UNESCO Chair in Philosophy and Human Rights (841), established in 2009 at Maltepe University, Istanbul (Turkey).

Fields/Disciplines

Philosophy and human rights.

Objectives

The specific objectives of this Chair are to:

• promote human rights education;
• develop research on social and ethical issues from a human rights perspective;
• provide policy advice in human rights issues to national and regional research system;
• promote international and interregional philosophical debates on key human rights issues

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Social and Human Sciences.

Document

Progress report 2009-2010 (short version)

Contact

Prof Ioanna Kuçuradi, Maltepe University
UNESCO Chairholder
E-Mail address - ionna(at)fisp.org.tr
Street - Marmara Egitim Köyü
City - Maltepe, Istanbul
Postal Code - 34857
Country - Turkey