awareness-raising
ONGOING PROJECTS
CINEMA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Humans Fest Film Festival
SOUTHERN ACTIVISTS
Defenders of
Human Rights
RECOGNITION
Human Rights Award
The Humans Fest International Human Rights Film Festival It's our main awareness-raising activity. A film festival concerning in the city and one of the most prestigious in Spain in its field, which has established itself as a showcase for the defense of human rights.
Future freedom, human rights defenders, seeks weave alliances solid between organizations from the Global South and Valencian entities, fostering a citizenry committed to social justice and respect for fundamental rights. Because defending those who defend is defending us all.
The Human Rights Awards recognize the trajectory and dedication of certain people or organizations in their defense and promotion of Human Rights and also to those who have taken up the defense of Justice as a value, aspiration and commitment.
PROJECTS THAT LEFT THEIR MARK
CULTURE OF PEACE
We address armed conflicts
from the South to generate peace
from the North
INTERCULTURALITY
Living and intercultural neighborhoods
A thousand stories to tell
TRANSPARENCY
Open Government
A project focused on the armed conflicts in the Global South, with a approach based on human rights and culture of peace. We seek to raise critical awareness about the complexity of these conflicts, their structural causes, their social consequences, and the shared responsibility that the Global North also has.
Living and Intercultural Neighborhoods It arises in response to the dynamics of coexistence and community participation in the peripheral neighborhoods of the city, characterized by a cultural diversity growing and significant challenges in terms of integration and social cohesion.
With Open Government initiatives, we improve knowledge about its three pillars: transparency, accountability and citizen participationWe contribute to generating a space for reflection and debate around experiences and knowledge.
MEDIA AWARENESS
Opinion articles
Stable collaboration with Levante on special dates.
Master's Degree in Justice
Weekly radio programme with Manuela Carmena.
Publications
Get to know all our own publications.
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