Trafficking
• 24/10/2006: 2nd International Conference: Juvenile Justice In Europe - A framework for integration
• 23/10/2006: Conferencia sobre los Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes Sin Cuidado Parental

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