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# ERC-L Volume 2, Issue # 8 (August 2001) #
# A bi-weekly newsletter with updates from the #
# Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education #
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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 ##
Learning Activities for Use With Young People to Explore the Issue of
Discrimination
These five lesson activities, developed by Amnesty International, explore
the issue of discrimination using discussion, group exercise, project work
and a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The first
activity ("Picturing Discrimination") suggests the use of cartoons since
cartoons and comics are powerful influences on young people. In an
educational setting, cartoons drawn by young people themselves can be used
to develop observation skills, imagination, and feelings of empathy. The
other activities ("Advertising Our Differences", "Let's Challenge
Discrimination!", "You and Me" and "Stories About Discrimination") are
based on simulation games, creative writing and project work. Simulation
games aim to bring to life circumstances which are unfamiliar to the
students. They can be useful for improving analysis and understanding of a
situation, helping to develop participation skills and for encouraging
empathy. Creative writing helps develop communication skills and
encourages the imagination. Projects are also useful for teaching about
human rights because they allow learners to take control of their own
learning and create opportunities for young people to interact with each
other and with diverse people in the community.
The aim of all the five lesson activities is to help secondary school
students understand that discrimination is wrong and that it denies people
their fundamental rights. They also highlight the need for action to
prevent discrimination.
* Learning Activities for Use With Young People to Explore the Issue of
Discrimination (London: Amnesty International-International Secretariat,
1998). Language(s): English, French. Keywords: lesson activities,
secondary school level, middle school level, discrimination, Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/secondary/discrimination-learning.html
## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ##
New additions in weeks 1-15 August 2001:
* Anti-Slavery Fact Sheets (London: Anti-Slavery International, n.d.).
Language(s): English. Keywords: lesson resource, secondary school level,
slavery, bonded labour, anti-slavery, trafficking. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/secondary/asi-factsheets.html
* Discrimination, Human Rights and You. Teacher's Manual (Alberta Civil
Liberties Research Centre, n.d.). Language(s): English. Keywords: lesson
plan, teachers, discrimination, secondary school level, junior high school
level, Canada. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/teachers/aclrc99.html
* The international basis for intercultural education including
anti-racist and human rights education by Pieter Batelaan and Pieter
Coomans (Paris: UNESCO, 1999, 2nd edition). Language(s): English.
Keywords: guidelines, curriculum, teachers, intercultural education,
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Council of
Europe, United Nations, UNESCO. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/curriculum_methodology/batelaan99.html
* United Nations Guide for Minorities (Geneva: Office of High Commissioner
for Human Rights, 2001). Language(s): English. Keywords: guide, human
rights monitors, monitoring, ethnic minorities, linguistic minorities,
national minorities, religious minorities, refugees, discrimination,
racism, African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, European Convention
on Human Rights (ECHR), Council of Europe Framework Convention for the
Protection of National Minorities, International Labour Organisation
(ILO), Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), United
Nations, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, UN Declaration on
the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and
Linguistic Minorities, UNESCO, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
UN Working Group on Minorities, World Conference Against Racism. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/monitoring/unguide01.html
## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ##
New courses added:
* 20th Refugee Law Course
Date: 6-10 November 2001
Level: professional
Focus: Course for government officials and NGO personnel responsible for
and involved in the protection of refugees and displaced persons. Working
language is English.
Location: San Remo (Italy)
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL)
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/336.html
* Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Dates: 28 May-14 June 2002
Level: graduate, professional
Focus: Program of courses to meet the needs of, inter alia, legal
practitioners; counselors in international relief agencies, government
agencies, and international organisations; and law students specialising in
human rights. Courses offerings will include European Human Rights Law,
Inter-American Human Rights Law, Skills, Values and Ethics in Human Rights
Advocacy. Some courses will be offered in Spanish.
Location: Washington D.C. (USA)
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: American University/Washington College of Law
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/335.html
* International Civilian Peace-keeping and Peace-building Training Program
(ITP): Foundation Course
Dates: 2-15 June 2002
Level: professional
Focus: The design of this training programme is oriented to four
fundamental areas: the character of the conflicts the participants are to
be trained for; the main functions the participants may fulfill during an
operation; the organisations the participants may be working for; and the
personal needs, consciousness, and experiences of the participants.
Location: Stadtschlaining (Austria)
Deadline of application: 1 March 2002
Organisation: Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR)
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/332.html
* International Course on Gender and Peace Building
Date: 29 October-4 November 2001
Level: professional
Description: Course for UN agencies staff members designed to establish
dialogue among colleagues from around the world. Topics include: From women
to gender perspectives; Human Rights and women's rights; the UN System and
the protection of women; Peace and Security; Governance and changing gender
roles; Refugee and displaced persons issues
Location: San José (Costa Rica)
Deadline of application: 17 September 2001
Organisation: Gender and Peace Program/University for Peace
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/307.html
* Peace Building: Concepts and Strategies for Southern Africa
Dates: 19 November-7 December 2001
Level: professional
Focus: This seminar will explore theories and concepts relevant to
peace-building activities and approaches as well as develop integrated
approaches that will embrace conflict prevention and conflict
transformation in a holistic manner. Intended for middle level diplomats
and diplomatic advisors, high level representatives of NGOs, university
professors, middle level military and police officers, community
representatives.
Location: Praia do Bilene (Mozambique)
Deadline of application: 24 August 2001
Organisation: Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution
(ASPR), Mozambican Network for Peacebuilding (REDIPAZ) and Citizens'
Security Council (KATU)
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/315.html
* Summer Programme in International Human Rights Law
Date: 7 July-3 August 2002
Level: (under)graduate, professional
Description: The aims of this programme are to develop participants’
advocacy and dissemination skills, as well as their formal knowledge of
human rights law and the means for its enforcement.
Location: Oxford (United Kingdom)
Deadline of application: 9 April 2002
Organisation: University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education,
George Washington University Law School
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/308.html
## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ##
* Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (Peru) [in Spanish]:
http://www.dhperu.org
* VORMEN/Flemish Organisation for Human Rights Education (Belgium) [in
Dutch]: http://www.vormen.org
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