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# ERC-L Volume 1, Issue # 12 (September 2000) #
# A bi-weekly newsletter with updates from the #
# Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education #
# Maintained by HREA #
# http://erc.hrea.org #
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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 have questions or feedback, please contact us at:
erc@hrea.org.
## FEATURE ##
Case Studies in Human Rights Education: Examples from Central and Eastern
Europe
Case studies of human rights education programmes in Albania (text
development), Czech Republic (citizenship education), Poland (human rights
and the media), Romania (extracurricular arts), Slovakia (teacher
training), Ukraine (law education in high schools), Slovakia ("All
Different-All Equal" youth campaign) and Russia (research and evaluation).
Case Studies in Human Rights Education: Examples from Central and Eastern
Europeby Felisa Tibbitts (Amsterdam/Cambridge: HREA, 1997). Language:
English. Keywords: research, human rights education programming, teacher
training, text development, law education, citizenship education, media,
Central Europe, Eastern Europe. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/research_evaluation/HREcase_studies.html
## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ##
New additions in weeks 1-15 September 2000:
* Guidelines for Teaching About the Holocaust (Washington DC: United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d.). Language: English. Keywords:
teacher guide, Holocaust, methodology, history education, civic education,
United States. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/teachers/ushmm00.html
* The Bells of Freedom: with Resource Materials for Facilitators of
Non-Formal Education and 24 Human Rights Echo Sessions by Action
Professionals Association for the People (Addis Abeba, 1996). Languages:
English, French, Japanese. Keywords: community education, adult education,
facilitators, right to education, Convention on the Elimination of All
Discrimination Against Women, Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Ethiopia. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/Bells_of_Freedom/index.html
## Other publications added ##
* Child Rights Advocacy Project by Gabriella Cooper, Dan Seymour,
Christine Faure and Federica Donati (London: Save the Children-UK, 1998).
Language: English. Keywords: guide, advocacy, children's rights, rights
of the child, human rights protection mechanisms, International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights, Second Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Convention on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Convention Against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Save the
Children. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/reference/child-rights.html
* The Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples (New York: People's Decade for
Human Rights Education, n.d.). Language: English. Keywords: reference,
indigenous peoples, ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (No.
169), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, Draft Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic,
Religious or Linguistic Minorities. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/reference/pdhre99.html
* 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign: Bibliography and
Resource List (Center for Women's Global Leadership, New Brunswick, 1999).
Language: English. Keywords: bibliography, audio-visual materials,
violence against women, women's rights. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/bibliographies/16days.html
## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ##
New courses added:
* Advanced Course and Training Program in Peace and Human Rights
Dates: 4 - 22 June 2001
Level: professional
Focus: Specialised summer study session focusing on international human
rights law and the power of nonviolence.
Location: Hawai'i
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/112.html
* Health and Human Rights: Train-the-Trainers Course
Date: 16-20 October 2000
Level: professional
Focus: The course is aimed at teaching staff in institutions training
health professionals - Universities, Technikons, Nursing Colleges and other
Training Facilities. Participants should ideally be teachers active in
undergraduate or postgraduate teaching in a position to introduce or
facilitate ongoing sustainability of training initiatives beyond the course.
Location: Cape Town (South Africa)
Deadline of application: 9 October 2000
Organisation: Department of Public Health, University of Cape Town
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/154.html
* Eighth Women's Global Leadership Institute "Women's Leadership in a
Globalizing World"
Dates: 11-22 June 2001
Level: professional
Focus: The Institute "Women's Leadership in a Globalizing World" will bring
together leaders who have been working on issues of women's human rights
including local and national organisers, policy makers, researchers and
activists.
Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA)
Deadline of application: 3 January 2001
Organisation: Center for Women's Global Leadership
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/153.html
* International Labour Standards
Date: 16-27 October 2000
Level: professional
Focus: This is an interregional course aimed at up-dating participants'
knowledge of the standard-setting and supervisory system of the ILO
Conventions. It deals with the following subjects: content of International
Labour Standards, submission, ratification and denunciation of standards,
reporting procedures, supervisory machinery, role of employers' and
workers' organisations, technical assistance in the field of standards,
links between standards and technical co-operation.
Location: Turin (Italy) and Geneva (Switzerland)
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: International Training Centre of the International Labour
Organization (ILO)
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/127.html
* Labour Rights, International Labour Standards and Globalization
Dates: 6-17 November 2000
Level: professional
Focus: This course aims at strengthening national capacity in promoting the
application of International Labour Standards, so as to combine economic
development with social progress within the framework of a global world
economy.
Location: Turin (Italy) and Geneva (Switzerland)
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: International Training Centre of the International Labour
Organization (ILO)
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/128.html
* Myths And Reality: The Legal Framework Of Modern Peacekeeping
Dates: 19-30 March 2001
Level: professional
Focus: The course describes and explores relevant issues arising from the
continued evolution of the major areas of international law affecting
peacekeeping. Working language is English.
Location: Clementsport (Canada)
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping
Training Centre
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/151.html
## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ##
* HURDOC databases (Norway) [in English and Norwegian]:
http://cassin.uio.no/sift/hren.shtml
* Southern Africa Human Rights NGO Network (SAHRINGON) [in English]:
http://www.afronet.org.za/sahringon/sahringon.htm
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