***************************************************************** * ERC-L Volume 3, Issue # 7 (April 2003) * * A monthly newsletter with updates from the * * Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education * * Published by HREA * * http://www.hrea.org/erc/ * ***************************************************************** ERC-L is a monthly e-mail newsletter about new resources for human rights education and training on the web site of Human Rights Education Associates (HREA). HREA's Resource Centre consists of: a Library; a Forums section with various discussion lists related to human rights and human rights education; a Human Rights Education Links section; and a Databases section. If you have questions or feedback, please contact us at: <erc@hrea.org>. ## UPDATE ## The redesign of HREA's web site and the Resource Centre has been completed over the past few months. Please note that the URLs (addresses) of the documents are now slightly longer than they used to be, which increases the chances that they do not get copied correctly in your browser. In case you manually cut and paste the URLs into your browser's address bar, please make sure that you copy the full address between the brackets, starting with http:// and ending with type=3 . If after that you still have problems accessing the documents, please go to one of the main pages of the Resource Centre and try to access the document you are looking in that manner (Library: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library ; Calendar: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar ; Links: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Links). ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ## http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library New additions in March 2003: * Child Rights and the Media. Putting Children in the Right: Guidelines for Journalists and Media Professionals by Peter McIntyre (Brussels: International Federation of Journalists, 2002). Language(s): English, Spanish. Keywords: code of conduct, guidelines, lessons learned, journalists, training of professional groups, child labour, child soldiers, children's rights, freedom of expression, press freedom, rights of the child, trafficking in persons. URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=504&category_id=10&category_type=3> * Emerging Models for Human Rights Education by Felisa Tibbitts (Washington D.C.: Issues of Democracy, March 2002). Language(s): Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. Keywords: article, lessons learned, formal education, in-service training, non-formal education, pre-service training, training of professional groups, training of trainers, curriculum development, methodology, pedagogy. URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=508&category_id=4&category_type=3> * Human Rights Monitoring (Warsaw: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, 2001). Language(s): English, Russian. Keywords: handbook, human rights monitors, lawyers, NGO staff, public officials, training of professional groups, advocacy, civil and political rights, human rights monitoring, human rights reporting, pre-trial detention, prison conditions, Central and Eastern Europe, Poland, Ukraine. URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=509&category_id=21&category_type=3> * Right to respect for private and family life. A guide on the implementation of article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights by Ursula Kilkelly (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2003). Language(s): French. Keywords: guide, reference, judges, lawyers, NGO staff, training of professional groups, privacy, European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Council of Europe, European Court of Human Rights, European Union. URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=507&category_id=11&category_type=3> * Schools, Human Rights and Society: Report of the 1998 Workshops on Human Rights Education in Schools (Osaka: Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center, 1999). Language(s): English. Keywords: conference proceedings, evaluation, lessons learned, NGO staff, school administrators, teachers, formal education, primary school, secondary school, teacher training, vocational training, curriculum development, text development, methodology, pedagogy, research & evaluation, Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Pakistan, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=506&category_id=2&category_type=3> * What is Monitoring. Human Rights Monitoring and Documentation Series. Volume 1 by Manual Guzman and Bert Verstappen (Geneva: HURIDOCS, 2001). Language(s): English, Russian. Keywords: manual, human rights monitors, NGO staff, training of professional groups, human rights documentation, human rights monitoring, human rights reporting. URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=276&category_id=9&category_type=3> ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ## http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/ New courses added: * III International Human Rights Colloquium Dates: 26 May-6 June 2003 Level: (under)graduate, professional Focus: The theme of the Colloquium - The Rule of Law and the Construction of Peace - was chosen through consultation with former colloquium participants and educators who emphasised a growing demand in many countries to counter social violence and war with effective approaches for peace. Location: São Paulo (Brasil) Deadline of application: -- Organisation: Conectas Human Rights URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=418&month=06 &year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> * 5th Annual Workshop on the African Regional Human Rights System Dates: 11-20 August 2003 Level: professional Focus: The workshop will give participants practical, concrete knowledge of how to use African human rights treaties and enforcement mechanisms in their work. Specifically, the workshop will cover human rights bodies of the Organisation of African Unity: procedures of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, and the upcoming African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, as well as the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. Working languages are English and French. Location: Banjul (The Gambia) Deadline of application: 30 June 2003 Organisation: Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=413&month=08&; year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> * 27th Refugee Law Course Dates: 4-8 November 2003 Level: professional Focus: The objectives of the course are to promote and disseminate the knowledge of international and regional instruments on the protection of refugees and displaced persons; improve and harmonise their practical application and implementation at national level; train government and NGO officials responsible for the organisation of national refugee law courses. Location: San Remo (Italy) Deadline of application: -- Organisation: International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL) URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=187&month=11 &year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> * Human Rights Advocacy Dates: 15 September-7 December 2003 Level: professional Focus: This distance learning course provides human rights activists with a range of proven human rights advocacy methods and critical concepts as a means for them to reflect on and deepen their own work. The course will look at the theoretical foundations and critical issues of human rights advocacy, elements of advocacy planning, and strategies for action. Working language is Russian. Location: Internet (distance learning course) Deadline of application: 1 August 2003 Organisation: Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=415&month=09 &year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> * Human Rights for Educators Dates: 21-24 June 2003 Level: professional Focus: The theme of this course is "Human Rights Under Fire: The Teacher's Role". Participants will learn about international human rights law and will come away with ways to implement this knowledge in the classroom. We will study regional systems for human rights, various conventions and covenants relating to human rights, and discuss current issues and how they relate to human rights as well. Location: Irvine, California (USA) Deadline of application: 21 May 2003 Organisation: Human Rights Aware URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=416&month=06 &year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> * International Labour Standards, Productivity Improvement and Enterprise Development Dates: 29 September-10 October 2003 Level: professional Focus: This interregional course examines the positive linkages and mutually supportive relations between good labour practices as set out in International Labour Standards, on the one hand, and entrepreneurship and enterprise development based on productivity growth, on the other. Taking as its context the globalised market and highlighting the most relevant labour standards, it shows how a framework of regulations derived from ILO standards contributes to productivity growth and total quality management. Working language is English Location: Turin (Italy) Deadline of application: -- Organisation: International Training Centre/International Labour Organization (ILO) URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=182&month=09 &year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> * Introduction to Human Rights Education Dates: 1 September-23 November 2003 Level: professional Focus: The course will introduce the international field of human rights education (HRE), including presentations of programming approaches, teaching and learning resources, and related theory. The course is intended for educators and trainers working in both the formal and nonformal sectors. Participants will be assisted in the development of a curriculum, training, or plan to use these skills to further their organization's advocacy efforts. Location: Internet (distance learning course) Deadline of application: 15 May 2003 Organisation: Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=195&month=09 &year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> * Research and Evaluation in the Human Rights Field Dates: 8 September-29 November 2003 Level: professional Focus: Human rights activists and educators will be introduced to the fundamentals of research design, qualitative and quantitative methods, data collection and applications for improving programming. Learners will participate in exercises to develop basic research skills, analyse research studies, and will practise designing a research or evaluation project. Course participants will also become better "consumers" of such studies. Participants are encouraged to come to the course with a research or evaluation project idea that can be developed within the course. Location: Internet (distance learning course) Deadline of application: 1 June 2003 Organisation: Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=196&month=09 &year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> * Short Course on Refugee and Human Rights Law Dates: 16-21 June 2003 Level: (under)graduate, professional Focus: Course topics covered include: application of refugee and human rights law in determining refugee status; inclusion, exclusion, and cessation clauses; interviewing methods; credibility assessment; and the psychological dimensions of the refugee experience. Location: Cairo (Egypt) Deadline of application: -- Organisation: Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program/American University Cairo URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=503&month=6 &year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> * Southeast Asia Regional School in Forced Migration Dates: 8-18 December 2003 Level: professional Focus: This course aims to provide those who work with refugees and other displaced people with better understandings of the forces and institutions that dominate their world and the world of those who have been uprooted. Participants leave the Regional School with insights into: Location: Bangkok (Thailand) Deadline of application: 15 October 2003 Organisation: Asian Research Centre for Migration, Refugee Studies Centre/University of Oxford URL: <http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=190&month=12 &year=2003&category_id=&category_type=> ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ## * Centre for Economic and Social Rights (CDES) (Ecuador) [in Spanish]: http://www.cdes.org/ * Milan Simecka Foundation (Slovakia) [in English and Slovak]: http://www.nadaciamilanasimecku.sk/Eng/ ******************************************************************************* The Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education (http://www.hrea.org/erc/) is maintained by Human Rights Education Associates (HREA). To subscribe to ERC-L send an e-mail to: <Majordomo@hrea.org> with the following message: subscribe erc-l. To unsubscribe substitute "subscribe" with "unsubscribe". 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