Members of the ARENAS consortium from project Partner CRNS recently delivered training and a workshop at the headquarters of the Ligue des droits de l’Homme (League of Human Rights), in Paris.
Beatrice Fracchiolla of the University of Lorraine and Louise Burté, a doctoral student at CREM is both on a CNRS contract for ARENAS and delivered a 90-minute training lecture, followed by a two-and-a-half-hour workshop related to the work they are doing as part of ARENAS. Their presentation was on the construction of narratives in the discourses of extremist movements. The lecture and workshop were attended by key member of the Ligue des droits de l’Homme including the Chairwoman of the LDH, Nathalie Tehio, Member of the National Board, Sophie Giroud and Lionel Brun Vallicon, Treasurer of the organisation.
The Ligue des droits de l’Homme was founded in 1898, and since then has been at the forefront of multiple fights for civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, and for justice and freedom, and stands against racial discrimination and anti-Semitism. Its long history has seen it engaging in a wide range of activities.
One of the main goals of the LDH is to stand up against all kinds of discrimination and push back against the growing influence of the far right in France and across Europe. They’re also committed to defending human rights as laid out in the EU’s constitution, working closely with the FIDH and other European leagues to make that happen.