[hr-education] Sixth South Asian Orientation Course in Human Rights and Peace Studies

SIXTH SOUTH ASIAN ORIENTATION COURSE IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE STUDIES,
2006 SOUTH ASIA FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Applications are invited for the Sixth South Asian Orientation Course in
Human Rights and Peace Studies. The last date for receiving applications
is 25 March 2006. Application form can be downloaded from -
http://www.safhr-hrps.org/ApplicationForm.doc and 
http://www.safhr.org/ApplicationForm.doc

The course will have three components:
A three months long distance learning beginning 1 May 2006; field work in
August; and, a three-week long Direct Orientation in September 2006. The
distance-learning will be conducted on SAFHR's secure e-learning platform.
Participants will also receive the course material on CDs. However,
familiarity with e-learning skills and proficiency in the English language
are essential. Six compulsory modules of the course are: 1. Basic Concepts
of Human Rights; 2. Constitution, laws and justice; 3. Conflicts and the
Politics of Peace; 4. "The Global War on Terror"; 5. Globalization,
politics of technology and environmental justice, and 6. Media and
Conflict.

Between thirty to thirty-five participants, preferably between 25 and 40,
will be selected on the basis of the nature and the quality of their
involvement with the issues of human rights, peace, democracy and
development in the region. Each applicant has to send a filled in
application form, mentioning where he or she has seen the course
advertisement, with two references, and a 1000-word essay explaining the
relation of the applicant's work to human rights and peace studies and
reasons for applying for the course. The selection will be guided by the
necessity to have a balanced representation of participants from all the
countries in the region, women activists, refugee activists, media
practioners, members of minority groups, researchers, academics, policy
makers, leaders of non-governmental organizations and government
officials. A maximum of four participants from outside South Asia will be
selected. For the direct orientation, the participants will have to find
their own funding to travel. SAFHR will provide boarding and lodging. The
selected participants from South Asia will have to deposit a registration
fee of US $ 100 the latest by 15 April 2006. Participants from outside
South Asia have to pay US $ 400. The enrollment of the participants will
be confirmed only after that.

For further information on the course structure, content and
methodologies, read the fifth course report at
http://www.safhr-hrps.org/asset/Peace%20studies%20report5.pdf Electronic,
facsimile and postal submissions are acceptable. Those sending the
applications by post or courier should do so to the HRPS secretariat at
the following address:

South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR)
HRPS Secretariat
T-26, Green Park Main
New Delhi-110016
Tel: +91 11 51682841/ 42, Fax: +91 11 51682840
Email: Desk@safhr.org

 

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Tele: 00977-1-5541026, Fax: 0977-1-5527852
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