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# ERC-L Volume 2, Issue # 11 (November 2001) #
# A bi-weekly newsletter with updates from the #
# Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education #
# Maintained by HRE #
# 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 ##
An Annotated Primer for Selecting Democratic and Human Rights Education
Teaching Materials
This primer contains samples from ten exemplary human rights education
materials. The specific model lessons were chosen so as to represent
diversity for teaching method (e.g., discussion, role play, drawing,
project work) and topic (e.g., rights and responsibilities, tolerance,
conflict resolution). The texts as a collection address primary, secondary
and postsecondary levels. Some resources were designed as full-year
curriculums, others as activities that could be used in a variety of
educational environments and subject areas. The resources come from
different countries in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as from North
America and Western Europe. The authors are based in governmental
organisations, national non-governmental organisations, universities,
international non-governmental organisations, inter-governmental agencies.
* An Annotated Primer for Selecting Democratic and Human Rights Education
Teaching Materials by Felisa Tibbitts (Budapest: Open Society Institute,
1997). Languag(e): English, Russian. Keywords: curriculum development,
lesson plans, primary school level, secondary school level, methodology,
teaching materials, democracy, Central and Eastern Europe. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/curriculum_methodology/primer97.html
## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ##
New additions in weeks 1-15 November 2001:
* Human Rights: A Basic Handbook for UN Staff (Geneva: Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights/United Nations Staff College Project, 2001).
Language(s): English. Keywords: handbook, public officials, UN system of
human rights protection, United Nations. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/public-officials/un-handbook01.html
* Human Rights Charades (Dublin: Amnesty International-Irish Section,
n.d.). Language(s): English. Keywords: lesson activity, secondary school
level, children's rights, rights of the child, UN Convention on the Rights
of the Child. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/secondary/hr-charades.html
* Human Rights and You: A Guide for the States of the Former Soviet Union
and Central Europe by Frederick Quinn (Warsaw: OSCE/ODIHR, n.d.).
Language(s): English. Keywords: guide, judges, prosecutors, Organisation
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Council of Europe, United
Nations. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/judiciary/quinn98.html
* Resource Pack for Conflict Transformation (London: International Alert,
1996). Language(s): English. Keywords: manual, organisational development,
conflict transformation, conflict resolution, training of trainers,
International Alert. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/organisational_development/ia96.html
* Using the international human rights system to combat racial
discrimination. A Handbook by Amnesty International (London: Amnesty
International Publications, 2001). Language(s): English, Spanish. Keywords:
handbook, human rights monitors, monitoring, discrimination, racism,
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICECSR),
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), International
Labour Organisation (ILO), International Convention on the Protection of
the Rights of All Migrant Workers, UN Declaration on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination, International Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination, UN Commission on Human Rights, Special Rapporteur on
contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance, World Conference Against 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,
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, Inter-American
Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence
against Women. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/monitoring/ai01-racism.html
## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ##
New courses added:
* Basic Course on the International Protection of Human Rights
Dates: 25 February-8 March 2002
Level: (under)graduate
Focus: This is a basic course on the international protection of human
rights. Participants are expected to be familiar with legal concepts.
Location: Turku/Åbo (Finland)
Deadline of application: 25 January 2002
Organisation: Institute for Human Rights/Åbo Akademi University
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/265.html
* Basic Training Course for Human Rights Activism
Dates: 31 March-6 April 2002
Level: high school, undergraduate
Focus: An introductory course of young activists (ages 15-25). Topics
addresses are the concepts and history of human rights, mechanisms of human
rights protection and strategies for protection. Working language is French.
Location: Geneva (Switzerland)
Deadline of application: 15 January 2002
Organisation: CODAP
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/329.html
* The Civilian Personnel of Peace-Keeping/Humanitarian Operations and
Election Monitoring Missions Training Course
Dates: 1-19 July 2001
Level: professional Focus: The aim of the course is to train a limited
number of participants for the tasks usually assigned to the civilian
component of peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and election monitoring
missions.
Location: Pisa (Italy)
Deadline of application: 9 April 2002
Organisation: International Training Programme for Conflict
Management/Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/355.html
* Election Observation and Human Rights Monitoring
Dates: 27-31 May 2002
Level: graduate, professional
Focus: This course seeks to provide the participants with the theoretical
knowledge and the practical skills required for successful election
observation and human rights monitoring. The course is designed to serve as
a basic training programme for those interested in working for national,
regional or international organisations as human rights monitors and/or
election observers.
Location: Turku/Åbo (Finland)
Deadline of application: 15 March 2002
Organisation: Institute for Human Rights/Åbo Akademi University
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/328.html
* Intensive Training Course on Human Rights Indicators
Dates: 12-13 December 2001
Level: professional
Focus: This two-day workshop is aimed at development practitioners, state
ministries, policy developers and NGO's working within the field of Human
Rights. This course is divided into two modules on the interconnectedness
between Human Development and Human Rights (Module 1) and The Political and
Civil Freedom Measurement Systems (Module 2).
Location: Cape Town (South Africa)
Deadline of application: --
Organisation: Southern Hemisphere (Pty) Ltd
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/357.html
* International Policy Advocacy Course
Dates: 30 May-28 June 2002
Level: professional
Focus: During this intensive four-week training programme participants work
together to strategise and practice essential skills in advocacy such as
coalition building, media relations, and lobbying. Participants attend
sessions on advocacy principles and meet with representatives from
organisations such as the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Congress,
and international NGOs working to influence those agencies.
Location: Washington, DC, New York City, Brattleboro, VT (USA)
Deadline of application: 15 February 2002
Organisation: School for International Training (SIT)
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/359.html
* Summer Course on Refugee Issues
Dates: 25 May-2 June 2002
Level: (post)graduate
Focus: The Centre for Refugee Studies' Summer Course offers postgraduate
training in refugee issues for up to fifty practitioners inside and outside
government who work on some aspect of refugee protection or assistance.
Location: Toronto (Canada)
Deadline of application: 28 February 2002
Organisation: Centre for Refugee Studies/York University
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/353.html
## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ##
* Asian Regional Resource Centre for Human Rights Education (ARRC)
(Thailand) [in English]: http://www.arrc-hre.com/
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