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UNESCO Chair supports art that promotes human rights
UNESCO Chair Director Alberto Garcia recently participated at an annual gathering of the Fondazione Marianna, an organization devoted to the artistic works that promote human rights. Garcia functions as a member of the organization’s Advisory Board. The foundation...
UNESCO Chair sponsors Bioethics diploma in Chile
The UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights recently formalized its sponsorship of the diploma program of the Institute of Bioethics in the Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile. The diploma program seeks to form in professional educators the competencies...
5th International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop and Conference
During three days our UNESCO Chair workshop will analyse and discuss “Bioethical Challenges in Neurogenomics from an Interreligious and Multicultural Perspective”. Previous workshops have successfully taken place in Jerusalem, Rome, Hong Kong and Mexico with the...
Religious liberty conference with interreligious round-table discussion
by Michael Baggot View highlights of the event below: View the afternoon session that began with the round table discussion: How do your sacred texts view religious liberty? What convergences and divergences do you find between your religion and the text Dignitatis...
Laudato Si’ conference features IFAD president and interdisciplinary panel of experts
by Josefa Cameron On November 26th, the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum and the European University of Rome in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics and Human Rights held the conference “Agricultural development and the fight against hunger....
UNESCO Chair signs accord with the Universidad Finis Terrae in Chile
UNESCO Chair Director Alberto García signed a framework agreement for ongoing collaboration with the Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile on November 19, 2015. The accord was signed the same day García spoke delivered the introductory address of an...
Agricultural development and the fight against hunger. The call of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’
“Agricultural development and the fight against hunger. The call of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’.” November 26, 2015 at the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum and the European University of Rome. The meeting is sponsored by the Permanent Observer...
UNESCO Chair signs accord with the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero
UNESCO Chair Director Alberto Garcia signed an accord on November 6, 2015 with the faculty of medicine of Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero in Acapulco, México to collaborate in offering young minds a solid bioethical formation. During his visit to Acapulco, Garcia...
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