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Dear Colleagues,
HREA is issuing a final call for applications for the following e-learning courses, which will be offered in the third trimester of 2009 (September-November):
- Armed Conflict, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
- Genocide: What Role for International Law?
- Human Rights Advocacy
- Human Rights-Based Programming (in French)
- Human Rights Information and Documentation (in French)
- Human Rights Monitoring (in French)
- Mainstreaming Human Rights
- Minority Rights, Indigenous Peoples and International Law
- Monitoring Children's Rights
- Monitoring Women's Rights
- Project Development and Management in the NGO Sector
- Research & Evaluation in the NGO Sector
- Terrorism, Human Rights and Human Security
- The United Nations Human Rights System
Please note that the registration deadline for these courses is Monday, 15 June 2009. Applications can be submitted online. Further information about each course can be found below.
Best wishes,
Sandra Quintin
Distance Learning Programme, HREA
http://www.hrea.org/courses/
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HREA Distance Learning Course 15E09-2:
Armed Conflict, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
14 September-22 November 2009
Instructor: Gerd Oberleitner
Armed conflicts, in their various forms, remain rampant in today's world. Old wars and new wars, including the 'war on terror', continue to be fought, and armed violence from Iraq to Darfur impacts on the lives of civilians. Does law offer protection in armed conflicts? And does it allow us to answer questions such as: when is a war illegal? Which conduct is unlawful in an armed conflict? What are non-combatants? What are crimes against humanity? What protection exists in civil wars? What can be done to prevent the use of child soldiers? What are the duties of an occupying force?
This distance learning course offers an introduction to the law of armed conflict, or international humanitarian law, as it is known. It critically examines the role of law in armed conflict and demonstrates how law can guide the conduct of hostilities, mitigate the consequences of the use of armed force, and protect civilians in both international and non-international armed conflicts. It puts the law of armed conflict in a political context, traces recent developments in this particular area of law, discusses the role of international criminal law, the convergence between human rights and humanitarian law, gender and law, and the protection of vulnerable groups such as children. It examines situations of occupation and the impact which the 'war on terror' has on the law of armed conflict.
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and on-line application form can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=337
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HREA Distance Learning Course 3T09:
Genocide: What Role for International Law?
14 September-22 November 2009
Instructor: Gerd Oberleitner
This thematic course provides an introduction into the phenomenon of genocide and explores the ways and means for responding to genocide which are available under the present international legal order. It examines the potential and limits of law as a tool for confronting the "crime of crimes" and its perpetrators, accomplices and bystanders.
Genocide is not only a dark legacy of the past but a threat to the present and future of many societies. How best to respond to genocide, prevent its (re-)occurrence, provide redress for the victims and deal with the legacy of atrocities, and what is the role of international law in all this? This is the central question the course sets out to answer. Indeed, today's responses to genocide seem manifold. After forty years of lying dormant, the Genocide Convention is resuming its role as a tool for combating impunity for acts of genocide. The ad hoc tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda have paved the way for holding perpetrators accountable, and truth and reconciliation commissions have been set up to deal with the aftermath of genocides. The International Court of Justice speaks out on genocide, and the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over this crime. But are these laws, institutions and measures adequate for preventing genocide, for intervening and for providing redress - and if not, why?
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=282
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HREA Distance Learning Course 2E09-2:
Human Rights Advocacy
16 September-24 November 2009
Instructor: Valerie Miller
This distance learning course provides human rights activists with a range of proven human rights advocacy methods and critical concepts as a means for them to reflect on and deepen their own work. The course will look at the theoretical foundations and critical issues of human rights advocacy, elements of advocacy planning, and strategies for action.
In this course, participants should deepen their knowledge about advocacy and its relationship to: Politics and Democracy; Citizenship and Rights; Power, Empowerment and Citizen Education and Action. Participants will gain basic skills and knowledge in: visioning; contextual analysis; problem/issue identification; analysis and prioritisation; power mapping; goal/objective setting; analysis of advocacy arenas and strategies; message development, reports and media; public outreach and mobilisation; lobbying and negotiation; advocacy leadership and coalition building; and assessment of success.
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=397
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HREA Distance Learning Course 5F09:
La Programmation basée sur les droits humains
16 septembre-24 novembre 2009
Instructeur: Frank Elbers
Ce cours à distance a pour objet d'initier le personnel des organisations pour le développement et des ONG (internationales) à la programmation basée sur les droits. Une approche basée sur les droits de l'homme est un cadre conceptuel pour le processus du développement humain normativement basé sur les droits de l'homme internationaux standards et orienté de façon à promouvoir et protéger les droits de l'homme. Pour l'essentiel, une approche basée sur les droits de l'homme intègre les normes, critères et principes du système international des droits de l'homme aux plans, politiques et processus des programmes de développement.
Les participants approfondiront leur connaissance des projets et programmes de développement dans le cadre des droits de l'homme et apprendront à appliquer les principes d'équité, d'autonomisation, de participation et de responsabilité aux différentes phases de préparation et de mise en œuvre du projet. Les participants seront sensibilisés aux moyens d'intégrer des pratiques anti-discriminatoires aux programmes et à prêter attention aux groupes vulnérables. Le cours sera concentré sur les outils pratiques pour l'estimation de la situation des droits de l'homme, la préparation du programme, sa mise en œuvre, son contrôle et son évaluation dans un cadre conceptuel basé sur les droits.
Plus d'informations : http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=404
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HREA Distance Learning Course 4F09:
Le Monitoring des droits de l'homme
16 septembre-24 novembre 2009
Instructeur: Amina Lemrini
Ce cours à distance a pour objet d'initier les contrôleurs des droits de l'homme et le personnel des organisations internationaux et des ONG (nationales et internationales) à le monitoring les droits de l'homme. Le cours reflète les nombreux principes admis concernant la surveillance des droits de l'homme, qui doivent être respectés dans les opérations en matière de droits de l'homme menées par l'ONU sur le terrain, et comme tel il veut contribuer à accroître l'efficacité des travaux de terrain concernant les droits de l'homme. Même s'il s'adresse en premier lieu aux contrôleurs des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies, on espère qu'il sera également utile aux contrôleurs des droits de l'homme appartenant à d'autres organisations, qu'elles soient de nature intergouvernementale ou non-gouvernementale.
Pour plus d'informations visitez: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=305
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HREA Distance Learning Course 18F09:
L'Information et la documentation en droits de l'homme
16 septembre-24 novembre 2009
Instructeur: Naceur Kéfi
La gestion de l'information et de la documentation dans le domaine des droits de l'homme sur des bases rationnelles et scientifiques, et en faisant recours aux techniqes modernes de traitement et de difusion de l'information est un élément important pour promouvoir l'action des ONG des droits de l’homme. La gestion de l'information et de la documentation a un impact évident aussi bien sur les activités de protection que sur les activités de protection des droits de l'homme. Dans le domaine de la promotion l'information et la documentation constituent un élément de base pour les actions de recherche, mais aussi et surtout pour les actions de formation et d'éducation aux droits de l'homme. Les actions de protection et de monitoring restent dans une large mesure tributaire de l'accès à des informations pertinentes et précises sur les violations et les abus qui sont commis. Ceci illustre l'importance d'une bonne gestion de l'information et de la documentation dans les ONG des droits de l'homme.
L'objectif de ce cours à distance est de : initier les participants (membres des ONG de droits de l'homme aux techniques de collecte, de traitement et de diffusion de l'information et de la documentation relative aux droits de l'homme; former les participants sur la méthodlogie et les étapes à suivre pour la création et la gestion de services d'information et de documentation spécialisés dans le domaine des droits de l'homme; former les participants sur l'utilisation des nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication dans el domaine des droits de l'homme; former les participants sur l'importance de l'utilisation des standards de traitement de l'information dans le domaine des droits de l'homme (e.g. les standard de Huridocs).
Plus d'informations:
http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=962
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HREA Distance Learning Course 1T09:
Mainstreaming Human Rights
14 September-22 November 2009
Instructor: Gerd Oberleitner
In 1997, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan (in his report "Renewing the United Nations: A Programme for Reform") designated human rights as a "cross-cutting issue" for the whole United Nations (UN) system and asked for human rights to be "mainstreamed" into the programmes, policies and activities of all UN specialised agencies, programmes and funds. This proved to be a system-wide and ongoing challenge for the UN system, the results of which are both potentially far-reaching and little understood. A decade after the Secretary-General's call it is time to take stock of the achievements, failures and challenges of mainstreaming human rights in the UN.
This course will critically trace and evaluate the results of the Secretary-General's proposal, compare the different approaches taken by members of the "UN family" and note their experiences. After all, their response to mainstreaming is uneven, with some embracing the idea, some struggling with it and others eschewing it altogether. Despite numerous pledges to mainstream human rights, the very term still lacks conceptual clarity, and misunderstandings and disagreements as to both the process and its desired outcome remain. The obstacles to successfully mainstream human rights are plentiful and its practical requirements demanding. What do we learn, ten years on, from the experiences made by UN specialised agencies, programmes and funds? Is mainstreaming a beneficial process worth pursing? What are the prerequisites for successfully mainstreaming human rights? How does mainstreaming change institutions; and does it also change our perception of human rights? These are some of the questions the course seeks to answer.
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=281
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HREA Distance Learning Course 12T09:
Minority Rights, Indigenous Peoples and International Law
14 September-22 November 2009
Instructor: Dr. Gerd Oberleitner
This course is an introduction to the protection of minority rights under international law and allows participants to explore and critically assess the norms and institutions for the protection of minorities and indigenous peoples which have been created over the past half century. The course provides an introduction to the history of minority protection before 1945 and traces the conceptual, political and legal questions associated with and arising from the protection of minorities, as well as the struggle over the definition of minorities. It discusses how the rights of national, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities and of indigenous and tribal groups are protected and promoted under international legal regimes - in the United Nations and in Europe, Africa and the Americas. Participants will debate the challenges of protecting "new" minorities (such as migrants) as opposed to "old" (autochthonous) minorities and explore different conceptual approaches - human rights, group rights, peoples' rights, self-determination, autonomy and minority rights - as well as the link between non-discrimination and minority rights.
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=973
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HREA Distance Learning Course 14E09:
Monitoring Children's Rights
16 September-24 November 2009
Instructor: Felisa Tibbitts
This distance learning course is a basic introduction to measuring and monitoring the status of children, including basic health and welfare, education, civil rights and freedoms, and special protection measures. The course will address the full cycle of monitoring, including tool development; methodologies for carrying out monitoring (both organisationally as well as through the involvement of children); and the application of results for improving the promotion and protection of children's human rights.
Learners will explore different indicators and indexes already in use and the basics of constructing a social indicator. Through a blending of theoretical and case study material, the course will illustrate procedures for the appraisal, selection, development and analysis of indicator data, although highly technical aspects of mathematical manipulation of indicators and statistical regression will not be addressed.
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=332
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HREA Distance Learning Course 17E09:
Monitoring Women's Rights
16 September-24 November 2009
Instructor: Indai Sajor
This distance learning course is a basic introduction to measuring and monitoring the status of women and gender equality, including basic health and welfare, education, civil rights and freedoms, and special protection measures. The course will address the full cycle of monitoring, including tool development; methodologies for carrying out monitoring; and the application of results for improving the respect, protection and realisation of women's human rights.
The course involves approximately 50 hours of reading, on-line working groups, assignments, and interaction among students and the instructor, and is offered over a 10-week period beginning on 16 September 2009. The course will integrate active and participatory learning approaches within activities and assignments, with an emphasis on reflective and collaborative learning. Participants will do the required reading, prepare interim and final project assignments, including case studies, and participate in group discussions.
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=441
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HREA Distance Learning Course 6E09:
Project Development and Management in the NGO Sector
16 September-24 November 2009
Instructor: Felisa Tibbitts
This course will introduce the basic elements of project development and management. Step-by-step processes and techniques will be introduced for the various phases of a project life cycle. The course is intended for staff of non-governmental organisations who have responsibility for designing and carrying out a project, but with relatively little experience. Participants will be assisted in the development of a project plan that could be submitted to senior management or a funding agency.
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=336
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HREA Distance Learning Course 1E09:
Research & Evaluation in the NGO Sector
16 September-24 November 2009
Instructor: Felisa Tibbitts
NGO staff members, human rights activists and educators will be introduced to the fundamentals of research design, qualitative and quantitative methods, data collection and applications for improving programming. Learners will participate in exercises to develop basic research skills, analyse research studies, and will practise designing a research or evaluation project. Course participants will also become better "consumers" of such studies. Participants are encouraged to come to the course with a research or evaluation project idea that can be developed within the course.
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=335
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HREA Distance Learning Course 2T09:
Terrorism, Human Rights and Human Security
14 September-22 November 2009
Instructor: Dr. Gerd Oberleitner
While we are inundated with news on terrorism, we often lack the time to reflect, in an informed way, on the impact which both terrorism and counter-terrorism have on our rights and security. This thematic course aims at looking beyond the headlines and taking a step back from the information overload on terrorist threats and acts. It provides space for learning more about terrorism as a phenomenon and on different ways of responding to terrorism.
By way of introduction, this distance learning course will trace the history, causes and manifestations of terrorism. We will consider the place of terrorism in human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law and discuss terrorism as a human rights violation. Based on recent studies and research, and making use of selected case studies, the course will assess and reflect on the changes the 'War on Terrorism' has brought about for human rights and human security. We will critically assess responses to terrorism - by international organisations, intelligence services and courts and trough diplomacy, criminal investigations, military action, etc. - from a human rights perspective. Detaining suspected terrorists, allowing for "robust" interrogation techniques, ordering extra-ordinary renditions, compiling 'terrorist lists', conducting 'targeted killings', restricting freedom of expression and access to information - how do such measures fare against human rights standards? Which measures overstep the boundaries of human rights and what, exactly, are the issues at stake? Finally, we will seek to draw some lessons and reflect on some broader - and contested - issues: what does 'security' mean after 9/11? How can human rights and security demands be reconciled, and is security itself a human right? Is there a need to re-conceptualise human rights so as to be more responsive to security concerns?
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and on-line application form can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=279
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HREA Distance Learning Course 10E09:
The United Nations Human Rights System
14 September-22 November 2009
Instructor: Gerd Oberleitner
This distance learning course is an introduction to the United Nations (UN) human rights system. The protection and promotion of human rights is a cardinal task of the UN. Over the past half century the UN has been active in drafting and adopting human rights standards and norms, and a considerable number of institutions, procedures and mechanisms have been (and continue to be) created in the field of human rights.
The course will provide on overview of and critical introduction to the UN human rights system. It will introduce the core UN human rights standards and discuss their universality. It will present the UN treaty bodies which monitor compliance with human rights treaties, the Human Rights Council and its mandate, role achievements and failures since its took over from the dissolved Commission on Human Rights in 2006, and the Council's subsidiary bodies. It will highlight the role of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and discuss the place of women's human rights in the UN system, the mainstreaming of human rights in UN specialised agencies, programmes and funds, and the role of civil society in the UN Human rights framework.
A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and on-line application form can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=401
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About HREA's Distance Learning Programme
Since 2002, over 1,800 human rights defenders, development workers, staff members of international organisations and graduate students have successfully participated in HREA's distance learning courses.
Further information about HREA's Distance Learning Programme can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/DLP/
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