Dear list members, For those who haven't seen the most recent issue of the ERC-L e-mail newsletter, you will find a copy below. If you would like to receive issues of ERC-L regularly and haven't subscribed yet, please send an e-mail to: Majordomo@hrea.org. Leave the subject line empty and write in the message: subscribe erc-l If you have any questions or need assistance with subscribing, please contact me via e-mail: <felbers@hrea.org>. Best wishes, Frank Elbers Information Officer, HREA ------------------------------- ################################################## # ERC-L Volume 1, Issue # 4 (April 2000) # # A bi-monthly newsletter with updates from the # # Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education # # Maintained by HREA # # http://erc.hrea.org # ################################################## ERC-L is a bi-monthly e-mail newsletter about new resources for human rights education and training on the web site of Human Rights Education Associates (HREA). The Electronic Resource Centre consists of a Human Rights Education Library, a Calendar which lists courses and trainings worldwide, a Human Rights Education Links section and Databases of Human Rights Education Funders, Material Developers, Organisations, and Trainers. If you have questions or feedback, please contact us: erc@hrea.org. ## FEATURE ## The Bells of Freedom: with Resource Materials for Facilitators of Non-Formal Education and 24 Human Rights Echo Sessions (Ethiopia) This handbook has the objective of promoting human rights awareness and the training of human rights education facilitators.The first part addresses 1) international support for human rights education; 2) the right to education; 3) the right to know our rights; 4) effective human rights education; 5) goal-oriented non-formal education; 6) the values framework of human rights education; 7) the use of educational exercises. The second part of the handbook contains 24 exercises organised around the themes: respect for human dignity; learning rules; fairness; social sensibility, community, law, using human rights, fighting prejudice, seeking justice, equity and equality, good governance, remedying wrongs. Action-Professionals' Association for the Peoples (APAP) is a Ethiopian non-profit, non partisan and non-governmental membership organisation established in January 1993. The objectives of APAP include vindication of the legal rights of the poor, particularly those of women and children and the dissemination of basic legal and human rights awareness of the public at large. The Bells of Freedom: with Resource Materials for Facilitators of Non-Formal Education and 24 Human Rights Echo Sessions (Addis Abeba: Action Professionals Association for the People, 1996). Languages: English, French. Keywords: community education, training of trainers, adult education, right to education. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/community/bells.html ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ## New additions in weeks 16-30 April 2000: * Critical Choices for Hungary: The Teachers' Guide by Ferenc Hammer, (Budapest: Joint Eastern Europe Center for Democratic Education and Governance, 1995). Language: English. Keywords: teacher manual, secondary school level, high school level, civic education, citizenship education, governance, Hungary. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/teachers/critical-choices.html * Teaching for Human Rights: Pre-school and Grades 1-4 by Ralph Pettman et al (Canberra: Human Rights Commission, 1986). Language: English. Keywords: teacher manual, pre-school level, elementary school level, primary school level, values education, tolerance, children's rights, rights of the child, Australia. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/teachers/Teaching-HR-1-4.html ## Other publications added ## * 'Feminist Approaches to Human Rights Education' in: Women’s Rights as Human Rights: Local and Global Perspectives. Strategies and Analyses from the ICCL Working Conference on Women’s Rights as Human Rights by Niamh Reilly (ed.) (Dublin: ICCL Women's Committee, 1997). Language: English. Keywords: conference proceedings, strategies, gender issues, women's rights, International Day Against Violence Against Women. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/women/feminist-approaches.html * Learning Activities for Use With Young People to Explore the Issue of Discrimination (London: Amnesty International-International Secretariat, 1998). Language: English. Keywords: lesson activities, secondary school level, middle school level, discrimination, Universal Declaration of Human Rights. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/secondary/discrimination-learning.html * Violation of the Child's Human Rights by Marita Ishwaran (Bombay: Justice and Peace Commission, 1999). Language: English. Keywords: lesson activities, secondary school level, street children, child labour, girl child, children's rights, rights of the child, India. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/teachers/childrights-jpc.html ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ## New courses added: * Intensive Course in Health and Human Rights Dates: 26-28 June 2000 Level: professional Description: This course is a 3-day intensive program of instruction designed to provide health and human rights professionals with the background and skill necessary to incorporate a human rights framework into their professional activities. Location: Boston (USA) Deadline of application: pre-registration 15 May 2000 Organisation: Harvard School of Public Health URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/007.html * XI curso internacional: Democracia y Derechos Humanos en el Contexto Económico Latinoamericano Dates: 26-30 June 2000 Level: professional Description: Los cambios económicos globales y sus implicancias en los regímenes democráticos, los procesos de reforma del Estado y reforma económica, y las perspectivas de la institucionalidad democrática para la vigencia de los derechos humanos serán los ejes temáticos del presente Curso. Location: Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) Deadline of application: 12 May 2000 Organisation: Comisión Andina de Juristas URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/008.html * International Summer School on Forced Migration Dates: 17 July-4 August 2000 Level: professional Description: The Refugee Studies Centre's International Summer School aims to provide participants with a deeper and broader understanding of the forces and institutions that generate, maintain, and influence responses to displaced people. Location: Oxford (United Kingdom) Deadline of application: 1 June 2000 Organisation: Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/074.html * Course on Human Rights for international partners Dates: 11-22 September 2000 Level: professional Description: The primary objective of this course intended for partners of the Danish Centre for Human Rights is to give the participants information and skills which would benefit their daily work with human rights. The first part of the course introduces the participants to global and regional human rights instruments and institutions, including examples of domestic implementation. The second part of the course takes a thematic approach to human rights issues, such as discrimination and equal opportunities, the concept of fair trial, civil and political rights, etc. Location: Copenhagen (Denmark) Deadline of application: mid-June 2000 Organisation: Danish Centre for Human Rights URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/055.html * Human Rights Advocates Program Dates: January-April 2001 Level: professional Description: This programme is designed for experienced human rights workers from developing countries seeking to develop their advocacy skills; study international human rights; meet colleagues from other parts of the world; and become better acquainted with international human rights organisations. Location: New York City (USA) Deadline of application: 1 August 2000 Organisation: Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/071.html ## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ## * Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Bulgaria) [in English]: http://www.bghelsinki.org/ * Human Rights Correspondence School (Hong Kong) [in English]: http://www.hrschool.org * Heritiers de la Justice (Democratic Republic of Congo) [in French]: http://members.tripod.com/~heritiersjus/ * Johannes Wier Stichting (the Netherlands) [in Dutch and English]: http://www.johannes-wier.nl * WomenWatch: UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women [in English]: http://www.un.org/womenwatch ## RETRIEVE DOCUMENTS VIA E-MAIL ## You can access documents and Web pages listed in this newsletter via e-mail. Send a message to the following e-mail address: getweb@hrea.org. Leave the SUBJECT field BLANK, and copy the URL (Internet address) into the BODY of the message. 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