ERC-L Human Rights Education Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 6 (July 2001)

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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 ##

Teaching for Human Rights: Pre-school and Grades 1-4

This manual is based upon unique program of curriculum development and
research in Australia, which involved more than 150 schools and teachers
and was initiated by the Human Rights Commission. Each participant
undertook to mount a human rights project of some kind in the classroom or
school, and to report in detail to the Commission at the end of the year
as to what had worked, what hadn't, and why. To provide a starting point
for those unsure of how best to begin, the Commission had developed its
own teaching materials, which it made available to those taking part.

Teaching for Human Rights provides specific suggestions, proven in
practice, of what to do and why, for pre-school and lower primary teachers
who want to foster children's feelings of self-esteem and social
tolerance.  The suggestions are prefaced by a brief rationale that defines
human rights and explains how they are predicated upon a basic set of
humane values, that express in turn the complementary feelings identified
above. The manual was out of print and has been reproduced in full-text in
electronic format.

* Teaching for Human Rights: Pre-school and Grades 1-4 by Ralph Pettman et
al (Canberra: Human Rights Commission, 1986). Language: English. Keywords:
teacher manual, pre-school level, elementary school level, primary school
level, values education, tolerance, children's rights, rights of the
child, Australia. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/teachers/Teaching-HR-1-4.html


## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ##

New additions in weeks 1-15 July 2001:

* Electoral Dictionary, Part 2 (San José: CAPEL/IIDH, 2000, 2nd edition). 
Language(s): Spanish. Keywords: dictionary, reference, elections, 
democracy, multiparty system, election monitoring, right to vote, civil 
and political rights, Latin America. URL: 
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/reference/capel00.html

* The European Convention on Human Rights: Starting Points for Teachers by
Mark Taylor (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2000). Language(s): English,
French. Keywords: teacher guide, teachers, secondary school level,
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Council of Europe. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/teachers/taylor00.html

* Human Rights Education Manual by Carlos Hugo Avila M. (Oficina de la
Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos
Humanos-Guatemala, 1999). Language(s): Spanish. Keywords: manual,
facilitators, community groups, adult education, popular education,
national systems of human rights protection, rights of indigenous peoples,
children's rights, rights of the child, women's rights, right to health
and healthcare, rights of the disabled, rights of persons living with
HIV/AIDS, ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (Convention N°
169), Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Convention on the
Elimination of All Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Guatemala.  URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/community/avila99.html

* Trafficking in Persons (Hong Kong: Asian Human Rights Commission/Human
Rights Correspondence School, 2001). Language: English. Keywords: lesson
plan, trafficking in persons, violence against women, Human Rights
Standards for the Treatment of Trafficked Persons, UN Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children,
UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime. URL:  
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/women/ahrc00.html


## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ##

New courses added:

* International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance
Dates: 27 January-22 February 2002
Level: post-graduate
Focus: This is a one-month, intensive, interactive residential course (200 
hours of lectures, exercises and tests, both individual and in syndicates) 
for humanitarian field workers.
Location: Geneva (Switzerland)
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: Center for International Health and Cooperation (CIHC)
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/291.html

* International Labour Standards for Lawyers and Legal Educators
Dates: 27 August-7 September 2001
Level: professional
Focus: This course provides in-depth knowledge of international labour 
standards to assist participants to teach others or to practice 
international labour law.
Location: Turin (Italy)
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: International Training Centre-International Labour Organization
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/292.html

* NGO Training on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National
Minorities
Dates: 13-16 September 2001
Level: professional
Focus: The objectives of this training are to provide information on the
content of the Convention and its monitoring mechanism; discuss and
identify ways in which NGOs can best contribute to the monitoring of the
implementation of the Convention, both at the domestic level and at the
level of the Council of Europe; and develop follow-up activities, including
networking throughout Europe.
Location: Strasbourg (France)
Deadline of application: 26 July 2001
Organisation: Minority Rights Group, Council of Europe
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/289.html

* Training Course on Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Dates: 5-11 November 2001
Level: professional
Focus: The overall objective of this course is to enable participants to
competently deal with issues of conflict, their mediation and resolution,
in educational activities involving multi-cultural groups of participants.
Within this context, the training course will specifically focus on how to
work on conflict resolution in youth work and how to use intercultural
approaches to conflict mediation and resolution.
Location: Strasbourg (France)
Deadline of application: 20 July 2001
Organisation: Council of Europe Youth Directorate
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/290.html


## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ##

* Seminario Galego de Educación para a Paz (SGEP) (Spain) [in English and
Spanish]:
http://www.sgep.org/

* Women for Women's Human Rights (KIHP) (Turkey) [in English and Turkish]:
http://www.wwhr.org/index.html


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