On Friday, at a Side Event at the UN Forum on Minority Issues, the Award of Excellence for Emerging Voices in Minority Research will be presented to Sophie Cooper, winner of the Student Minority Projects Challenge 2025. @autonomyexperience.bsky.social @euracminorities.bsky.social #minorityissues

New open-access book on minority women & intersectionality by Eurac’s @acbudabin.bsky.social & team! www.eurac.edu/en/institute... #MinorityRights #Intersectionality #GenderStudies #HumanRights #EuracResearch #MinorityRights #Intersectionality #GenderStudies #HumanRights #EuracResearch

There's still time to submit to the 2025 Student Minority Projects Challenge! Don't miss the opportunity to provide input to the UN Special Rapporteur on #MinorityIssues Nicolas Levrat and present your work at the UN Forum in Geneva. Details and entry form here: www.academicminority.net

10 days left until the deadline! If you are a university student who has completed project on #minorityissues during the 2024/2025 AY, consider submitting to the Student Minority Projects Challenge. The winner will present his/her research during this year’s UN Forum on Minority Issues.

UNSR on Minority Issues launches new network with a call for student-led research www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/und...

#midas A large-scale police operation at the #Peršmanhof memorial has drawn criticism from civil society and political leaders. The incident has triggered a debate about remembrance culture, minority rights, and the role of state authority in Austria
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Throwback to the first-ever Democracy Hackathon – part of the New Democratic Pact for Europe! 

 Meet The Fact-Checking Foxes from Italy – 1st Prize winners for their classroom-ready, game-based pre-bunking tool that helps teens fight misinformation!

"This rigorously researched and engagingly written book offers a compelling explanation for why some perpetrators of gross human rights violations are prosecuted and why some escape justice."

Escaping Justice by Cyanne E. Loyle, Coming Soon

#HumanRights #LawSky #Politics #BookSky

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📢 Call for student projects on minority issues!

🌐 Nicolas Levrat, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, is seeking input from student groups on how to build pluralistic and diverse societies.

⏳ Deadline for submission: 15 September 2025.

👉 More information: www.academicminority.net

💡 Interested in the history of the European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages (MIDAS)?

📕 I wrote a book chapter about it: 'MIDAS and Minority Language Newspapers: Two Decades of European Collaboration'.

👉 You can read it here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Zweite Etappe der Euregio-Akademie fand vom 4. bis 6. Juli in Bozen statt – 25 junge Erwachsene suchten interdisziplinären Zugang zu Zukunftsthemen www.eurac.edu/de/institute...

The odds are stacked against us, but sometimes, human rights defenders win. My Daily Brief today:
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Our #Dictionary of (non) politically correct words is now live on our website — easier to find, easier to share!
Researching sensitive topics matters — not just for minorities, but for society as a whole.
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Venerdì scorso i ricercatori Alice Engl e Andrea Carla hanno partecipato al Polit-Apéro organizzato da Politika dove hanno discusso le recenti elezioni comunali di Bolzano e Merano, analizzandone vincitori, vinti e prospettive.

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As #PrideMonth unfolds, many celebrate with parades and corporate slogans. But behind the rainbow flags lie the origins of the #LGBTQIA+ rights movement: the 1969 Stonewall Riots, led by #trans and #queer women of color who refused to stay silent. www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/gen...

“Minorities have the right to choose, where relevant, the nationality or ethnicity to which they are officially assigned.”
United Nations~ Nicolas Levrat, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues.

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