SDG 16.1: Reduce Violence Everywhere

“‘Sanctuary in the Arts’ is a resource pack to inspire, support and promote the use of arts in nurturing a culture and practice of welcome for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. This resource pack contains practical guidance on how your organisation can embed sanctuary in the arts and be part of a...

The web portal helps users locate comprehensive resources that are useful for people who would like to teach, research and know more about the Asian/Pacific American communities and heritages. It also provides users latest information on events and happenings related to the Asian Pacific American...

“…Little effort has been made to analyze the complex relations between heritage, conflict, peace and individual freedom. The lack of heritage-based metrics for peace has also placed professionals on-the-ground in a difficult position. They bear a heavy responsibility to ensure that their...

“Over the last 50 years, the Ulster Museum has developed a reputation for dealing with contested history. In the past, this has been achieved by providing an authoritative interpretation and framing of our history within a broad international perspective, and was the case with exhibitions like Kings...

“The Conflict Textiles website is a digital resource that allows users to learn more about how individuals who have experienced or been impacted by political violence have used textiles to respond to and recount their experiences. Some of the textiles on the website were made in response to the wars...

“This research project investigated the role that European memorial sites, museums and exhibitions play with respect to Holocaust education and human rights education for students who visit these sites.” (p.9)

“This project aims to strengthen the link between reflection about historical events such as the Holocaust and reflection about the history of human rights and contemporary human rights issues. Moreover, this project aims to discuss problem areas historical sites are confronted with, to share good...

“The Handbook for teachers provides teachers with inspiration and guidance on how they can best make use of visits to historical sites and museums to teach about the Holocaust and human rights.” (p.8)

“Most European Union (EU) Member States have institutions whose task is to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and its victims. Many of these institutions offer educational programmes that extend beyond the Holocaust itself and allow visiting groups, particularly young people, to reflect on...

“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development constitutes a plan of action addressing the three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – of

sustainable development through 17 Sustainable Development Goals as highly interdependent spheres of action that inform development pathways at all...

“Nobody is an island. We are interconnected. Our actions have consequences − for all of us. As we become evermore interconnected, so do the risks we share. To manage these risks, we need to understand why and how they are interconnected. Only then can we find appropriate solutions.

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“Long isolated and limited to a few famous sites of slavery and the slave trade (such as the Island of Gorée in Senegal, the Ghana forts and the Citadelle Henry Christophe in Haiti), historic towns (such as Salvador in Brazil and Cartagena in Colombia) and remains (such as plantations in the...