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• Social Justice statt Kultur der Kälte

  18 November 2008, by Weinbach Heike
  The author’s purposal is to confront two main traditions within the german culture, the concept of social justice versus the «social coldness». Therefore, she sketches a history of these phenomena and shows the philosophical roots of the problem. Another aspect of her argumentation is the analysis of social movements and public policies in Germany.

• Company relocations - The consequences for employees

  10 November 2008, by Ahlers Elke, Oez Fikret , Ziegler Astrid
  The discussion paper examines the social effects of globalisation. AEG and Continental are just two recent examples for companies that work profitably at their German locations, though production lines are being closed in Germany and moved to cheaper locations abroad.

• On the European Readiness for Flexicurity

  10 November 2008, by Tangian Andranik
  The Fourth European Working Conditions Survey (European Foundation 2007) is used to investigate the readiness of Europe to flexicurity labour market reforms proposed by the European Commission. For this purpose, composite indicators of flexibility, precariousness and decentness of work are constructed with the OECD and the scientifical institute of the german unions HBS (Hans Boeckler Stiftung).

• Activity report - Human rights in a multicultural society

  31 October 2008, by OSCE
  According to the Council of Europe report, diversity should not be perceived as a threat but as a source of enrichement, but it can only succeed it is based on social cohesion and human rights.

• Chairmanship conference on Intolerance and discrimination against Muslims

  30 October 2008, by OSCE
  The document relates the view epressed by european Imams and Ministers who met in Vienna in 2006, and that was expressed at a OSCE conference in Cordoba in 2007.

• Legitimacy of PNR challenged again

  14 October 2008, by European Parliament
  The European Parliament has reserved the right to challenge the legitmacy of the EU PNR-Australia agreement before the Court if a third party also feels that democratic legitimacy has not been respected. Once again, the European PArliament has not been consulted. If the Lisbon Treaty comes into effect, it has argued that all the PNR agreements concluded on a similar basis be submitted to MEPs.

• Atypische Beschäftigung auf dem Arbeismarkt

  16. September 2008, von Statistisches Bundesamt
  The part of precarious forms of labour, the so called «bad jobs», increased rapidly in Germany during the last ten years, from 15% to 26% of all jobs. While the number of employed persons grew (mostly due to a high number of pensioners), it appears in the same time that bad jobs replaced traditionnal, stable jobs.

• European Civic Days: «Mobility, Dialogue, Participation: Towards Active European Citizenship»

  1 September 2008, by European Presidency
  The European Civic Forum, with the help of the European Commission, is organizing the European Civic Days. The aim of the event is to promote active European citizenship. The event will take place from 4 to 6 September 2008

• Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-127/08

  13 August 2008, by Court of Justice of the European Communities
  The right of a national of a non-member country who is a family member of a Union citizen to accompany or join that citizen cannot be made conditional on prior lawful residence in another Member State.

• Preempting Justice : Counterterrorism laws and procedures procedures in France

  11 August 2008, by Human Rights Watch
  The report looks at how France uses a vaguely defined ‘terrorism association offense’ to arrest large numbers of people based on minimal evidence. Human Rights Watch documented credible allegations that terrorism suspects are subjected to oppressive questioning in police custody, linked to a policy that delays a suspect’s access to a lawyer.

• The European Security Vanguard? Prüm, Heiligendamm and Flexible Integration Theory

  8 July 2008, by Bossong Raphael
  The main purpose of this paper is to better understand the political importance of the so-called G6 group that unites the Interior ministers of the six biggest EU member states. Furthermore, some of the implications of the Prüm Convention will be discussed, as the group of Prüm signatories has been compared elsewhere to the G6. However, this paper also hopes to contribute to the wider discussion of the phenomenon of ‘flexible integration’ in area of Justice and Home Affairs. Thus, after a brief historical overview of this issue, a relatively unknown theory of flexible integration will be presented, and briefly applied to the case of the Prüm Convention.

• Ein Blick in die Mitte. Zur Entstehung rechtsextremer und demokratischer Einstellungen in Deutschland

  24. Juni 2008, von Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Berlin
  Im November 2006 publizierte die Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung die Studie «Vom Rand zur Mitte». In dieser Repräsentativbefragung wurde mit einem Fragebogen das Ausmaß rechtsextremer Einstellungen in Deutschland erhoben. Erneut unter der wissenschaftlichen Leitung der Leipziger Wissenschaftler Dr. Oliver Decker und Prof. Dr. Elmar Brähler ist nun eine Nachfolgestudie im Auftrag der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung entstanden, die die Frage nach den Ursachen für rechtsextreme Einstellungen vertieft behandelt.

• Halde : Présentation des tests de discrimination

  16 juin 2008, par Haute Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations et pour l’égalité (HALDE)
  La Halde a remis son rapport sur les discriminations à l’emploi, basé sur 20 entreprises et 1500 offres. Le taux de discrimination statistiquement établi est de 23% moins de chances pour les candidats présentant des origines africaines ou arabes et de 42% pour les plus de 45 ans. L’enterprise la plus discriminante est une filiale d’ACCOR.

• British Home Office statistics on Citizenship and Asylum

  28 May 2008, by UK Home Office
  The number of people claiming asylum in Britain has jumped by 16% in a year, official government figures revealed today. Record numbers of people are also being granted British citizenship, the Home Office said.

• «Neues vom Antisemitismus : Zustände in Deutschland»

  21 May 2008, by Helas Horst, Rubisch Dagmar, Zilkenat Reiner
  On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Israel, the editors present the results of a conference about modern antisemitism in Germany. Some of the aspects treated are the role of civil society, public policies or education in the fight against antisemitism and racism. The first chapters give a complete histrocial overview.

• Zwischen Antisemitismus und Islamophobie. Vorurteile und Projektionen in Europa und Nahost

  21 May 2008, by Bunzl John , Senft Alexandra
  The introduction of A. Senft shows how modern antisemitism and the phenomena of islamophobia interact in todays Europe. The example of Esther Shapira (the author of the film «The Day they murdered Theo van Gogh») indicates that the critique of islamisation in the name of human rights may recover prejudices, as well as the critique of terrorism. The book is a sociological and socio-psychological approach.

• Conference : Controlling migrations in Europe. Challenges to Human Rights and the Rule of Law.

  19 May 2008, by Université Autonoma de Barcelona
  The Observatory of Criminal System and Human Rights (University of Barcelona), in cooperation with the Centre of European Policy Studies, the European Association for Research on Transformation and the University of Utherch, is pleased to invite you to the Conference on «Controlling migrations in Europe. Challenges to Human Rights and the Rule of Law». The event will take place at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona on the 29th and 30th of May 2008.

• Trittbrettfahrer der sozialen Frage

  5. Mai 2008, von Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
  Die DGB Broschüre antwortet auf in jüngster Zeit festgestellte Tendenzen wonach die eigenen Gewerkschaftsmitglieder besonders anfällig für autoritäre Krisenlösungen sind (siehe Bodo Zeuner und andere). Der Text arbeitet heraus, wie NPD und andere rechtsradikale Strömungen versuchen, die soziale Frage mit nationalistischen Antworten gegen Migranten und Globalisierung zu vermischen.

• Organizing for social justice

  29 April 2008, by International Labour Office (ILO)
  The document is a Global Report of the ILO about the fundamental principle of freedom association and the right to collective bargaining. It shows evolutions in the field of international union organizing. The ILO finds that a right-based labour market is also a condition of dynamic economies.

• Equality at work

  29 April 2008, by International Labour Office (ILO)
  This recent ILO report (2007) takes the workplace as a strategic entry point, in order to understand discrimination in several forms (race, gender, age, skill, etc.). The document gives a global overview of all relevant aspects. It underlines the legal and conventional progress concerning the non-discrimination measures, which includes the EU : In the past years 2000 Directives regulating discrimination in employement have been adopted.

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