Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that we inform you that Richard Pierre Claude, a renowned human rights activist and educator, has won the "Best Book Award, 2003" from the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for his book "Science in the Service of Human Rights." This book uses a human rights framework in exploring ethical questions abounding in the field of modern science, including health and medical ethics, information technologies and statistics. Moreover, in his book Professor Claude strongly supports the role of education and training in promoting human rights among scientists and scientific methods among activists. The book can be ordered on the Web at http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress. A syllabus of the university course "Science in the Service of Human Rights" is available in HREA's on-line Library: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/display.php?doc_id=260 We are honored that Professor Claude serves on the International Advisory Committee of HREA and that he allowed us to publish his training manual "Popular Education for Human Rights." This book is available in multiple languages and can be downloaded from the HREA site at: http://www.hrea.org/pubs/claude00.html All of us congratulate you, Professor Claude! Sincerely, Felisa Tibbitts, on behalf of the HREA staff ------------------------------------- Felisa Tibbitts, Director Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) - USA office PO Box 382396 Cambridge, MA 02238 (tel) +1 978 341-0200 (fax) +1 978 341-0201 (e-mail) ftibbitts@hrea.org (Web) http://www.hrea.org ======== North American Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education-na@hrea.org>. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education-na/markup/maillist.php If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-hr-education-na@hrea.org>. **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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