***************************************************************** * ERC-L Volume 7, Issue # 3 (March 2007) * * 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 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 Links section; and a Databases section. If you have questions or feedback, please contact us at: < >. ## FEATURE ## Global Directory of Human Rights Educators The aim of the Global Directory of Human Rights Educators is to provide a resource for individuals, communities and organisations that are looking for assistance with their activities or want to exchange information. Through the directory one can identify trainers or curriculum developers, explore potential partnerships, or share your interest in certain thematic areas. Currently over 900 educators from over 120 countries have registered in the directory. In order to protect the privacy of those listed the directory is password protected and will only be accessible to those who have registered. You can register and access the directory at: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Databases/educators.php ## LIBRARY: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library ## New documents added: * Baseline Study on Human Rights Education in Armenia by Lucig Danielian, Lilit Umroyan and Theresa Khorozyan (Yerevan: UNDP, 2005). Language(s): English. Keywords: research study, judges, law enforcement officials, NGO staff, public officials, school administrators, teachers, trainers, formal education, higher education, in-service training, non-formal education, primary school, secondary school, teacher training, training of professional groups, vocational training, human rights education, Armenia. URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=3837&category_id=4&category_type=3 * ECRI General Policy Recommendation N°10 on combating racism and racial discrimination in and through school (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2007). Language(s): English, French. Keywords: guidelines, policy makers, school administrators, teachers, anti-racist education, education for democratic citizenship, history education, inter-cultural education, multi-cultural education, human rights education, migrant workers, minority rights, non-discrimination, racial discrimination, racism, right to education, European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=3911&category_id=43&category_type=3 * Human Rights Education - As a Tool for the Reform of the Police by Cristina Sganga (Bielefeld: Journal of Social Science Education, 2006). Language(s): English. Keywords: article, lessons learned, law enforcement officials, training of professional groups, curriculum development, human rights education, UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms, UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials. URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=3582&category_id=12&category_type=3 * Human Rights: Handbook for Parliamentarians by Manfred Nowak (Geneva: Inter-Parliamentary Union and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2005). Language(s): English, French. Keywords: handbook, parliamentarians, civil and political rights, economic and social rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=3915&category_id=16&category_type=3 * International Perspectives of Human Rights Education by Peter Fritzsche and Felisa Tibbitts (eds.) (Bielefeld: Journal of Social Science Education, 2006). Language(s): English. Keywords: journal, law enforcement officials, formal education, in-service training, preservice training, primary school, secondary school, teacher training, training of professional groups, curriculum development, peace education, children's rights, human rights education, minority rights, rights of the child, torture, China, Northern Ireland, South Africa. URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=3845&category_id=4&category_type=3 * The State of the Right to Education Worldwide. Free or Fee: 2006 Global Report by Katarina Tomaševski (Copenhagen: Right to Education Project, 2006). Language(s): English. Keywords: research study, policy makers, school administrators, teachers, formal education, primary school, secondary school, children's rights, human rights education, right to education. URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=3914&category_id=23&category_type=3 ## CALENDAR: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar ## New courses added: * 5th Annual Winter Course on Forced Migration Date: 1-15 December 2007 Level: (post)graduate, professional Focus: The course intends to serve multiple objectives study, training, capacity building, and pooling of available resources in displacement studies. The course involves several university departments and personnel, and other institutions working in this area. Location: Kolkata (India) Deadline of application: 31 May 2007 Organisation: Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3851&month=12&year=2007 * Armed Conflict, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Date: 17 September-16 December 2007 Level: (under)graduate, professional Focus: This distance learning course offers an introduction to the law or armed conflict, or international humanitarian law, as it is known. It critically examines the role of law in armed conflict and demonstrates how law can guide the conduct of hostilities, mitigate the consequences of the use of armed force, and protect civilians in both international and non-international armed conflicts. It puts the law of armed conflict in a political context, traces recent developments in this particular area of law, discusses the role of international criminal law, the convergence between human rights and humanitarian law, gender and law, and the protection of vulnerable groups such as children. Location: Internet (e-learning) Deadline of application: 1 July 2007 Organisation: HREA URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3838&month=9&year=2007 * Building capacity for rights: democracy and development in Africa Date: 11-22 June 2007 Level: professional Focus: This course, intended for people concerned with social change in Africa, aims to build capacity for advancing rights within development and activist organisations. It will assist researchers, advocates, trainers and programme officers from civil society and state institutions to develop practical approaches to using rights advocacy and development programmes. Location: Johannesburg (South Africa) Deadline of application: 15 May 2007 Organisation: Centre for Applied Legal Studies/University of the Witwatersrand, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3849&month=6&year=2007 * EIUC Summer School on Cinema and Human Rights Date: 23 August-12 September 2007 Level: (under)graduate, professional Focus: This summer school wishes to bring together students and professionals involved in both the fields of human rights and cinema to reflect on the use of cinema as an instrument for enhancing human rights awareness. Location: Venice (Italy) Deadline of application: 17 May 2007 Organisation: European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3856&month=8&year=2007 * Ensuring Human Rights in Police Practice Date: 11-15 June 2007 Level: professional Focus: The objective of this course is to provide participants with an introduction to particular human rights challenges in policing, particularly in the context of developing countries; introduce international law and guidelines related to key issues in policing and human rights; provide participants with tools and methods for integrating human rights protection into police work, including cooperation between civil society and the police. Location: Copenhagen (Denmark) Deadline of application: - Organisation: Danish Institute for Human Rights URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3859&month=6&year=2007 * Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights Level: graduate, professional Focus: This four-and-a-half day course seeks to engage students, scholars, human rights practitioners, health professionals, activists, development professionals, public defenders and members of civil society in a dialogue about the reciprocal integration between health, human development and human rights as well as present tools that stakeholders can use to incorporate a health, development and human rights framework into their work. Location: Sydney (Australia) Deadline of application: 31 May 2007 Organisation: UNSW Initiative for Health and Human Rights/School of Public Health & Community Medicine/University of New South Wales URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3850&month=7&year=2007 * International Human Rights - Basic Course Date: 26 November-7 December 2007 Level: professional Focus: Objectives of this course are: to provide participants with basic knowledge of human rights that will enable them to integrate human rights principles, standards, and approaches into their daily work; to enable participants to form networks with like-minded professionals from similar countries and institutions, as well as from different kinds of institutions and countries, so as to benefit from each others experiences. Location: Copenhagen (Denmark) Deadline of application: 21 August 2007 Organisation: Danish Institute for Human Rights URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3852&month=12&year=2007 * Introduction to Human Rights Education Date: 12 September-4 December 2007 Level: graduate, post-graduate, professional Focus: This distance learning 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 organisation's advocacy efforts. Participants might be expected to apply these skills within formal education settings, for staff development within their own organisations, and for outreach and advocacy. Location: Internet (e-learning) Deadline of application: 1 June 2007 Organisation: HREA URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3623&month=9&year=2007 * Introduction to the European System of Human Rights Protection and Promotion Date: 5 September-27 November 2007 Level: (under)graduate, post-graduate, professional Focus: This distance learning course provides participants with practical guidance on how to protect human rights through the European human rights system, and specifically the institutions and treaties of the Council of Europe. Participants will be introduced to the main European human rights conventions and jurisprudence, primarily as developed through the European Court of Human Rights. The course addresses European human rights standards as they apply to civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, and the rights of minorities. Case studies on the freedom of expression, homosexuality, violence against women, protection of the mentally-ill, prisoner's rights, and the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons, will deepen participants' understanding of the European human rights standards and machinery. Location: Internet (e-learning) Deadline of application: 1 July 2007 Organisation: HREA URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3840&month=9&year=2007 * Juvenile Justice and Human Rights Date: 18-22 June 2007 Level: professional Focus: This course has two main objectives: provide participants with a thorough understanding of the legal and policy framework for juvenile justice, with the starting point of respecting, protecting, and fulfilling the human rights of children in the criminal justice system; develop an individualised analysis and framework for a human rights-based approach to juvenile justice in their own countries, by a. analysing their countries' national normative framework in light of the international human rights framework related to juvenile justice, identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges of their system, and b. dentifying local stakeholders in national juvenile justice systems, and developing indicators relevant to juvenile justice. Location: Copenhagen (Denmark) Deadline of application: - Organisation: Danish Institute for Human Rights URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3858&month=6&year=2007 * Project Development and Management in the NGO Sector Date: 19 September-11 December 2007 Level: post-graduate, professional Focus: This course will introduce the basic elements of project development and management. Step-by-step processes and techniques will be introduced for the various phases of a project life cycle. The course is intended for staff of non-governmental organizations who have responsibility for designing and carrying out a project, but with relatively little experience. Participants will be assisted in the development of a project plan that could be submitted to senior management or a funding agency. Location: Internet (e-learning) Deadline of application: 1 June 2007 Organisation: HREA URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3618&month=9&year=2007 * Rule of Law Training Course Date: 15-27 October 2007 Level: professional Focus: The objective of the course is to provide participants with knowledge needed in a rule-of-law mission or in a rule-of-law component of a more comprehensive peace mission, and the skills necessary to perform well in a crisis-stricken environment. The course combines lectures, seminars, case studies, discussions in smaller groups, and simulations. Location: Sando (Sweden) Deadline of application: 25 August 2007 Organisation: Folke Bernadotte Academy URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3862&month=10&year=2007 * Summer School on European Union Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum Date: 2-13 July 2007 Level: graduate, professional Focus: The aim of the Summer School is to provide its participants with an comprehensive understanding of the immigration and asylum policy of the European Union from a legal point of view. Location: Brussels (Belgium) Deadline of application: 1 June 2007 Organisation: Réseau ODYSSEUS Network/Université Libre de Bruxelles URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3854&month=7&year=2007 * Summer Institute in Human Rights for Teachers Date: 22-27 July 2007 Level: professional Focus: This course is offered during the human rights summer institute designed for pre-service teachers, practicing teachers, and professionals in related fields. The course introduces participants to the various rights, instruments, and issues relevant to the classroom and provides opportunities for teachers and others to increase their knowledge base in the human rights field. Location: Fredericton (Canada) Deadline of application: - Organisation: Atlantic Human Rights Centre/St. Thomas University URL: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Calendar/display.php?doc_id=3853&month=7&year=2007 ## LINKS: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Links ## The Human Rights Links section of the Resource Centre has been revised and expanded. It is now possible to navigate the links by both region and topic. Links to organisations and resources relating to the following human rights issues/themes were added recently: Bangladesh http://www.hrea.org/erc/Links/list.php?category_type=2&category_id=63 Costa Rica http://www.hrea.org/erc/Links/list.php?category_type=2&category_id=824 Czech Republic http://www.hrea.org/erc/Links/list.php?category_type=2&category_id=190 Denmark http://www.hrea.org/erc/Links/list.php?category_type=2&category_id=389 South Africa http://www.hrea.org/erc/Links/list.php?category_type=2&category_id=104 Tanzania http://www.hrea.org/erc/Links/list.php?category_type=2&category_id=106 **************************************************************************** The Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education (http://www.hrea.org/erc/ ) is maintained by HREA. To subscribe to different language versions (ERC-L is also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) please go to: http://www.hrea.org/lists/erc-l/subscription.html Archives of previous newsletters can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/erc-l/markup/maillist.php We encourage you to distribute and repost this newsletter. However, we would like to request that you acknowledge the source: "ERC-L Human Rights Education Newsletter (http://www.hrea.org/ )" ****************************************************************************
[Reply to this message] [Start a new topic] [Date Index] [Thread Index] [Author Index] [Subject Index] [List Home Page] [HREA Home Page]