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. ----------------------- CONTENTS 1. Seeking information about India's UN positions on human rights 2. Looking for sponsorship for training/study abroad 3. Collecting information about Article 18 education initiatives 4. Looking for NGOS involved in women's human rights litigation 5. Seeking partners for organizing conference about trafficking in children +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1. SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT INDIA'S UN POSITIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS Dear List members, My name is Talita Capella, I'm brasilian and I study International Relations at Sao Paulo University. In July, I will be in Brasilia, with some other USP IR students, representing India at the America's Model of United Nations, organized by the University of Brasilia's International Relations Institute. This model is a simulation of the United Nations, where each participant represents a country on an UN committee, like the Security Council and the Legal Committee. At this time, we are studying in order to be able to take a good part at the discussions which will be held. And we have found it very difficult to find sources to our preparation. I will be the one representing India at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and it would be very useful to me any kind of information you can give about India's position and internal affairs related to Prevention and Punishment on the Crime of Genocide, the The Impacts of Structural Adjustment Programmes on the Realization of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Vienna + 10 (The tenth year of the Vienna Conference). I would appreciate any kind of information you can provide me! Thank you very much, Talita Capella E-mail: tallycapella@terra.com.br ---------- 2. LOOKING FOR SPONSORSHIP FOR TRAINING/STUDY ABROAD Dear Colleagues! I am working in the Regional Directorate of Human Rights, Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights, Government of Pakistan in the North West Frontier Province as Public Relations Officer. I feel that much is needed to be done for creating awareness amongst the government agencies and masses about human rights, especially the child rights and women rights. However, my own knowledge, I strongly feel is not up to the mark and need to be enhanced and updated to a level, where I could be better placed to argue with the strong state organizations and in a more appealing way to the common masses. I have not received any formal training in human rights, though I work closely with Police and jail staff and now with District Officers and elected representatives at the district levels. I request all friends/organizations to please sponsor my visit to other countries for updating my knowledge. Sponsoring formal training/study in human rights would be greatly helpful and appreciated. M. H. Khan Khattak E-mail: mhkhankhattak@hotmail.com ---------- 3. COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT ARTICLE 18 EDUCATION INITIATIVES Dear all members: The Geneva based Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief which belongs to the Conference of UN NGOs (CONGO) would like to circulate among its members information about human rights education which promotes understanding of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Art.18 "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance." The committee is particularly concerned about the follow up of the UN International Consultative Conference on School Education in Relation with Freedom of Religion and Belief, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, held in Madrid in November 2001, by the initiative of the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion. Any such information, including "models" of syllabi, could be sent to Dr John Taylor, the secretary of the committee at echappee@bluewin.ch (the address is different from that of the sender of this email you are reading). Similarly, if any member of the Human Rights Education Associates would like to receive information about the committee they are invited to contact the secretary at the same address echappee@bluewin.ch Thank you, Kazunari Fujii E-mail: kazunari@geneva-link.ch ---------- 4. LOOKING FOR NGOS INVOLVED IN WOMEN's HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION Dear friends and colleagues, My name is Liudmila Mazur. I am writing to you on behalf of the Network of East-West Women (NEWW). NEWW was founded in 1991 as an international communication and resource network supporting dialogue, informational exchange, and activism among those concerned about the status of women in CEE/NIS. NEWW s mission is to support the growth of grassroots women's movements in CEE/NIS. More information about NEWW and NEWW-Poland is available in website: www.neww.org <http://www.neww.org> and www.neww.org.pl <http://www.neww.org.pl>. NEWW plans to establish pilot project CEE/NIS Women's Rights Training Institute next year. This project is funded by the Open Society Institute in Budapest. The objectives of the Project are to develop regional and county level litigation strategies on women s right in CEE/NIS, equip lawyers with necessary knowledge and practical skills to litigate women's rights cases at the European Court of Human Rights, and develop effective models of draft legislation around priority issues with particular attention to follow-up implementation. Before launching the Institute, NEWW seeks to establish relationships with the human rights litigation organizations already active in CEE/NIS in order to have a discussion with them aimed at linking our efforts around the on-going strategic litigation efforts on various human rights issues to the specific field of women s human rights litigation. I would be very grateful if you could provide me with information about programs implemented by your organization in the field of women s rights litigation in CEE/NIS region. Yours sincerely, Liudmila Mazur E-mail: liudmila_mazur@yahoo.com ---------- 5. SEEKING PARTNERS FOR ORGANIZING CONFERENCE ABOUT TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN Dear Colleagues, Greetings from Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA)/ Center for Study and Child Protection. We are pleased to introduce Center for Study and Child Protection. Center for Study and child Protection is an NGO founded on 21 October 1996 as a realization of our concern on the implementation of the rights of women and children in Indonesia in general and in North Sumatera in particular. With the support from the Japan Foundation Asia Centre, Pusat Kajian dan Perlindungan Anak (PKPA)/ Centre for Study and Child Protection will organize Southeast Asia Conference on the Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes in Medan, North Sumatera, in April 2004. The Japan Foundation Asia Centre has agreed to provide small part of the budget of the conference. Therefore, a donor meeting and fund raising are needed to gain more support for the conference. UNICEF Indonesia has also given a commitment to support the conference, and other concerned International donors, like ECPAT International, is also likely to provide supports for the conference. We are now exploring the possibilities of establishing cooperation with organizations for the implementation of the conference. We would be very grateful if your organization would cooperate with us for the conference, or if you would to refer us to other organizations known to you that may be interested to cooperate with us. I look forward to receiving your response and participation to support this conference. Best regards, Ahmad Sofian E-mail: pkpamdn@indosat.net.id ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education@hrea.org>. 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