[hr-education] Training of trainers initiative for young lawyers in Caucasus region

Dear List Members,

In cooperation with the Armenian Constitutional Rights-Protective Centre
(Armenia) and the Bureau for Human Rights and Law Respect (Azerbaijan), the
Human Rights Education Centre of Tbilisi (Georgia) recently conducted a
five-day training project entitled "Training of Young Lawyers of Caucasus".
The main aim of the project was to train young lawyers (law faculty and
international law faculty students) from Caucasian countries (Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Georgia) on strategies and techniques of human rights
education, based on the Amnesty International manual for human rights
schoolteachers "First Steps". [***Moderators' note: Full text of different
language versions of "First Steps: A manual for starting human rights
education" can be found in HREA's on-line Human Rights Education Library
at: http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/First_Steps/  ***]

The five-day training took place in Borjomi-Likani (Georgia) from 16-21
February 2003. Twenty-seven lawyers from the Republic of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Georgia participated. All participants were under the age of
30. Leaders of the training included representatives of each of the
participant countries, as well as the Republic of Moldova.

Participants learned the fundamentals of human rights law through
theoretical lectures addressing the concept of human rights, key
international and European human rights documents, and the system of human
rights protection. Through discussions, role-plays, drawing, film
presentations, case-studies and debating, they increased their
understanding of human rights law and got acquainted with
various  strategies and techniques used in human rights education.

The training successfully established a network of young lawyers of
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Participants expressed interest in
cooperating with the NGOs who conducted the training to start regional
human rights education activities in high schools and at law faculties in
their countries.

The project was organized through the financial support of the European
Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe. If you are interested in
learning further details of the project, please contact us at the Human
Rights Education Centre.  A written report of the training is available in
English.

Sincerely,

Givi Mikanadze
Chairperson
Human Rights Education Centre (HREC)
10, Kazbegi Ave.
Tbilisi, GE-380060
Georgia
E-mail: givimikanadze@hotmail.com

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