1. The context European institutions have been governed for decades by a central block composed of so-called Socialist and Popular/Christian Democrat political forces – intertwined with a quite impressive bureaucratic machine and complex network of discreet yet powerful interests. From time to time Liberal politicians – a less numerous but more variegated lot, who have […]

On Saturday 15 December 2018, the gatherings of more than 300 Iranian associations and communities,  were held simultaneously in 42 cities in Europe, North America and Australia including in Ashraf 3 (Albania); Brussels (Belgium); Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg (Canada); Copenhagen, Arhus (Denmark); London, Liverpool, Bristol, Sheffield and Birmingham (U.K.); Helsinki, Turku (Finland); Paris (France); Berlin, […]

A Keynote Speech by U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo On 4 December 2018, ARCHumakind executive director, Paulo Casaca, attended the event entitled ‘Restoring the Role of the Nation-State in the Liberal International Order​’, where US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo made an historic speech outlining the new international order envisaged by the […]

ARCHumakind executive director, Paulo Casaca, participated in Paris from June the 29th to July the first in a series of events on the situation of Iran. On June the 29th, he participated in the panel discussion ‘Iran: Prospects for Change’. The next day, he was present in the gathering ‘Free Iran 2018’ in the Villepinte […]

On 9 May 2018, Paulo Casaca participated in the commemorative session of the Day of Europe at the University of Açores. The Session was hosted by the students Association of Euro-Atlantic Studies (Núcleo de Estudantes de Estudos Euro-Atlânticos), and focused on the central theme- Three decades of European integration: what are the conclusions and challenges? […]

On 25 and 26 January 2018, the Alliance to Renew Co-operation among Humankind (ARCHumankind) co-organised the Annual Meeting of the Cooperation Platform between the Portuguese Speaking World, Nordic Countries & Russia (PSW-NC-R) together with the Kymenlaakso Regional Council, who hosted the two-day event at the Helsinki EU Office in Brussels.  

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December 1948 is the first pillar of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and therefore of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as incorporated in the European Union treaties […]