Human and Children’s Rights in the Context of Education and School Mediation

There is common understanding among the member states of the UN on Human and Children’s Rights and that everyone has a right to life, liberty, and security of person. Children are entitled to special care. Social changes caused by migration or armed conflicts affect families and may have negative consequences on children’s welfare. Violent family structures are often transported into the schools. Evidence on school mediation and conflict resolution programs between peers seems to be a good method to teach children how to resolve conflicts peacefully. This paper also researches how such programs can contribute to a more conflict-free society.

The Evolution of Student Free Speech: Tinker and Beyond

There are no secure rights without the right of free speech. Free speech is the right that is necessary to defend all other rights. Student free speech is an essential foundation for societal free speech. We will not have a society that values and protects free speech without valuing and protecting free speech for students. Schools must serve as the essential nurseries of our democracy and as examples of the responsible exercise of rights in a free society including free speech. We cannot expect students to spend most of their waking hours in institutions devoid of meaningful rights to freedom of speech and then emerge as adults prepared to exercise and defend democratic freedoms including free speech. Students who learn to exercise free speech rights in schools are more likely to become adults ready to exercise free speech rights in a civil democracy. This article addresses the ongoing evolution of student free speech rights in the U.S., providing a brief overview of free speech law; a review of student speech law in public K-12 schools and in public higher education institutions; a guide to applying the Tinker test in practice; a discussion of the continuing evolution of student speech law in public educational institutions; a review of freedom of the press in public educational institutions; and conclusions on the evolution of student speech.

On the Possible Deconstruction of the Swedish Drug Policy

Sweden has the strictest drug policy among the Nordic countries. The debate for a change has clearly increased in the last years and public authorities have come out in favour of evaluating the effects of criminalization of use. The government, however, sticks to “Sweden drug-free society” and increases penalization.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the willingness to sacrifice for the environment: The Austrian case

Previous analyses of environmentally conscious intentions showed that the willingness to sacrifice for the environment decreased during the COVID-19 crisis in Austria. There is a large body of empirical research and theoretical models dealing with the explanation of environmental behavior, but these explanations have always been considered in the context of a pandemic-free society. The aim of this research note is therefore to consider the willingness to sacrifice in a crisis period. The data used for the analyses is the Austrian part of the international ‘Values in Crisis’ survey. For this purpose, more than 2000 individuals were surveyed online about their values, social orientations and their current life situation during the first COVID-19 wave (May 2020). Blockwise regression models are used to examine the influence of crisis perceptions, environmental attitudes and values on the willingness to sacrifice for the environment. The analyses show a relatively strong influence of environmental attitudes and values, but also additional effects of concerns about the COVID-19 crisis and especially its economic impact.

Hospitality Virtue Taught by Saththanar: Study Based on The Manimekalai

Manimekalai is an epic created by Satan in order to uplift the degenerate social trend. In this he has also emphasized Buddhist thought by emphasizing hospitality as a high virtue. Hunger is natural for living things, especially monitors. That needs to be addressed. He points out that the hungry need hospitality. Satan claims that medicine is food for the hungry and that disease must be avoided. The high opinion is that all people, irrespective of country, language or ethnicity, should be protected from the scourge of famine. The survey was conducted with the aim of building a famine-free society with the lofty goal of eradicating the deadly disease of hunger that plagued human society. Satan's Manimekalai has been used primarily for this study, and related essays, journals, and electronic commentaries have also been used as research data. The study also suggests that more such studies should be conducted by researchers in view of famine-free social formation.