################################################## # ERC-L Volume 1, Issue # 3 (April 2000) # # A bi-weekly newsletter with updates from the # # Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education # # Maintained by HREA # # http://erc.hrea.org # ################################################## 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 have questions or feedback, please contact us: erc@hrea.org. ## FEATURE ## Weaving Ties of Friendship, Trust and Commitment to Build Democracy and Human Rights in Peru In the 1980s and early 1990s Peru was heavily effected by violence - from terrorists, drug traffickers and the Peruvian military's counteractions. In response the Peruvian Institute for Education in Human Rights and Peace (IPEDEHP) created a training programme that reached out to teachers and community leaders who had been particularly affected by the violence. This study focuses on a training programme for community leaders in human rights, democracy, and citizen participation that began in 1996. It describes the training process and explores the impact that this programme has had on the community leaders themselves, their families and people that they trained or otherwise assisted when they returned to their communities. It also explores the possibilities to apply the IPEDEHP methodology in other contexts and cultures. IPEDEHP is an initiating member of the Peruvian Human Rights Education Network, established in 1986. Weaving Ties of Friendship, Trust and Commitment to Build Democracy and Human Rights in Peru by Marcia Bernbaum (Washington, DC, 1999). Languages: English, Spanish. Keywords: evaluation, training of trainers, community leaders, violence, Peru. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/research_evaluation/IPEDEHP.html ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ## New additions in weeks 1-15 April 2000: * 10 Basic Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement Officials by Amnesty International (London: Amnesty International-International Secretariat, 1998). Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish. Keywords: law enforcement officials, police, criminal justice. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/law_enforcement/standards.html * Critical Choices for Hungary: Issue Materials for Social Science Curricula by Ferenc Hammer, ed. (Budapest: Joint Eastern Europe Center for Democratic Education and Governance, 1995). Language: English. Keywords: textbook, secondary school level, high school level, civic education, citizenship education, Hungary. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/secondary/critical-choices.html * Teaching Guide to the European Convention on Human Rights by The World Association for the School as an Instrument of Peace/EIP (Geneva/Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 1997). Language: English. Keywords: teacher guide, teachers, pedagogy, civic education, Bosnia-Herzegovina, European system of human rights protection, European Convention on Human Rights, Council of Europe. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/teachers/Teaching-ECHR.html ## Other publications added ## * Human Rights Capacity-Building and Advocacy Work (New York: Human Rights Program/Fund for Peace, 1997). Language: English. Keywords: human rights advocacy, capacity building, human rights NGOs, rights of the disabled, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somaliland. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/organisational_development/ffpeace.html * Lost Futures: The Problem of Child Labor (Washington, DC: American Federation of Teachers, 2000). Language: English. Keywords: video, teacher's guide, middle school level, children's rights, rights of the child, Pakistan, USA. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/secondary/aft.html * Thesaurus of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Terminology and Potential Violations by Stephen A. Hansen (Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science/HURIDOCS, 1999). Languages: English, French, Spanish. Keywords: thesaurus, socio-economic rights, cultural rights, United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/reference/ecosoc_thesaurus.html * Training Module on Women's Traditional Conflict Resolution and Mediating Practices (Freetown: FAWE Sierra Leone Chapter/UNESCO, 1999). Language: English. Keywords: training modules, conflict resolution, adult education, gender issues, peace building, women's rights, African Charter of Human and People's Rights, Beijing Declaration on the Rights of Women, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Sierra Leone. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/women/conflictres.html ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ## New courses added: * Summer School on OSCE Dates: 3 - 15 July 2000 Level: professional Description: The courses and special events are designed to provide diplomats who are going to work with OSCE delegations and institutions, and other individuals (scholars, NGO representatives, etc.) intending to work in the areas of fact-finding, human-rights, election monitoring, peaceful settlement of disputes, and other types of international diplomatic and civilian missions with the following: thorough knowledge of the history, functioning, and current activities of the OSCE; and training in working more effectively within the OSCE diplomatic and OSCE NGO milieu. Location: Stadtschlaining (Austria) Deadline of application: 15 May 2000 Organisation: Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/july2000.html * Summer School: Human Rights for the 21st Century Dates: 22 - 29 July 2000 Level: undergraduate Description: This course takes a look at the legal and diplomatic aspects of human rights as they operate today, at global, regional and national levels, and at the work of the key players. Location: Westonbirt (United Kingdom) Deadline of application: 1 June 2000 Organisation: Birkbeck College URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/july2000.html ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ## * Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria (South Africa) [in English]: http://www.up.ac.za/chr/ * Charter 88 (United Kingdom) [in English]: http://www.charter88.org.uk * Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) (Nepal) [in English]: http://www.south-asia.com/insec/ * Women, Law and Development International (WLD) (USA) [in English]: http://www.wld.org ## RETRIEVE DOCUMENTS VIA E-MAIL ## You can access documents and Web pages listed in this newsletter via e-mail. Send a message to the following e-mail address: getweb@hrea.org. Leave the SUBJECT field BLANK, and copy the URL (Internet address) into the BODY of the message. 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