Human Rights
Human Rights | Oct 31 2010
"21st Century Human Rights Exhibition of Hope" Shown in Yamanashi and Shiga Prefectures, Japan
Soka Gakkai's "21st Century Human Rights Exhibition of Hope--You Are Invaluable" was shown in Yamanashi Prefecture from September 29 to October 3, and in Shiga Prefecture from October 26-31. On display were original autographed documents and letters written by human rights pioneers such as Eleanor Roosevelt, renowned first lady of the ... read more
Human Rights | Apr 16 2010
SGI Representative to the UN Speaks at the Council of Europe
On April 15, 2010, the SGI's representative to the UN in Geneva Kazunari Fujii gave a speech at a conference on Learning and Living Democracy For All, held at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg, France. The conference, which ended on April 16, brought together representatives of the States Parties ... read more
Human Rights | Mar 10 2010
SGI-Iceland Youth Support Europe-wide "Action Week Against Racism"
On March 10, 2010, eleven SGI-Iceland youth members collaborated with the Red Cross of Iceland and the national Human Rights office, in an activity to raise awareness about racism. The event was part of the annual Europe-wide "Action Week Against Racism," a campaign inspired by the United Nations General Assembly's ... read more
Human Rights | Dec 10 2009
SGI-Luxembourg Participates in International Day of Human Rights
On December 10, 2009, in celebration of the International Day of Human Rights, the Baha'i Center of Luxembourg City and the Organization for the Education of Adults invited representatives of various religious communities to attend an interreligious dialogue with the theme, "The Contribution of Religions to Human Rights." SGI-Luxembourg, a ... read more
Human Rights | Oct 10 2009
Singapore Soka Association Supports World Mental Health Day
From October 1-4, 2009, members from the Singapore Soka Association's (SSA) Soka Volunteer Group joined hands with interns from the Silver Ribbon Singapore (SRS) organization to pack 10,000 information and support packages to combat the stigma of mental illness. The packages were created to help raise people's awareness of mental ... read more
Human Rights | Jul 11 2009
SGI-USA Santa Barbara, California, Participates in Pride Festival
On July 11, 2009, SGI-USA members participated in the Pacific Pride Festival at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara, California, marking the first time that the local SGI-USA organization took part in the event. Organized to celebrate the diversity of Santa Barbara's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, the ... read more
Human Rights | Jun 16 2009
SGI-South Africa Youth Commemorate National Youth Day
On June 16, 2009, SGI-South Africa youth members, together with several thousand local residents, attended a celebration of South Africa's Youth Day in Johannesburg, South Africa. Youth Day is a public holiday in South Africa and commemorates the 1976 Soweto youth uprisings, which played a key role in the ... read more
Human Rights | May 24 2009
SGI Representative Lectures on Human Rights Education in Budapest
SGI representative to the United Nations, Geneva, Kazunari Fujii, gave a lecture at an Asia-Europe training session for youth leaders on "The Role of Human Rights Education in Intercultural Dialogue--an Asia-Europe perspective," held from May 17-24, 2009, at the Council of Europe European Youth Centre in Budapest, Hungary. The ... read more
Human Rights | Mar 28 2009
SGI-Canada Participates in International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Since 1966, the United Nations has designated March 21 as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This year, on March 28, 2009, SGI-Canada joined numerous cultural, religious and ethnic groups to commemorate the day, in an event entitled "Racism. Stop It!" and organized by the York Regional ... read more
Human Rights | Mar 27 2009
Taiwan Soka Association Representatives Attend Women's Rights Conference
MOI invited Taiwan Soka Association (TSA) to the conference, in recognition of TSA's longtime efforts promoting women's rights in Taiwanese society. TSA Vice Women's Leader Tu Chi-chen and some 20 women members attended. MOI Minister Liao emphasized the importance of women's power in building a better society, saying that ... read more
Human Rights | Dec 2 2008
Interfaith Human Rights Celebration in Washington DC, USA
A ceremony that brought together representatives from ten faith traditions celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the new SGI-USA Washington DC Culture Center on December 2, 2008. The Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area and ... read more
Human Rights | Oct 24 2008
SGI-USA Hosts Human Rights Film Festival in Santa Monica, California
On October 24, 2008, the SGI-USA Santa Monica Culture of Peace Resource Center hosted the opening of the Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Festival in Santa Monica, California. The goal of the festival, curated by the Echo Park Film Center, was to highlight social justice issues too often ignored by ... read more
Human Rights | Sep 6 2008
UNICEF Representative to Malaysia Lectures at Soka Gakkai Malaysia Headquarters
On September 6, 2008, Youssouf Oomar, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative to Malaysia lectured at the Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) Grand Culture Center in Kuala Lumpur. Titled "Quality Education for All," Mr. Oomar's talk focused on the importance of treating each child as a human being in totality, ... read more
Human Rights | Aug 29 2008
SGI Representative Attends Human Rights Conference in Austria
From August 28 to 29, 2008, an International Expert Conference on Human Rights was held in Vienna, Austria, organized by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs. The conference served to review the 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights and to reaffirm the extant challenges for ... read more
Human Rights | Aug 9 2008
Celebrating Diversity in Iceland
On August 9, 2008, SGI-Iceland participated in Reykjavík's annual gay pride parade, the main event held during Iceland's nationwide week of celebrating diversity. Some 40 SGI-Iceland members marched in the parade, together with six members from SGI-Europe's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Group, representing various European countries. The marchers ... read more
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