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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | December 2024
✊HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL EDITION ✊
in honour of the
SAKHAROV PRIZE
Welcome to the December edition of the European Student Think Tank monthly newsletter – dedicated to sharing the relevant news and updates, publications, events, positions and opportunities from the EST.
As you might have grasped, this VOL. will put a spotlight on HUMAN RIGHTS, marking the Sakharov Prize – EU’s highest honour for human rights work!
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NEWS & UPDATES
✍ Our final REPORT on the SAKHAROV PRIZE
With the intention to put the spotlight on the award and, more in general, on Human Rights, our Communications Officer Samanta Brahaj (who attended last week in person the event at the European Parliament in Strasbourg) wrote a report on the 2024 Sakharov Prize with special insights you cannot find anywhere else!
🔗CLICK HERE TO READ IT RIGHT NOW!
🗣️ We were there! And here is what happened..
If you don’t know or have forgotten what the Sakharov Prize is, don’t worry! We’ve got you covered! 🤝LOOK AT OUR IG POST (🔗CLICK HERE TO BE DIRECTED TO THE IG POST) or WATCH OUR TIKTOK (🔗CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT) that explain in a simple and engaging way everything you need to know📚.
And if you couldn’t attend in person, here is our recap that will make you feel like you were actually there✨, too!
🔗CLICK HERE TO SEE IT!
Last but not least, these are the most significant words 🗣️, gestures ✊, and moments that we will never be able to forget!🔗CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT MOMENTS AT THE 2024 SAKHAROV PRIZE EVENT ALTERED OUR 🧠 BRAIN CHEMISTRY!
PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES
📝🗞️ Our ARTICLES on HUMAN RIGHTS
The EST has been working and conducting research on human rights for 14 years now. We are proud and eager to share our work!
Find here a list and a brief overview of our special selection of articles on human rights.
Click on the 🔗links to read the complete publications📃✍️!
- “Access to Water As A Human Right: The Case of the Palestine Conflict”, written by: Marina Muñoz Bernad
- With 700 million people predicted to be displaced by 2030 because of droughts and water-stressed regions facing double the pressure by 2050, is the world closer to seeing a “water war” and million of people being denied the human right of water or an efficient “water diplomacy” and conflict mitigation?
- 🔗 CLICK HERE to READ IT
- “The European Housing Crisis from the Human Rights Perspective”, written by: Pola Zabuska
- The housing crisis is worsening across Europe and many people are struggling to find affordable and safe homes. Is housing being treated more as a commodity than a human right by governments? Can governments shift their focus from economic growth to social needs and ensure the right to housing for everyone? Is a human rights-based approach a possible solution to this growing problem?
- 🔗 CLICK HERE to READ IT
- “European Peace Facility: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”, written by: Zoe Nakoma Hartwig
- Since 2021, the European Peace Facility (EPF) has seen a significant shift in the EU’s security and defence strategy, including sending lethal weapons to Ukraine. What are the positive and negative impacts of this development and how is the EPF reshaping EU’s global identity, influence and security?
- 🔗 CLICK HERE to READ IT
EVENTS
📸 The Sakharov Prize in pictures
If for any reason you cannot access our content on the Sakharov Prize on Social Media, do not worry! We got you!
Here are some pictures from the event!
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES & OPPORTUNITIES
The next few months promise to be an exciting period for the European Student Think Tank, with a range of new projects and initiatives set to launch!
1. The EU-MENA Observatory will release their ‘Five Countries to Watch in 2025’ at the end of December.
2. The International Office will release a new publication on January 6th analysing the Trump Administration’s relationship with the EU.
3. Applications for the European Policy Prize will open mid-January. Stay tuned!
We would like to thank you all for following EST.
We sincerely hope that you will continue to be active readers of our research articles, policy papers and infographics.
We wish you a peaceful holiday season and look forward to an exciting year ahead.