Aloha e Global Human Rights Advocates, This is a final reminder for our fifth annual summer seminar focusing on human rights, peace and ecology in Hawai'i. Please share this announcement with your colleagues in your countries and global civil society that might be interested in participating. The course will cover: right of self-determination, women's rights, education is a human right, militarism and terrorism impacts on human rights agenda, indigenous peoples movements for human rights, environment is a human right, decolonization in the Pacific, indigenous models of conflict resolution, international instruments and institutions for human rights protection and promotion, regional mechanisms for human rights from the Americas to the Pacific, U.S. foreign policy and the implications for international law, culture as a tool for rehabilitation and reconciliation in conflict resolution, children's rights, nutrition and health, and peace is a human rights. The topics will also be supplemented with excursions of empowerment to enhance the essence of the lectures such as peace visits to examine military impact on sacred sites, living sustainably in an ahupuaa discussing indigenous cosmology and its importance for future generations in one of the only valleys existing in harmony with nature, and impacts of tourism on island nations looking at its impact on ways of life and cultural survival. Please encourage activists and academics interested in participating to apply. We will do our best to include those truly interested in dedicating their lives to human rights around the world. Maluhia Me Ka Pono, Peace with Justice, Joshua Cooper Executive Director Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights joshua@hawaii.edu ------ FIFTH ANNUAL ADVANCED COURSE AND TRAINING PROGRAM IN PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS May 1, 2004 Aloha e na hoa'aloha o ka maluhia a ka pono, Dear Friends of Peace and Human Rights, The Fifth Annual Advanced Course and Training Program in Peace and Human Rights will take place from June 7-25, 2004 on O'ahu, Hawai'i, and Maui. The theme of the three week advanced summer seminar in Hawai'i is "Deepening the Discourse of Human Rights; Developing Nonviolent Strategies for Direct Action and Diplomacy. The Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights will organize a specialized, summer study session focusing on international human rights law and the power of nonviolence geared for advanced students in international law, political science and peace studies; and professors and professionals in the field of international human rights law and peace. The summer seminar focus is to: v Educate about the international instruments and institutions, the regional mechanisms and national commissions that aim to promote and protect human rights, as well as the established generations of human rights and the emerging generation of collective rights; and v Organize to challenge the current judicial and political systems to improve and be innovative in their approach; and v Mobilize participants to move beyond basic understanding and to build skills and strategies for future nonviolence and human rights campaigns. The principled analysis of existing international human rights rooted in relevant case law and international issues will be the basis for the seminar. A program of action will be developed together by experts and participants to transform the knowledge into direct action. The pedagogy of the seminar will feature lectures and panels by professionals in the field of human rights from the grassroots to the global level as well as professors teaching the philosophy and practice of nonviolence and international human rights law. The participants will also meet in working groups to do two functions of: v Examining case studies before international bodies; and v Formulating conclusions and visionary proposals during futures studies assemblies. The participants will also do two writing assignments featuring a 10 - 15 page paper building upon the 150 - 250 word abstract submitted in the application for admission. The paper should focus on one of the subjects featured at the Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights Summer Seminar. The HIHR and accepted participants will work together on the final product. Upon completion of the course, students will hand in 10-15-page paper to organizers based on the previous abstract. During the Summer Seminar, students will present papers to human rights experts and community members and lead a discussion on importance of the issue in international human rights law. A brief, yet complete, 1503 citing a human rights violation researched while on location in Hawai'i will be required from all participants. Those who endure the three week advanced course and training in peace and human rights on three islands in Hawai'i and complete the course will receive a diploma from the Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights. The Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights summer seminar, "Deepening the Discourse of Human Rights; Developing Nonviolent Strategies for Direct Action and Diplomacy" is limited to a maximum of 35 participants. The course fee for individuals is $3,000.00 (USD). This fee includes tuition, air and ground transportation on all three islands, accommodations, course reading material, and excursions of empowerment. There will be four receptions and one ho'olaule'a (large gathering). Participants will be lodged in guesthouses or dormitories on all three islands. Accepted applicants will be able to work with HIHR travel agents to find affordable rates to Hawai'i. HIHR will assist with visas to attend the summer seminar. Participants must be responsible for proper medical, travel and damage insurance. Provided necessary funds and grant awards are available, participants might receive an exemption from course fees and a fellowship to award some further expenses coverage. Potential participants should complete the application form, paper abstract and essay. The application deadline is May 15, 2004. All information will be handled confidentially. Candidates will be informed by May 20, 2004 to begin packing for "paradise" as well as researching and writing the paper to present in Hawai'i in June. May we ask you to forward this information to activists, academics and authors that would be interested in participating in this educational endeavor. Please pass on this opportunity in peace and human rights education to students, professors and experts you believe would be interested in submitting an application. For additional copies of the information brochure and application forms, please contact us at the following address: Joshua Cooper, Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights, Pacific Peace Palace, 3524 Campbell Avenue, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96815. Phone: 808 734-0117(h), 808 542-7204(c), E-mail: joshua@hawaii.edu>. O wau no me ka ha'aha'a, With great humbleness, Joshua Cooper Krista Scott HIHR Summer Seminar Advanced Course Coordinator Logistics Coordinator ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education@hrea.org>. 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