Course 2R03: Human Rights Advocacy (in Russian)
15 September-7 December 2003

Instructor: Krassimir Kanev

This distance learning course provides human rights activists with a range of proven human rights advocacy methods and critical concepts as a means for them to reflect on and deepen their own work. The course will look at the theoretical foundations and critical issues of human rights advocacy, elements of advocacy planning, and strategies for action.

The course involves approximately 60 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructors/facilitators and assignments, and is offered over a 12-week period, beginning on 15 September 2003. E-mail will be the main medium for the course, although participants will need to have periodic access to the Web. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on peer-to-peer learning. Participants will do the required readings, prepare interim and final assignments and participate in group discussions.

The course is intended for staff members of human rights and social justice organisations in Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Newly Independent States and Central Asia. Candidates should have a good written command of Russian and have high competence and comfort with computer and Internet use.