The University has also established the UPEACE Human Rights Centre which was created within the contours of the broader mission of the University to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace and with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations.

In particular, the work of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre seeks to promote understanding, respect and enjoyment of universal human rights.

The website of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre states that the Centre takes a practice based approach to the respect, protection and fulfillment of human rights and promotes the integration of theory and practice.

Over the last few years, the UPEACE Human Rights Centre has conducted several training courses for policy makers, staff members of the UN and other inter-governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, practitioners, academics and civil servants.

In January 2012, UPEACE created a new Centre at The Hague, Netherlands ( UPEACE The Hague ), which is housed at the Academy Building of the Peace Palace, next to The Hague Academy of International Law.

In 2010, the UPEACE Asia Pacific Centre ( UPAPC ) was established in Seoul, The Republic of Korea.

The European Centre for Peace and Development ( ECPD ) in Belgrade, Serbia ; the World Centre for Training and Research in Conflict Resolution ( WCCR ) in Bogotá, Colombia ; and the World Centre for Research for Peace ( CMIP ) in Montevideo, Uruguay, have developed close links with their respective governments while being key UPEACE partners in areas of common interest.

* UPEACE Human Rights Centre

* UPEACE Centre for Executive Education

The University for Peace ( UPEACE ) was established in Costa Rica in 1980 “ to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations .”

Thereafter, by Resolution 35 / 55 of 5 December 1980, the UN General Assembly approved the establishment of the University for Peace by adopting the International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace ( UPEACE ) along with the Charter of the University for Peace.

The Headquarters and main campus of UPEACE also hosts the International Secretariat of the Earth Charter Initiative, whose stated mission is " to promote the transition to sustainable ways of living and a global society founded on a shared ethical framework that includes respect and care for the community of life, ecological integrity, universal human rights, respect for diversity, economic justice, democracy, and a culture of peace.

In 2012, the Earth Charter Initiative and UPEACE were jointly awarded the UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Development and the Earth Charter.

The work related to this UNESCO Chair will be carried out at the newly constructed ' Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development ' at the UPEACE main campus.

As a result of extensive international consultations, which have underlined the importance of according a high priority to activities in Africa, the University for Peace ( UPEACE ) officially launched its Africa Programme in January 2002.

The University for Peace ( UPEACE ) established its Africa Programme in 2002 on the basis of extensive consultations in the continent which aimed at developing a programme that responded to the true needs, aspirations and obstacles for education for building peace in Africa.

UPEACE has been offering Master ’ s Degree Programmes at its Costa Rica campus for students from all parts of the world since its establishment.

Apart from its online MA in Sustainable Peace in the Contemporary World, UPEACE also offers a series of individual online courses that can be taken for both academic credits or for certificates.

The UPEACE Sharing Knowledge for Peace Program ( SKP ) is a distance learning initiative which ensures that those unable to attend courses in Costa Rica or in one of the other UPEACE locations are reached through state-of-the-art dissemination methods. View from Costa Rica Campus

UPEACE offers graduate and advance undergraduate students from other institutions the opportunity to enrol in UPEACE ’ s Study Abroad Programme ( SAP ) in three different ways:

Hundreds of students from over 100 countries have received graduate degrees from UPEACE.

UPEACE / US projects include DCPEACE, an initiative to empower teachers, youth, and families with the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively serve as peacebuilders in their communities and PeaceRooms, a program that connect classrooms of middle school students from Costa Rica and Washington D. C. through the use of innovative virtual networking technology for the purpose of developing core concepts of global citizenship and peace education. UPEACE / US website

In addition to the activities at the Costa Rica Headquarters Campus, UPEACE works with an increasing number of partners in various parts of the world to ensure that the UPEACE mission is extended to reach as many individuals and institutions as possible.

UPEACE aims to instill in their students a ‘ sense of hope ’ that forever ‘ changes their lives ’ and world vision in order to transform conflicts and promote sustainable peace and security.

UPEACE has inherent links with the UN, while maintaining its independence in academic, financial and management matters.

The UN Secretary-General is the Honorary President of UPEACE.

The UN General Assembly maintains a constant interest in the activities of UPEACE, and in periodic resolutions calls on the UN Secretary-General to report to it on its activities.

Accordingly, the UN Secretary-General reports to the General Assembly of the UN periodically on the progress of UPEACE.

the Rector, two representatives designated by the UN Secretary-General and by the Director-General of the UNESCO, the Rector of the United Nations University, two representatives designated by the Government of the host country and the Chancellor of UPEACE.

UPEACE The Hague will focus on education and research at the forefront of peace studies, closely cooperating with academic and policy-oriented institutions in The Hague region.

UPEACE The Hague will initially advance three fields where it can be innovative and complementary: Peace & Conflict Studies, Water & Peace, and Urban Peace & Security.

In addition, UPEACE The Hague will strengthen peace education in The Hague region by organising professional trainings, lectures, seminars, and workshops.

The Geneva Office of UPEACE, established in 2001, has continued to support the development of the overall activities of the University, in particular its regional programmes in Africa and Central Asia.

* W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia

Keem BayAchill Archaeological Field School is based at the Achill Archaeology Centre in Dooagh, which has served as a catalyst for a wide array of archaeological investigations on the island.

* Vladimir Petrov, How South Caucasus was armed, Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies ( Moscow, Russia )

Spilman and Shaw, both students at Kentucky's Centre College, compiled their tunebook both for public worship and revivals, to satisfy " the wants of the Church in her triumphal march.

His Esquisse d ' un programme ( 1984 ) is a proposal for a position at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, which he held from 1984 to his retirement in 1988.

* Albrecht Dürer: The siege of a fortress at the Canadian Centre for Architecture

It is controlled by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology ( WHOCC ), and was first published in 1976.

* Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, The University of Sydney

Father Thomas Carroll, who founded the Carroll Centre for the Blind, wrote Blindness: What It Is, What It Does and How to Live with It in 1961.

* Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park: website for the museum, contains information and photos about current state of the battlefield

* NNFCC: The UK's National Centre for Biorenewable Energy, Fuels and Materials

* Africa Institute for the Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous and other Wastes aka Basel Convention Regional Centre Pretoria

* Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Asia and the Pacific

" Station X ", " London Signals Intelligence Centre " and " Government Communications Headquarters " were all cover names that were used during the war, and the latter ( GCHQ ) was adopted for the successor peacetime organisation that still bears this name.

), Challenges of Security Sector Governance in West Africa, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces / Lit Verlag, June 2008, pp 75 – 92

* Centre for the History of the Book

He spent his first winter using his upside-down boat for shelter, which is reflected in the architecture of the village's Community Centre.

Translation by Mark Elvin, Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan.

* Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, an academic research centre focusing on crime and justice issues

* Based on their book Category Theory for Computing Science, Centre de recherches mathématiques CRM, 1999.

* Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis

* Centre for Policy Research, a think tank in New Delhi, India

* Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage Research

* Tyndall Centre – Assessing the potential for geological carbon sequestration in the UK

* The Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research ( BCCR – Norway )