ERC-L Human Rights Education Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1 (March 2000)

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ERC-L is a bi-weekly e-mail newsletter about new resources for human
rights education and training on the web site of Human Rights Education
Associates (HREA). The Electronic Resource Centre consists of a Human
Rights Education Library, a Calendar which lists courses and trainings
worldwide, a Human Rights Education Links section and Databases of Human
Rights Education Funders, Material Developers, Organisations, and
Trainers.  If you questions or feedback please contact us: erc@hrea.org.


## FEATURE ##

Primary School Manual: Opening the Door to Nonviolence (Croatia)

This comprehensive teacher manual was designed by the Croatian NGO Mali
Korak ("Small Step"). The manual was used with children in schools and
refugee camps in multiethnic settings, at the end of the Croatian-Serb
wars. "Opening the Door" is divided in five sections (1.  
Affirmation-Communication-Cooperation; 2. Trauma Healing; 3. Preferences
and Prejudices; 4. Conflict Resolution; 5. Peaceful Living), which consist
of 20 "workshops", each with a specific theme.

Opening the Door to Nonviolence. Peace Education Manual for Primary School
Children by Maja Uzelac, ed., Zagreb: Mali Korak, 1997. Language: English.  
Keywords: primary school, teachers, conflict resolution, lesson plans,
methodology, curriculum, Croatia. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/primary/malikorak97.html


## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ##

New additions in weeks March 1-15, 2000:

* Human Rights Album Methodology Handbook by Jana Kviecinska (Bratislava:  
Information and Documentation Centre on the Council of Europe/Academia
Istropolitana/Milan Simecka Foundation, 1996). Languages: English, Slovak.  
Keywords: teachers, lesson plans, high school level, European Convention
on Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/hralbum.html

* Human Rights Education Newsletter, Issue Nr. 21, Autumn 1998 (published
by the Education in Human Rights Network/Centre for Global Education,
United Kingdom). Language: English. Keywords: HRE programmes, networking,
reviews, events. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/HREnewsletter/index.html

* Human Rights Glossary by Albert Jongman and Alex Schmid (Washington, DC:  
America's Development Foundation, 1996). Language: Russian. Keywords:  
glossary, Russian Federation. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/reference/hrglossary_ru.html

* Planning for the Future: Citizenship Education in Latin America by
Felisa Tibbitts and Judith Torney-Purta (Cambridge, MA/Washington, DC:  
HREA/Inter-American Development Bank, 1999) Language: English. Keywords:  
research, citizenship education, Latin America, programming, policy. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/research_evaluation/idb99.html

* The United Nations' System of Human Rights Protection: Educational
packet (Warsaw: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Poland, 1997).
Languages:  English, Polish. Keywords: UN system, lesson plans, individual
complaints, UN Human Rights Commission, refugees, children's rights, URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/monitoring/HFHR/index.html


## Other publications added ##

* An Advocates Guide to the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human
Rights by International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (Toronto:  
ICASO, 1999). Languages: English, French, Spanish. Keywords: HIV/AIDS,
advocacy, education, awareness raising. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/reference/HIV-AIDS-advocacy99.html

* Human Rights Reference Handbook by T.R.G. Van Banning (The Hague:  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1999, 2nd edition). Language: English.  
Keywords: European mechanisms of human rights protection, monitoring,
Council of Europe, European Union, OSCE. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/reference/banning99.html

* Human Rights Education - in a European Perspective by Anette Faye
Jacobsen. (Danish Centre for Human Rights and The Danish National
Commission for UNESCO, 1999). Language: Danish and English. Keywords:
human rights education programming, Western and Central and Eastern
Europe, methodology. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/curriculum_methodology/jacobsen99.html

* Making Standards Work: An International Handbook on Good Prison Practice
by Penal Reform International (The Hague: Penal Reform International,
1995) Languages: English, Spanish. Keywords: penal reform, prison
conditions, law enforcement officials, prison officials. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/prison_officials/standards.html


## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ##

New courses added:

* Training and Internship Programme on the Rule of Law, Democracy and Human 
Rights
Dates: 12 June-18 July 2000
Focus: 3-Week training programme for jurists from Central and Eastern Europe
Location: The Hague (the Netherlands)/Strasbourg (France)
Deadline of application: 15 March 2000
Organisation: Netherlands Helsinki Committee
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/june2000.html

* Summer Course on Refugee Issues (Centre for Refugee Studies, York University)
Dates: 11-18 June 2000
Focus: Postgraduate training in refugee issues for up to fifty 
practitioners inside and outside government who work on some aspect of 
refugee protection or assistance.
Location: Toronto (Canada)
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/june2000.html


## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ##

* Brazilian Human Rights Educators Network (RBEDH) [in Portuguese]: 
http://www.dhnet.org.br
* HURIGHTS-Osaka (Japan) [in English and Japanese]: http://www.hurights.or.jp
* Mali Korak/Centre for Non-Violence (Croatia) [in English and 
Serbo-Croatian]: http://www.human-rights.net/MALI-KORAK
* Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) [in English, French and 
Portuguese]: http://www.wildaf.org.zw/


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