A few weeks ago, policy officers spammed our mailing lists demanding the members to fill in the surveys for their thematic researches. Now is the time to reflect on their results. The survey on human rights recognition, launched within the topic of social inclusion, revealed surprising results. In AEGEE, we state in our principles that we stand for human rights.… Read more →
Remember, remember the beginning of November? We were at the Agora in Budapest, discussing the CiA, participating in progress meetings about the work of the Policy Officers, motions of sadness, and AEGEE’s identity… Next to that, a lot of people and AEGEE-bodies had workshops about various interactive topics. Sometimes there were external specialists presenting a certain topic, or even preparing… Read more →
Maria is a 23-year-old girl from Groningen. She is a second-year student of Spanish philology and a very active member in AEGEE. Because she is now applying for a position in the Network Commission (NetCom), it is time to get to know her a little better. Her AEGEE career started on a local level, as most of them do. She… Read more →
One of the pre-event organised before Agora Budapest took place in Bratislava. As the very first event of Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) it confirmed once again that AEGEE events can be thematically oriented. During the event hate speech in Europe and the online combat against it were the main topic discussed and it clearly pointed out that freedom of… Read more →
We are going a little bit back in time – to Friday, November the second, the day when the Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) had its first official workshop in a statutory event. This workshop was titled exactly the same as this article: Are you stranger than a stranger? The word “stranger” when mentioned for the first time refers to… Read more →
+ Do you know what the Working Groups did in September? + Are you aware of what kind of tasks they develop and which topics they are tackling? + Do want to know more about them but actually you never had the chance to do so? Here you are with Issue 8 of the Working Groups’ Monthly Newsletter – September 2012. You… Read more →
In the aftermath of the conviction of three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, the topic of freedom of expression is definitely back on the European agenda. All around the world protests have been held in order to condemn what was viewed as a violation of the fundamental right to freedom of speech. “The Pussy Riot case was… Read more →
