[hr-education] Requests for information: 8-14 July 2002

Dear members,

Below is a compilation of requests for information sent to the Global
Human Rights Education listserv during the past week. At the bottom of
each request you will find an e-mail address, so that you can respond to
the request directly.

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SEEKING INFORMATION ON LESSONS LEARNED IN BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
WORLDWIDE

Dear colleagues,

I have recently joined Concern Worldwide (Irish NGO) as Basic Education
Adviser in Head Office (Dublin) following six years of working in the
field in Africa. Concern continues to work in over 26 of the poorest
countries worldwide and has recently adopted basic education as one of its
five programme approaches. Part of my job is development of a policy in
Education. In order to do this I'm looking at the external environment and
compiling a broad picture of the reality in the Education world. I have
had success gaining information regarding bilateral and multilateral
agencies and donors but it has been more difficult to gain information
regarding INGO's that are involved in Education activities overseas. I
understand that everyone is extremely busy but I would be very grateful if
someone in your organisation could answer the following few questions.

- What primary and basic education activities have your organisation been 
involved in over the last 10 years?
- In what countries?
- Is your organisation involved in secondary and tertiary education? Where?
- What are the problems/constraints that the organisation has come up 
against within Education programmes?
- What lessons have been learnt?
- What methodologies does your organisation use within education programmes?
-What best practices has your organisation adopted in education?
- Any other interesting information

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you in advance and would be
extremely interested in corresponding and sharing experiences

Warm regards,

Linda Burns
Education Adviser
Concern Worldwide
Camden Street
Dublin 2
00-353-1-4177717
E-mail: Linda.Burns@concern.ie

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REQUESTING SUBMISSIONS FOR DATABASE (INDIA)

Dear Friends,

India Centre for Human Rights and Law was founded to defend the rights of
the underprivileged, minority groups and of those affected by
environmental degradation and retrogressive economic and development
policies in particular the rights of women, children, Dalits, indigenous
people, prisoners and labour. One of the aims of the centre is to
demystify the law to enable common people to fight for their rights.

Special services offered:

   a.. The judgements, petitions and information on prominent public
interest litigations.
   b.. Crisis support and legal intervention for people / groups affected
by human rights violations.
   c.. Within the framework of human rights and law the centre has
specialised units on a) prison justice, b) gender justice, c) child
rights, d) gay and lesbian rights, e) tribal rights, f) dalit rights, g)
national campaign for housing and h) health and the law. These units
develop training modules in their fields of specialisation, network with
other groups on specific issues, undertake documentation and publication
as well as provide legal advice to other organisations working in these
areas.
   d.. Research and library facilities for issues related to human rights
and law.

We are in the process of compiling our database.  Please send us your
name, add, organisation, phone, fax, email, mobile, etc.

Waiting for your reply at the earliest.

Sincerely,

Amarjit Singh
E-mail: huright@vsnl.com

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SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR IBA INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW DIRECTORY

Dear List members,

With a grant from the United States Institute of Peace, the International
Bar Association (IBA) is creating an online world wide directory of
organisations providing rule of law assistance. The IBA is the world's
largest international organisation of Law Societies, Bar Associations and
individual lawyers engaged in international practice. The IBA was founded
in 1947. It is composed of over 16.000 individual lawyer members in 183
countries and 178 Law Societies and Bar Associations.

The proposed directory will consist of an online database from which the
user will be able to access each organisation's website, identify its area
of focus, geographical reach and contact details. The database will be
searchable. Only organisations working in the field of the rule of law
which fit one or more of the categories listed on our directory will be
included.

I would be extremely grateful if you could help me by locating
organisations working in the field of the rule of law in your country, so
that we may contact them and invite them to be included in this directory.
I am specifically seeking the names of relevant organisations, their
contact details (including e-mail address) and the person to whom I should
direct the request. We have prepared an electronic form, which is easy to
complete, to be sent to these organisations. If you wish to register your
organisation, please click on http://www.roldirectory.org/ and follow the
instructions. Please feel free to forward this message to other
organisations working in the field of the rule of law. Please note that
there are no costs involved in registering your organisation or accessing
the information contained in the database.

The IBA considers the primacy of the law as a fundamental principle of any
democratic system seeking to foster and promote rights. The IBA believes
that an easily accessible, online directory of entities involved in rule
of law will be an invaluable tool to those establishing and implementing
rule of law programmes. The Directory will provide legal and governmental
practitioners with instant access to entities that provide technical
assistance in the area of rule of law.

Thank you for your assistance and do not hesitate to contact me with
further questions.

Yours sincerely,

Valentina Zoghbi
Research Lawyer
International Bar Association
271 Regent Street
London, W1B 2AQ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7629 1206
Fax:+44 (0) 20 7409 0456
Email: Valentina.Zoghbi@int-bar.org

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LOOKING FOR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Dear colleagues,

I am interested in taking internship in an organization concerning
advocacy/campaign or education. I would be very grateful if you are able
give me some information on such organizations, particularly organizations
based in America or Europe and its contact person.

I have been working in LP3ES is national NGO in Indonesia that provides
human rights education to many sectors of society. LP3ES also advocates
for freedom of the press as a fundamental part of the process of
democratization and offers bimonthly seminars on democracy and civil
society. It conducts research and opinion polls on human rights and
political issues and publishes books. It supports the growth of civil
society by providing technical assistance and develops the human rights
advocacy network at provincial level.

Thanks for your kindness, I am looking forward your respond soon.

Best regards,

Naning
E-mail: cesda3@lp3es.or.id





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