Anna Lindh Foundation

Individual Member: Dr. Reetta Toivanen

National Network

Finland

Address

Erik Castren Institute for International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3), Room 617, 00014 University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland

Country

Finland

City

Helsinki

Street address 2

Erik Castren Institute for International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 4 (Yliopistonkatu 3), Room 617, 00014 University of Helsinki

Mobile Phone

+358504995015

Telephone

+358-9-19123737

E-Mail

reetta.toivanen@helsinki.fi

Contact Person1

Dr. Reetta Toivanen

Organisation Type

Individual Person

Fields of Activity

Democracy and community development

General Information

Individual member, senior researcher in the field of anthropology with the specialisation on human rights, human rights education, NGOs, minorities, anti-terrorism, suicide bombing, immigration law and racism, regional specialisation: Europe

Mission and Objectives

Individual member, senior researcher in the field of anthropology with the specialisation on human rights, human rights education, NGOs, minorities, anti-terrorism, suicide bombing, immigration law and racism, regional specialisation: Europe

Main Projects / Activities

Current research projects / activities Finnish Academy Fellow. Project on On "Glocal" governance: On the meanings and consequences of the "vernacularization" of Human Rights Concepts Challenging Power - Power in Finland (CEREN, university of Helsinki)http://sockom.helsinki.fi/ceren/power/index.html Poga the language survival network homepagehttp://www2.hu-berlin.de/poga/ EU project ELDIA (European Language Diversity for All) http://www.eldia-project.org/index.php?lang=en Human rights education and national minorities in Europe (Humboldt University in Berlin) (2003-2007) Member of the Expert Group for the UN Speacial Rapporteur on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Vice-president of the International Human rights Education Consortium (www.ihrec.org)