http://www.imadr.org/minority/ ja Copyright 2008 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:50:44 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss On January 16, 2008, the Government of Sri Lanka abrogated the ceasefire agreement (CFA) signed in 2002 between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), throwing the country back into the era of civil war both in name and reality.]]> http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/sri_lanka_breaking_the_cycle_o/ http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/sri_lanka_breaking_the_cycle_o/ 01)Peacebuilding and human rights in Sri Lanka CategoryNews ThemeNews TopNews Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:50:44 +0000 http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/joint_statement_by_21_sri_lank/ http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/joint_statement_by_21_sri_lank/ 01)Peacebuilding and human rights in Sri Lanka CategoryNews ThemeNews Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:18:05 +0000 http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/test/ http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/test/ 01)Peacebuilding and human rights in Sri Lanka CategoryNews Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:27:41 +0000 http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/new/ http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/new/ 01)Peacebuilding and human rights in Sri Lanka CategoryNews ThemeNews Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:56:34 +0000 IMADR partner organization Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti and Roma/Central Council of German Sinti and Roma The Central Council was founded in February 1982 by 11 associations of the Laender and regional associations of German Sinti and Roma. It is headed by Romani Rose, also a director of IMADR. It is located in Heidelberg and is ]]> http://www.imadr.org/minority/roma/sectiondescription_1/post_5/ http://www.imadr.org/minority/roma/sectiondescription_1/post_5/ 02)The Roma SectionDescription SectionDescription Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:53:50 +0000 Resettlement and development for victims of conflict, refugees and internally displaced persons IMADR-AC works to empower victims of conflict, refugees and internally displaced persons (especially women) by providing aid and resettlement support. It has built infrastructure such as childcare centers and toilets in areas, including Polonnaruwa and Dambulla. Peace-building and human rights advocacy IMADR-AC surveys the living conditions of the internally displaced, and the violence endured by those living in border regions. This is done in cooperation with grassroots organizations based in the northern city of Jaffna, and the eastern city of Trincomalee. Throughout this process, dialogue between ethnic groups is developed through networking and organizing women's groups in villages that can serve as bases for peace activities.]]> http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/sectiondescription/post_4/ http://www.imadr.org/minority/srilanka/sectiondescription/post_4/ 01)Peacebuilding and human rights in Sri Lanka SectionDescription SectionDescription Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:52:45 +0000 There are groups of people all around the world who differ from the majority in many aspects, including culture, history, language, religion, and roots (including cultural identification and descent). IMADR defines “minorities” as those whose civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights are not being adequately protected, and groups and members of groups whose rights have been taken away from them. Minorities are not simply groups with few members, nor are they limited to just ethnic, religious, or linguistic minorities. We want to emphasise, in a broad sense, that minorities are those that are in some way oppressed or marginalized within society. The human rights of minorities are defined in United Nations' human rights conventions. However, in recent years, we find ourselves moving backwards, despite this international consensus regarding human rights and multiculturalism. Particularly after 9/11, people who are considered "different" are being subject to harsh controls and exclusionary systems, all in name of peace, security, and “counter-terrorism.” IMADR focuses on recognizing the existence of and protecting the rights of minorities, working on all levels - grassroots, national and international - towards the realization of a true multicultural society. IMADR works with minority groups and partner organizations from all over the world to help the voices of minorities reach not only their own governments, but the international community at large, so that a system can be created whereby those who have been discriminated against can receive redress, and are protected from it happening again. http://www.imadr.org/minority/description/imadr_1/ http://www.imadr.org/minority/description/imadr_1/ Description Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:38:15 +0000 IMADR is pleased to support the Mobile Exhibition entitled ''The Holocaust against the Roma and Sinti and present day racism in Europe,'' hosted by the Documentation and Cultural Center of German Sinti and Roma, sister organization of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, one of IMADR’s founding member organizations. IMADR attended the opening event on January 17, 2006 at the Winston Churchill Building in Strasbourg. This is the first mobile English-language exhibition on the National Socialist genocide against the Sinti and Roma. The prime goal of the exhibition is to examine the holocaust against the Roma and Sinti, and, above all, the extent to which Europe as a whole was involved. The comprehensive final part of the exhibition focuses on present-day racist discrimination against the Sinti and Roma. http://www.imadr.org/minority/roma/post_2/ http://www.imadr.org/minority/roma/post_2/ 02)The Roma CategoryNews ThemeNews Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:39:32 +0000