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For anyone under 30 with an interest and passion for these issues, please check out this upcoming conference out and apply. I am helping organize it so feel free to email me with questions:

Calls for application: International Forum for Young Leaders – Global Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the Fragility of Freedom – March 2013

Deadline: April 13, 2012

The Global Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the Fragility of Freedom will be held at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, March 21-23, 2013. This will be the third Echenberg Family Conference on Human Rights. Before each of these conferences, a Young Leaders Forum is held; Alumni of each Young Leaders Forum become McGill Echenberg Human Rights Fellows and remain active in a vibrant community of human rights professionals around the world. This third conference will provide a unique networking opportunity for like-minded young leaders from around the world, allowing them to engage with each other and work with some of the Conference’s distinguished speakers.

The Young Leaders will address key issues around democratic citizenship, the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, including the violent repression of democracy and economic and social rights, as well as the role of transnationalism, globalization and foreign policy in democracy. Young Leaders will have the opportunity to develop practical skills in human rights advocacy, including in the use of social media and community-building to effect change.

One of the main goals of the International Forum for Young Leaders is to share practical tools and experiences while engaging with these Conference themes.

We now invite applications from young professionals and scholars who can speak to the promotion of democratic issues and human rights, both in their own countries and in the international arena. Download the full call for applications, which also contains the application form, and a reference form: application_youngleaders2013.pdf.

http://www.mcgill.ca/humanrights/