This year, millions of people decided the time had come to claim their rights. They took to the streets and demanded change. Many found their voices using the internet and instant messaging to inform, inspire and mobilize supporters to seek their basic human rights. Social media helped activists organize peaceful protest movements in cities across the globe - from Tunis to Madrid, from Cairo to New York - at times in the face of violent repression.

Human rights belong equally to each of us and bind us together as a global community with the same ideals and values. As a global community we all share a day in common: Human Rights Day on 10 December, when we remember the creation 63 years ago of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Today, the 10th of December, on Human Rights Day 2011, we pay tribute to all human rights defenders and ask you to get involved in the global human rights movement.

This year everybody has an opportunity to support human rights by joining our celebration. Invite your family and friends to participate in our social media campaign. Become a human rights campaigner; learn more about your rights and spread the word www.celebratehumanrights.org

Go to www.celebratehumanrights.org, choose a slice of the cake which represent the the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, make it your wish by blowing out as many candles as you  can and share it with your friends and family!  

20th - 28th February, 2012 in Murcia, Spain

About the Training: 
“Volunteers, take a step forward” aims to acknowledge the role of volunteers in the Human Rights Education field and empower them with knowledge, skills and attitudes to serve better for civic society association 

Objectives: 

• to improve the participants' knowledge in the area of Human Rights Education
• to promote awareness on Human Rights issues
• to empower young volunteers and youth workers working directly with volunteers and enable them to implement HRE project and give them tools to do it
• to give the space for the exchange of knowledge and best practices and to create a base for the strong cooperation
• to contribute to the civic society associations' development and the quality of youth work by investing in the education of local volunteers
• to further contribute to the motivation of volunteers and willingness

Participants: 

• 17 countries including; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Denamrk, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Poland, Netherlands, Greece, Hungary, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, Egypt, Albania, Moldova. 
• 1 participant from Malta

Profile of Participants required: 

• are volunteers or youth workers working directly with volunteers
• are interested to develop their skilss in human rights education 
• plan to start to work with young people using human rights education or are doing it already 
• are able to communicate in English
• are between 18 and 30 years 
• are motivated to participate in the whole duration of the project. 

All the participants from the partner countries will be reimbursed in 75% of the  total travel cost

Application form:http://www.muya.info/uploads/5/3/4/5/5345324/participants_form.docx