Study Group on Democracy, Diversity and Human Rights

Aligned with the mission and values of the Institution, the Study Group "Democracy,
Diversity and Human Rights", is linked to the Law Undergraduate Course at CEDIN School.

The Study Group's central objective is to map and offer answers to the
community's demands, especially to the demands of systematically vulnerable groups, linking the Law graduation course to training focused on social reality, for the defense of rights, and for the promotion of diversity, especially in the Minas Gerais territory.

For this purpose, the Study Group will be used to train professionals who are sensitive to the problems experienced by the population, especially the vulnerable populations, in order to think of strategies to solve their demands and to build a society that promotes the rights to diversity and difference.

General Objective

The Study Group's central objective is to map and offer answers to the
community's demands, especially to the demands of systematically vulnerable groups, linking the Law graduation course to the formation focused on social reality, on the defense of rights, and on the promotion of democracy, diversity, and difference, especially in the territory of Minas Gerais.

Objetivos Específicos

  • Produzir pesquisas e saberes sobre Democracia, Diversidade e Direitos Humanos.
  • Produzir materiais técnicos sobre Democracia, Diversidade e Direitos Humanos.

  • Desenvolver diagnósticos e prognósticos para as demandas da comunidade, especialmente para as populações socialmente vulnerabilizadas.

  • Articular com outras entidades de pesquisa, órgãos governamentais e não governamentais para melhor alcançar os objetivos do Núcleo.

  • Realizar seminários, cursos e palestras sobre as temáticas de Direitos Humanos, democracia, direito à diversidade, direito à diferença e participação popular.

  • Fomentar discussões sobre Democracia e Direitos Humanos na Faculdade CEDIN e promover a tolerância e o respeito à diversidade.

  • Fomentar a participação de representantes de grupos sistematicamente vulnerabilizados nas atividades do grupo de pesquisa.

Research Lines

Human Rights violations and the networks to guarantee rights;

- Democracy, diversity and the Brazilian history;
- Tolerance, hate speech and democracy;
- Critical Theory of Democracy and Human Rights.