[hr-education-na] New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners

The New Tactics in Human Rights Project is pleased to announce the
publication of

NEW TACTICS IN HUMAN RIGHTS: A RESOURCE FOR PRACTITIONERS

This 200-page book includes 100 inspiring stories from around the world
that focus on HOW innovative practitioners are advancing human rights.
Learn how:

* Peace Brigades International protects endangered human rights activists
using unarmed volunteer "body guards";
* 30 million people in Turkey were inspired to participate in a massive
campaign against government corruption;
* The Documentation Center of Cambodia promotes healing for genocide
survivors by tracing the fates of disappeared loved ones; and
* Nigdy Wiecej in Poland has created a network of volunteer correspondents
to document incidents of neo-fascist violence around the country.

In addition to these case studies, the book also includes an introduction
to tactical and strategic thinking for human rights practitioners and a
series of practical worksheets to help organizations determine which
tactics and strategies will work best for them.

The book also includes an introduction by Justice Richard Goldstone,
retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, former chief
prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the
former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and former chairperson of the International
Independent Inquiry on Kosovo, along with brief essays by Morten Kjaerum,
director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Kailash Satyarthi,
chairman of the South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude, Murat Belge,
member of the Turkish Helsinki Citizens' Assembly, and Sofia Macher,
former member of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission in Peru.

TITLE: New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners
PUBLISHER: The Center for Victims of Torture
PRICE: US$19.95 plus shipping and handling

View parts of the book in pdf format here:
http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/ToolsforAction/TheNewTacticsWorkbook
Order the book here:
http://www.newtactics.org/main.php/ToolsforAction/TheNewTacticsWorkbook

Or contact us at newtactics@cvt.org

Publications: To request a review copy, please contact Tricia Cornell at
tcornell@cvt.org, 612 436 4850.

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The New Tactics Project is an international initiative led by a diverse
group of organizations and practitioners from around the world. The
project is coordinated by the Center for Victims of Torture
(http://www.cvt.org) and grew out of its experience as a creator of new
tactics and a treatment center that also advocates for the protection of
human rights from a unique position-one of healing and reclaiming civic
leadership.




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