FINAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS HREA distance education course "HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING" (27 September-19 December 2004) Dear Colleagues, HREA is issuing a final call for applications for the distance learning course "Human Rights Monitoring", which will be offered from September-December 2004. Course instructor is Dr. Krassimir Kanev. Please note that the registration deadline for this course is 1 September 2004. Best wishes, Frank Elbers Distance Learning Programme, HREA http://www.hrea.org/courses ---------------------------------- HREA Distance Learning Course 4E04: HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING 27 September-19 December 2004 Instructor: Dr. Krassimir Kanev This distance learning course provides participants practical guidance on how to monitor human rights. Participants will be introduced to the doctrine and methodology of human rights monitoring, primarily as developed through the work of international organizations and NGOs, such as the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and national human rights NGOs. The participants are supposed to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge on the principles and the methods of human rights monitoring and on monitoring of specific institutions and situations. The course addresses approaches to identifying human rights violations, information-gathering, interviewing, monitoring some basic human rights and freedoms in the context of closed institutions, camps for refugees or IDPs, trial observations etc. It deals with preparation of reports, advocacy, interventions with international monitoring mechanisms, local authorities and other follow-up. The course involves 60 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructor and assignments, and is offered over a three-month period, beginning on 27 September 2004. E-mail will be the main medium for the course, although participants will need to have periodic access to the Web. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on peer-to-peer learning. Participants will do the required reading, prepare individual and group assignments and participate actively in group discussions. The course draws on a variety of sources, including, but not limited to: Malcolm Evans and Rod Morgan, Combating Torture in Europe: The Work and Standards of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2002), Human Rights Monitoring (Warsaw: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, 2001), Monitoring places of detention: a practical guide for NGOs (Geneva: APT and ODIHR, December 2002), Camille Giffard, Torture Reporting Handbook (Essex: Essex University, 2000), Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring (Geneva: United Nations, 2001), and UKWELI: Monitoring and Documenting Human Rights in Africa (Dakar: Amnesty International and CODESRIA, 2000). Application deadline: 1 September 2004 A more detailed course description, course outline, information about the course instructor, evaluations of the 2002 course and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/courses/4E.html ----- ABOUT HREA's DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMME HREA's Distance Learning Programme (DLP) was initiated in 2000 in response to an unaddressed need for the continuing education of human rights professionals and practitioners. The programme builds on HREA's extensive experience in both the training of professionals (advocates, educators, development workers) and the use of the new information technologies to provide resources and to network human rights advocates and educators. By offering short, practical yet specialised courses via distance learning barriers that prevent many practitioners from participating in continuing education -- such as a lack of time and/or lack of funds to participate in regional or national workshops/trainings -- can be overcome. HREA annually organises distance learning courses on human rights monitoring; research & evaluation in the NGO sector; project development and management; use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for human rights work; rights-based programming; and human rights advocacy (in English, Arabic and Russian). For more information about the DLP, please visit: http://www.hrea.org/DLP/ ABOUT HREA Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies. HREA works in partnership with education agencies, NGOs, governments and inter-governmental organisations to implement training programmes for NGO staff, jurists, teachers, and other professionals involved in human rights work. Current and past partners include, inter alia, Amnesty International, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Council of Europe, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HURIDOCS, the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights (IIDH), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Open Society Institute and UNESCO. HREA is registered as a non-profit organisation in the Netherlands and the USA. More information on HREA can be found at: http://www.hrea.org ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education@hrea.org>. 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