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Alexandra C. Budabin

@acbudabin.bsky.social

Senior researcher @euracminorities.bsky.social and @autonomyexperience.bsky.social‬. #MinorityIssues

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Academic Network for Minority Issues "[Young people] are critical agents of positive change and we welcome the important contributions of young people to peace and security, sustainable development and human rights." 1 United Nation...

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

12.09.2025 08:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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.

04.09.2025 12:15 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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UNSR on Minority Issues launches new network with a call for student-led research The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Nicolas Levrat has launched a new academic network to identify and elevate student-directed research. The network is currently running the first edition of...

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

25.08.2025 14:29 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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The raid at the Peršmanhof memorial: what it means for Austria’s Slovene minority A large-scale police operation at the Peršmanhof memorial in southern Austria, one of the country’s most significant memorial sites dedicated to resistance and civilian victims of the Nazi regime, has...

#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
www.eurac.edu/en/blogs/mid...

28.07.2025 13:16 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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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!

29.07.2025 10:06 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Cover of Escaping Justice featuring an image of barbed wire

Cover of Escaping Justice featuring an image of barbed wire

"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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22.07.2025 15:30 — 👍 25    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 4
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Academic Network for Minority Issues "[Young people] are critical agents of positive change and we welcome the important contributions of young people to peace and security, sustainable development and human rights." United Nations....

📢 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

21.07.2025 06:38 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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💡 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...

09.07.2025 08:23 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

07.07.2025 09:58 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A Victory in Geneva: Daily Brief In Human Rights Watch’s Daily Brief today, Andrew Stroehlein describes a struggle – and a victory – for #Eritrea’s victims at the UN Human Rights Council.

The odds are stacked against us, but sometimes, human rights defenders win. My Daily Brief today:
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

07.07.2025 11:35 — 👍 21    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1
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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.
www.eurac.edu/en/institute...

25.06.2025 08:34 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Polit-Apéro Eurac Research è un centro di ricerca privato con sede a Bolzano. I nostri ricercatori si dedicano a ciò che per loro è lavoro e vocazione: un futuro migliore.

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.

www.eurac.edu/it/institute...

02.07.2025 10:09 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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“Good gays”, “bad queers”, and the cost of respectability politics Why remembering the complex, trans-led roots of the 1969 Stonewall Riots matters in an age of resurgent respectability politics and state-backed transphobia.

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...

12.06.2025 07:18 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Minorities should have identity documents that reflect who they really are: UN expert GENEVA  – People belonging to a minority group should be given due recognition of their identity, a UN expert said today.“The identity assigned to persons belonging to minorities, usually through thei...

“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.

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

25.03.2025 23:46 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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