################################################# # ERC-L Volume 2, Issue # 2 (March 2001) # # 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 at: erc@hrea.org. ## FEATURE ## It's About Me and Human Rights This student textbook, intended for an optional human rights course for grades 6 and 7, helps children to understand what human rights are, what they are threatened by and what could help protect them. Through various creative tasks, students are asked to apply the concepts to tier own family, school and larger society. The textbook was developed by the Jaan Tõnisson Institute in cooperation with Tallinn Pedagogical University and is accompanied by a teacher manual. * It's About Me and Human Rights. (Tallinn: Jaan Tõnisson Institute, 1997). Language(s): English, Russian. Keywords: student textbooks, secondary school level, curriculum, Universal Declaration, Estonia. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/secondary/aboutme.html ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ## New additions in weeks 1-15 March 2001: * Citizenship Education and Human Rights Education: An International Overview (The British Council, 2000). Language(s): English. Keywords: report, civic education, citizenship education, curriculum development, formal education, non-formal education, Australia, Austria, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, England, Wales, Germany, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Latvia, Malaysia, Namibia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania, USA. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/curriculum_methodology/bc00.html * The New ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention 1999 (London: Hallmark Press, 2001). Language(s): English, French, and Spanish. Keywords: brochure, unionists, child labour, children's rights, rights of the child, Convention on the Rights of the Child, ILO Convention 182, ILO Resolution 190, Togo, Guatemala, International Labour Organization (ILO). URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/unionists/brown01.html * "Political Rights in a Democracy" in: Human Rights for All by Edward O'Brien, Eleanor Greene and David McQuiod-Mason (Minneapolis: West Publishing Company, 1996). Language(s): English. Keywords: lesson activity, secondary school level, high school level, political participation, civil and political rights, democracy, Universal Declaration of Human Rights. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/secondary/democracy4all.html ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ## New courses added: * Seminar on Violence Against Young Women Dates: 21-27 May 2001 Level: (under) graduate, professional Focus: Purpose of this seminar is to raise awareness further and attention to the cases of violence against young women and to provide a forum for exchange of ideas, cooperation and networking between youth organisations, women's organisations and other institutions engaged in dealing with the issue. The working languages will be English and Russian with simultaneous interpretation. Location: Budapest (Hungary) Deadline of application: 16 April 2001 Organisation: European Youth Centre-Budapest URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/230.html * Summer Course on International Humanitarian Law Dates: 3-10 June 2001 Level: (under) graduate, professional Focus: This course is designed to interest people in what is a challenging and controversial area of international law. The course aims to give participants a solid understanding of international humanitarian law, both from an academic as well as a practical stand point. Location: Galway (Ireland) Deadline of application: -- Organisation: Irish Centre for Human Rights, International Committee of the Red Cross URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/231.html * Summer Course on International Humanitarian Law Dates: 9-22 July 2001 Level: (under)graduate Focus: Topics covered include military necessity and humanitarian considerations, prohibited weapons in the conduct of hostilities, treatment of prisoners of war, and war crimes. Location: San Remo (Italy) and Geneva (Switzerland) Deadline of application: -- Organisation: International Institute of Humanitarian Law URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/223.html * Training Course "Development and Democratisation through Participation and Citizenship" Dates: 1-8 May 2001 Level: (under) graduate, professional Focus: The goals of this course is to train and empower ethnic minority NGOs leaders to develop projects and associative strategies committed to the advancement of a civil society based on participation, intercultural education and human rights in a Caucasus-wide perspective. Location: Tblisi (Georgia) Deadline of application: 24 March 2001 Organisation: Public Movement Multinational Georgia URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/229.html * Workshop on Regional Human Rights Procedures in Africa Dates: 27 August-5 September 2001 Level: professional Focus: Topics covered during this workshop for human rights workers in Africa include an introduction to the international and comparative law of human rights; the African regional system for human rights protection; domestic application of international law; economic and social rights; and the rights of children. The working languages are English and French. Location: Banjul (Gambia) Deadline of application: -- Organisation: Institute for Human Rights and Development URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/220.html ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ## * Center for Citizenship Education (Poland) [in English and Polish]: http://www.ceo.org.pl/ * Law Enforcement Forum - Danish Centre for Human Rights (Denmark) [in English]: http://www.humanrights.dk/LEF ## 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. For example, if you would like to retrieve the Human Rights Education Calendar for July 2001, you need to send a message to: getweb@hrea.org, leave the subject line empty and copy the URL of the July Calendar into the message, like this: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/july2001.html You will then receive the Web page via e-mail. 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