:: EUROPEAN FORUM OF STUDENTS FOR LEGALITY

[Nina Pavlovska]

:: EUROPEAN FORUM OF STUDENTS FOR LEGALITY

December 5-7, 2010 The European Forum of Students for Legality took place in the European Capital of Youth - Turin, Italy from the 5^th - 7^th December 2010. 30 students from 22 different European countries, representing student and youth organizations had an opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences from different student movements and initiatives. Impressive was the fact that despite the different realities the participants were coming from they agreed upon common principals and commitments and produced the Declaration of the European Students for Legality.

After the Forum the participants had an opportunity to join a bigger FLARE event  at the European Parliament in the 'capital of the EU' Brussels for the 9th December - the global Anti-Corruption Day and 10th December - International Human Rights Day. These two events resulted with building international partnerships and networks among the participants and their youth organizations committed to promotion of human rights and legality. 

 

This project is only a beginning of a great journey for Legality! All the participants have already joined the FLARE21 youth platform and have become part of our common international youth legality movement! The declaration is disseminated widely, participants are writing articles in different languages and realizing presentations at their universities and in the communities.

 

Follow up activities and projects shall be announced soon, so stay tuned with FLARE21!

The forum was supported by the City of Turin and was promoted by FLARE Network in partnership with the students' organizations at the University of Turin UniLIbera and Studenti Indipendenti.

 

Here are some of the actions by the participants as follow up:

 

European Students for Legality,  Written by Diana-Adela Ionita

 

blog: http://students4legality.blogspot.com/

 

[Wurie Mamadu Tamba Barrie]

Thanks, It can be replicated in Sierra Leone, Can u share more insights on it formation and successes.

[Nina Pavlovska]

Dear Wurrie, feel free to dissiminate it. 

The declaration was written by young students form all over Europe after reflecting on their university realities upon their countries. At the moment we are disseminating it and using it as awareness tool. Young people ale learning about it and writing about it. If needed somewhere we shall act upon it! 

Recently we acted upon the situation in Belarus. We showed international support for the students that we detained and arrested during the presidential elections. We shall see where our mission takes us next. 

 

[Wurie Mamadu Tamba Barrie]

Ok, Nina, I will bring it up at the GYAC Sierra Leone Meeting next week to chat the way forward on the replication of the declaration that best fit the situation in Sierra Leone.

 

Is that ok, Nina? Let me know... if there are more advice you may wish to give to me... that will be great.

 

Thanks