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IDENTITIES ARE CHANGEABLE,
RATHER THAN FIXED CATEGORIES
The 17th in the series of seminars “Life and Living in
Multiethnic Environments”
Novi Sad, March 24-26, 2006
06/01/2006 , HCHRS
The Novi Sad branch office’s fist seminar in 2006 assembled 21
trainees. Fewer secondary school students applied for the seminar than usual. The main
reason, according to unofficial sources, was that directors of secondary schools have
forbidden their students to partake in the Helsinki Committee’s educational... |
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WHAT DOES ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP
ACTUALLY IMPLY?
The 25th in the series of “Schools of Democracy”
Novi Sad, May 8-12, 2006
06/01/2006 , HCHRS
People often judge young ones differently. Pessimists usually see them
as a radicalized and anti-European grouping, while optimists perceive them as heartfelt
supporters of European integrations. The truth is that being young does not qualify one
either as an a priori Euro-skeptic or Euro-optimist. Younger generations’
political... |
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THE HELSINKI COMMITTEE’S
LATEST BOOKS
03/01/2006 , HCHRS
All the five book published within the Committee’s four editions
have been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union, under the project
“Building up Democracy and Good Governance in Multiethnic Communities.” The
contents of these books are the sole responsibility of the Helsinki Committee for Human
Rights in Serbia and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of
the European Union... |
WISHFUL THINKING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REALITY/ CONDITIONS FOR JOINING
EU THE SAME FOR ALL
The 23rd and the 24th in the series of “Schools of
Democracy”
Belgrade, November 7-11, and November 14-18, 2005
01/04/2006 , HCHRS
Two last “schools of democracy” the project’s Belgrade
office organized in 2005 were practically held consecutively, while, except for the first
day, keynote speakers and topics discussed were the same. This also refers to the
reactions of students/trainees... |
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THE BALKANS CANNOT BE STABLE UNLESS SERBIA IS STABLE
The 21st in the series of “Schools of Democracy”
Novi Sad, October 31 – November 4, 2005
01/04/2006 , HCHRS
Young people were more than eager to attend the third school the
project’s Novi Sad office organized in 2005. Unfortunately, organizers had to cut
down the list to 39 trainees, while placing some 16 young people on the waiting list for
the first school to be organized in 2006. Actually, the announced keynote speakers and
topic made the reason for such interest in the course. Several potential trainees have
been even ready to travel from Belgrade to Novi Sad just to attend the school... |
RATKO MLADIC WILL ALSO FIND HIMSELF A LAWYER WHO WILL REITERATE THE
STATEMENT OF EICHMANN’S COUNSEL
The twelfth in the series of seminars “Life and Living in
Multiethnic Environments”
Novi Sad, June 24-26, 2005
01/04/2006 , HCHRS
The second seminar in a row the project’s Novi Sad Branch Office
organized in 2005 assembled 28 trainees and five keynote speakers. The trainees, students
mostly, were at the same time activists and members of the League of Vojvodina’s
Social Democrats, the Democratic Party, PRONI Institute for Social Education of the Youth,
the Regional Conscientious Objection Center, the Helsinki Committee’s Youth Group... |
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FORMS OF VIOLENCE: PREJUDICE AND DELUSION
The 22nd in the series of “Schools of Democracy”
Kragujevac, November 2-6, 2005
12/07/2005 , HCHRS
The last »School of Democracy« the project's Kragujevac branch office
organized in 2005 assembled 20 students of the two local gymnasiums, the School of
Economics and the School of Tourism. On the first day, Goran Mitic of the Center for
Liberal Studies instructed the trainees in the basics of liberalism and market economy,
and then presented them a comparative analysis of economic categories in fascist,
socialist and liberal societies. Though the topic itself, according to the trainees... |
SOCIAL DISCRIMINATING MECHANISMS AGAINST ALL GROUPS PERCEIVED AS
DIFFERENT
The 20th in the series of “Schools of Democracy”
Kragujevac, October 26-30, 2005
12/07/2005 , HCHRS
Twenty-two students of four local secondary schools attended the fifth
in a row “School of Democracy” organized by the project’s Kragujevac branch
office. »This school is super! Interesting topics and keynote speakers, the manner they
broach their subject, that’s super too! What I liked the most is that our stances
about some topics were quite the opposite, but we managed to clarify everything at the
end, and no one was angry for being wrong…” |
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POLITICS AND SOCIETY: FAVORITISM AND BACKROOM INFLUENCE
The 16th in the series of seminars “Life and Living in
Multiethnic Environments”
Kragujevac, November 11-13, 2005
12/07/2005 , HCHRS
“For me, this seminar is quite a novel experience. Though these
topics are covered by the media day in day out, never before has anyone provided me with
so many valuable pieces of information over such short period. That indicates that many
things are still swept under the carpet or those who are have them are prevented to go
public. Well, that’s the same – simply, there are people who don’t want
citizens to know the truth. And now I feel somehow privileged, since, unlike others,
I’ve learned so much and got answers to scores of questions. Somehow, that’s not
fair.”... |
HISTORICAL CONFLICT BETWEEN MODERN AND TRADITIONAL, CONSERVATIVE SERBIA
The 19th in the series of “Schools of Democracy”
Kragujevac, October 21-25, 2005
12/07/2005 , HCHRS
Twenty students of the Second Kragujevac Gymnasium, School of Economics
and School of Tourism attended the fourth “School of Democracy,” organized by
the project’s Kragujevac branch office. Interesting topics they wanted to learn more
about, as well as the need to hear other people’s opinions and test their own stands
motivated them to apply, they said at the beginning of the course. On the last day, their
impressions were at one: they spoke highly of the selected topics and keynote speakers,
new knowledge they attained, as well as of interactive... |
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