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| 14.01.08 | Training Human Rights and Business Amnesty International and Aim for human rights offer managers of larger and smaller multinationals a one day workshop on Human Rights and Business. This will take place in Utrecht (the Netherlands) on the 4th of March. The legal context of human rights for businesses is the focus of the training. More |  |
| 29.11.07 | Launch Human rights and business game Yesterday evening in Zandvoort (the Netherlands) the international launch of the Human rights and business board game took place. This educational management game has been developed by Aim for human rights, in cooperation with Strategic Productivity (Pty) Ltd and with financial support from the ASN... More |  |
| 26.11.07 | Dutch human rights protection lagging behind In april 2008 the UN Human Rights Council will discuss the human rights situation in the Netherlands. For this occasion, 13 Dutch civil society organisations, including Aim for human rights, the Dutch section of the International Commission of Jurists, and the Dutch Network CEDAW have written a... More |  |
| 16.11.07 | Dutch organisations condemn human rights violations in Pakistan The suspension of the Constitution provides the current military regime and General Pervez Musharraf with unchecked power, but it also creates a climate of impunity for human rights violations. In a public statement Dutch civil society organisations Aim for human rights, Justice and Peace... More |  |
| 07.11.07 | Call on Philippine government to guarantee safety of disappearance victims In the Philippines each year dozens of people are being kidnapped by the army, police or other government officials. Often for political reasons, they disappear without trial into captivity, while the authorities deny involvement and relatives remain in the dark over their faith. In 2006, 87... More |  |
| 11.10.07 | Launch campaign Convention against Disappearances On September 26 2007 the International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) launched a campaign for the ‘Convention to Protect all Persons from Enforced Disappearances’ during a Human Rights Council session in Geneva. In the presence of numerous family members of disappeared,... More |  |
| 11.10.07 | Aim for human rights new name HOM On its 25th anniversary, human rights organisation Humanistisch Overleg Mensenrechten (Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights, HOM) presented its new name. From now on the organisation will be known as Aim for human rights. More |  |
| 11.10.07 | Conference Human rights impact assessment On November 29 and 30 Aim for human rights hosts an international conference on measuring impact of policies on human rights. Participants from government, NGO's, companies and international organisations such as the UN will convene to connect and exchange best practices. More |  |
