Dear Colleagues, HREA is calling for applications for the distance learning course "Introduction to the Inter-American System of Human Rights Protection and Promotion", which will be offered from September 18-December 10, 2006. This course is co-organized by HREA and the Inter-American Insitute of Human Rights (IIDH, Costa Rica). Please note that the registration deadline for this course is August 21, 2006. Further information about the course can be found below. Best wishes, Frank Elbers Distance Learning Programme, HREA http://www.hrea.org/courses/ -------------- HREA-IIDH Distance Learning Course 11E06: INTRODUCTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION AND PROMOTION September 18-December 10, 2006 Instructor: Dr. Víctor Rodríguez This e-learning course provides participants with practical guidance on how to protect human rights through the Inter-American human rights system, and specifically the institutions and treaties of the Organization of American States (OAS). Participants will be introduced to the main Inter-American human rights conventions and jurisprudence, primarily as developed through the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (Washington D.C.) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San José, Costa Rica). The course addresses 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, violence against women, victims of torture, the rights of Afrodescendants, and the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons, will deepen participants' understanding of the Inter-American human rights machinery and standards. The course involves approximately 60 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction among students and instructor, and assignments, and is offered over a 12-week period beginning on 18 September. This course will integrate active and participatory learning approaches within activities and assignments, with an emphasis on reflective and collaborative learning. Participants will do the required reading, prepare interim and final project assignments and participate in group discussions. This e-learning course is primarily intended for advanced (under)graduate students of (international) law or social and political sciences; civic education, history and social science teachers; and NGO staff members from member states of the Organization of American States. Participants should have a good written command of English (the course language is English), have high competence and comfort with computer and Internet use, and have regular access to e-mail and the Internet. A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/courses/11E.html ABOUT HREA's DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMME HREA's Distance Learning Programme (DLP) was initiated in 2000 in response to an unaddressed need for the continuing education of human rights activists and development practitioners. The programme builds on HREA's extensive experience in both the training of professionals (advocates, educators, development workers) and the use of the new information technologies to provide resources and to network human rights advocates and educators. By offering short, practical yet specialised courses via distance learning barriers that prevent many practitioners from participating in continuing education -- such as a lack of time and/or lack of funds to participate in regional or national workshops/trainings -- can be overcome. HREA annually organises distance learning courses on human rights monitoring; research & evaluation in the NGO sector; project development and management; use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for human rights work; rights-based programming; introductions to the African, European, Inter-American and United Nations human rights systems; human rights litigation; and human rights advocacy (in English, Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish). For more information about the DLP, please visit: http://www.hrea.org/DLP/ ABOUT HREA Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies. HREA works in partnership with education agencies, NGOs, governments and inter-governmental organisations to implement training programmes for NGO staff, jurists, teachers, and other professionals involved in human rights work. Current and past partners include, inter alia, Amnesty International, Arab Insitute of Human Rights, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Council of Europe, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HURIDOCS, the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights (IIDH), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Open Society Institute and UNESCO. HREA is registered as a non-profit organisation in Morocco, the Netherlands and the USA. More information on HREA can be found at: http://www.hrea.org ABOUT IIDH The Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (Institute Interamerican de Derechos Humanos, IIDH) is an independent international academic institution, created in 1980 under an agreement between the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Republic of Costa Rica. Today, the IIDH is one of the most important world centers for teaching and academic research on human rights, with a multidisciplinary approach and with emphasis on the problems of America. IIDH, located in San José, Costa Rica, supports the inter-American system of international human right protection and executes more than 50 local and regional projects for the dissemination of these rights among the principal non-governmental organizations, and among the public institutions of the Americas. IIDH's mission is to promote and strengthen respect for the human rights set out in the American Convention on Human Rights and contribute to the consolidation of democracy in the Americas through education, research, political mediation, programs for training, technical assistance in the field of human rights, and the dissemination of knowledge by means of specialized publications. Its endeavors are guided by the principles of representative democracy, the rule of law, ideological pluralism and respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms. More information about IIDH can be found at: http://www.iidh.ed.cr ======== North American Human Rights Education listserv ======= Send mail intended for the list to < >. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education-na/ **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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