News
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Seminar »Diaspora engagement in the EU«
Peace Institute and Humanitas collaborators attended the all-day seminar »Diaspora engagement in the EU« in the European Parliament in Brussels.
“Chameleonic populism”
The analysis of parliamentary debates on seven laws related to migration in 2015-2019 in Slovenia points to the dominant discursive frames that represent migration as a (security) threat,...
The film ‘Everything I Told Them’
The film offers a concise view of cultural encounters and tensions in interventions and policies against violence and highlights the fundamental emphasis: the right to be safe from violence.
EU countries fail to provide same standards in their refugee integration policies, new study shows
Europe is far from providing a level playing field for refugees to achieve a better life.
The European benchmark for refugee integration: A comparative analysis of the National Integration Evaluation Mechanism in 14 EU countries
Just in time for World Refugee Day 2019, the baseline study of the NIEM project reveals often low standards and a lack of harmonisation on refugee integration.
Strategy in the field of migration finally in the making in Slovenia
On 10th June the Ministry of the Interior has published a draft strategy on the website and launched a 15-day consultation with civil society.
Projects
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Migrant Children and Communities in a Transforming Europe (MICREATE)
The overall objective of the project is to stimulate inclusion of diverse groups of migrant children by adopting child-centered approach to migrant children integration on educational and policy level.
Reducing and eliminating discrimination based on ethnicity, ‘race’, nationality and/or religion
The project will contribute to reducing discrimination in society and hence to the promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
RefugeeAction III: mainstreaming inclusiveness of migrants in the society through their integration into labor market
Project’s goal is too contribute to a more open and just society in which refugees would feel welcome and accepted as equal.
Hate speech on online social networks in Slovenia
The occurrence of hate speech in the Slovene language in the corresponding parts of global online social networks (OSNs).
Building coalition of defenders of human rights, media freedom and independent journalism
Coalition building that brings together defenders of human rights, media freedom and independent journalism in Slovenia in mapping and countering threats to watchdog role of journalists and civil society.
Sustainable. Local. Global.
International development cooperation, humanitarian assistance and global learning, and increasing the visibility of global goals that the countries of the world adopted in September 2015.
Publications
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Populism and the Web: Communicative Practices of Parties and Movements in Europe
New book about the role of the Web for right-wing populist political parties and movements across Europe edited by Mojca Pajnik and Birgit Sauer (Routledge).
Razor-Wired. Reflections on Migrant Movements through Slovenia in 2015
The goal is to present facts, explain changes in state policies and procedures used to “process” the refugees, and to analyse state, media and the general public’s responses.
White paper: Rights on the Move – Rainbow Families in Europe
The White Paper, a document in five languages, contains an overview of all relevant fields of the EU law important for free movement of rainbow families.
Politics of Care
In this collection of papers authors from different European regions critically examine policy responses of different local, national or supranational, governmental or civil society, collective or individual policy actors...
Imagi_nation. Civil Identities and Rights in European Nation-States: Securing the Rights of Migrant Workers as a Contribution for Sustainable Peace-Building
This publication presents several insights into the mechanisms and procedures that form national identity and examines how they affect the broader political processes that shape democracy.
Doing Families: Gay and Lesbian Family Practices
The book is about specific frameworks within or without which family practices of gays and lesbians can be lived and interpreted in different countries.