Derechos: Human Rights Listings

Innovative On-line Human Rights Seminar
Launches at end of February 2006

The Spanish organisation, Documentation Sciences Foundation, has launched an on-line human rights conference covering a five-day period from the 27th February to the 3rd March. In order to reach as wide an audience as possible, the Foundation is using Interwise conferencing technology to broadcast the conference across the web.

The conference itself is loosely based around Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which covers “the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.”

The Seminar on human rights will be given by members of the Brussels–based European Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance and will be focused around audiovisual to show how human rights education can be effectively performed using modern communication media.

This conference takes this theme and taking advantage of the benefits of the world wide web, plans to get a broad cross section of people involved in the subject. With the participation of different national and international institutions as organizers and collaborators, the Documentation Sciences Foundation have directed their efforts as a whole to carry out this Seminar, where the role of Information Technology towards human rights will be discussed.

The Seminar is to be held annually, focusing on a particular area every year, serving as a stimulus for the collaboration and the exchange of ideas between multidisciplinary professionals from all over the world interested in the Information Technology and its relation with Human Rights.

Mr. Jose Raul Vaquero, President of the Documentation Sciences Foundation said, “I am especially proud to be part of the team that is developing this ground-breaking technology for human rights purposes. The possibilities to help people through the Internet are extensive and I think that through holding this seminar, along with others we plan to do, we will be laying a path for others to follow.”

For registration and further information, please visit www.documentalistas.org/seminario o email human.rights@documentalistas.org

Summer 2006 Professional Training Program
at
American University

Washington, D.C. U.S.A.

The Peacebuilding & Development Summer Institute provides knowledge, practical experience and skills for practitioners, teachers and students involved in conflict resolution, peacebuilding, humanitarian assistance and development. The Summer Institute will focus on various approaches to mediation, negotiation, facilitation, reconciliation and dialogue, particularly in conflict-torn and developing regions. Participants will explore innovative methods of promoting cultural diversity with respect to public policy, community and religion, war and post-conflict environments, while expanding their knowledge and skills in a participatory and interactive learning environment. Participants in the Summer Institute will be exposed to leading professionals from the fields of public policy, peacebuilding and development.

The summer 2005 Institute welcomed over 200 participants from 25 countries. The participants came from varying backgrounds ranging from international agencies such as the UN, World Vision, CARE, Mercy Corps, USAID, as well as scholars and practitioners from a variety of community organizations. They were joined by Master's degree students from the International Peace & Conflict Resolution division and the International Development division within the School of International Service.

The Peacebuilding and Development Summer Institute is one of the first programs specifically organized to bridge the two fields of peacebuilding and development. Participants choose from one of three trainings offered weekly, and participants may attend for either one, two, or all three weeks. The trainings are:

Week I: June 19 - 23, 2006

Training Session 1 : Religion & Culture in Conflict Resolution with Mohammed Abu-Nimer

Training Session 2 : Bridging Human Rights & Conflict Resolution Instructor TBA

Training Session 3 : Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding & Development with Claudia Lieber & Mark Chupp

Week II: June 26 - June 30, 2006

Training Session 1 : Applied Conflict Analysis & Resolution with Ron Fisher & Brian Mandell

Training Session 2 : Training for Trainers in Peacebuilding & Development with Mohammed Abu-Nimer

Training Session 3 : Practical Approaches to Peacebuilding & Development in Conflict Areas with Erin McCandless

Training Session 4 : Islam and the West: Strategies for Peace with Nathan C. Funk and Meena Sharify-Funk

Week III: July 3 - 8, 2006

Training Session 1 : Arts Approaches to Peacebuilding & Development with Babu Ayindo

Training Session 2 : Forgiveness & Healing with Eileen Borris

Training Session 3 : Design, Monitoring & Evaluation for Peacebuilding and Conflict-Sensitive Development with Cheyenne Church

Phone : 1-202-885-2112

E-mail : PCRINST@american.edu

Online Application : http://www.american.edu/sis/peacebuilding

Thank you!

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Peacebuilding & Development Institute
American University, School of Int'l Service
4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, D.C. 20016-8071
USA

Phone: 1-202-885-2112
Fax: 1-202-885-1661
Web: http://www.american.edu/sis/peacebuilding

HREA - The Global Human Rights Education Network
HREA Distance Learning Programme

HREA is calling for applications for the distance learning courses Human Rights Monitoring, Introduction to the European System of Human Rights Protection and Promotion and Project Development and Management in the NGO Sector, which will be offered from September-Decemer 2006.

Please note that the registration deadline for these courses is 1 June 2006. Further information about each course can be found below.

Best wishes,

Frank Elbers
Distance Learning Programme, HREA
http://www.hrea.org/courses/

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HREA Distance Learning Course 4E06:
Human Rights Monitoring
6 September-28 November 2006
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 organisations 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.

A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/courses/4E.html

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HREA Distance Learning Course 9E06:
Introduction to the European System of Human Rights Protection and Promotion
11 September-3 December 2006
Instructor: Dr. Gerd Oberleitner

This distance learning course provides participants with practical guidance on how to protect human rights through the European human rights system, and specifically the institutions and treaties of the Council of Europe. Participants will be introduced to the main European human rights conventions and jurisprudence, primarily as developed through the European Court of Human Rights. The course addresses European human rights standards as they apply to civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, and the rights of minorities. Case studies on the freedom of expression, homosexuality, prisoner's rights, protection of the mentally-ill, the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons, and violence against women, will deepen participants' understanding of the European human rights standards and machinery.

The course is primarily intended for advanced (under)graduate students of (international) law or social and political sciences; civic education and history teachers; and NGO staff members from Council of Europe member states. Participants should have a good written command of English (the course language is English), have high competence and comfort with computer and Internet use, and have regular access to e-mail and the Internet.

A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/courses/9E.html

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HREA Distance Learning Course 6E06:
Project Development and Management in the NGO Sector
22 March-13 June 2006
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.

The course involves approximately 60 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructor and assignments, and is offered over a 12-week period, beginning on 13 September 2006. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on peer-to-peer learning. Participants will do the required readings, prepare interim and final assignments and participate in group discussions and a number of chat sessions.

A more detailed course description, further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/courses/6E.html

Human Rights Based Approaches to Development: Programme Cycle Management

Saturday 2nd - Friday 8th September, 2006 at National University of Ireland, Maynooth, IRELAND

This programme will explore the principles, policies and practice underpinning human rights based development and enhance participants’ skills in programming on this basis. Participants are facilitated in approaching their own development as an on-going process to enhance skills in teamwork, building relationships, communication, advocacy and designing strategic partnerships. Reflecting the multi-disciplinary nature of human rights based development, the training programme is aimed at policy advisors, project managers etc, with human rights specialisation, experience in development or humanitarian contexts as well as those working in development issues in industrialised countries. Priority for applications received by 1st June.

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Human Rights Fieldwork - Principles, Strategies and Skills
Saturday 28th October - Sunday 5th November 2006 at National University of Ireland, Maynooth + Field Exercise at Irish Defence Forces training facility Coolmoney Camp, County Wicklow, IRELAND.
This programme will explore the principles underpinning effective human rights fieldwork and enhance the skills of participants to carry this out safely before, during or after armed conflict. The emphasis is on ensuring that human rights fieldwork is relevant, effective, sustainable, participatory and accountable. Priority for applications received by 1st August

Further information on all IHRN Training programmes at: www.ihrnetwork.org/current-programme.htm

VI International Human Rights Colloquium
“Strengthening Human Rights in the South”
11 to 17 november 2006, sao paulo, brazil

www.conectas.org/coloquio

What is the International Human Rights Colloquium?
The Colloquium is an annual capacity building and peer-learning event designed for young activists from the Global South (Africa, Asia and Latin America). The objective of the VI International Human Rights Colloquium is to strengthen the impact of human rights activists work and to offer the opportunity to build new collaborative networks among activists, academics and the Organization of the United Nations (ONU).

Intense Regional Training in Health and Human Rights,
“Monitoring the Right to Health in Latin America”
Lima, Peru, October 6-10, 2006

IFHHRO and Edhucasalud offer an intense 5 day residential course. The course is designed for health professionals as well as for officials and others from the civil society dealing with health related issues on a daily basis.
The training is designed to present available tools to monitor the right to health within the Latin American region.
Participants will acquire a basic knowledge of international human right and humanitarian law and its relation with public health practices.

Equitas will be holding its 28th International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada, from June 10 to June 29, 2007. This annual, intensive three-week program brings together around 120 participants from approximately 60 countries.

GOAL OF THE PROGRAM

The goal of the IHRTP is to strengthen the capacity of human rights organizations to undertake educational efforts aimed at building a global culture of human rights. The IHRTP aims at enabling participant organizations to undertake more effective human rights education activities. To this end, the Program places a strong emphasis on transfer of learning and on follow-up activities. Participants will be asked to develop an individual plan for putting their learning into action as part of the training.

The Alien Tort Statute
Litigating International Human Rights Cases in U.S. Courts

A California MCLE – 6 General Credits and 1 Ethics Credit

Sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Hastings International and Comparative Law Review

Saturday, November 11, 2006, 8:45am - 5:00pm
UC Hastings College of the Law
San Francisco, CA 94102

Pre-Registration deadline: November 3, 2006
Register online at http://www.ccr-ny.org/cle

Over the past 25 years, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS, also known as the Alien Tort Claims Act, or ATCA) has allowed non-U.S. citizens to sue for human rights abuses in U.S. Courts. Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) attorneys rediscovered the statute in the 1970’s and, in 1979, filed a claim under the ATS and won the landmark case, Filártiga v. Peña-Irala. In that case, CCR helped Paraguayan nationals Joel and Dolly Filártiga win justice for the torture and murder of 17 year-old Joelito Filártiga, Joel's son and Dolly's brother. This training will provide an overview and introduction to the ATS and related statutes. Sessions will cover suits against foreign officials, U.S. officials, and corporations. Participants will gain insight into the evolution of the ATS and related statutes as wells as current issues and strategic considerations in their use today.

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An intensive seminar aimed at enhancing research agendas and teaching methodologies of university professors and other education professional

Kampala, Uganda
January 17-20, 2007

The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), in collaboration with the Refugee Law Project at Makerere University Faculty of Law, will host an intensive 3-day residential seminar for professors, researchers, and advanced MA and PhD students in the Great Lakes region to discuss transitional justice.1 While policy makers and human rights practitioners in the Great Lakes region have begun to grapple with issues related to transitional justice (TJ) in their work, there is a clear demand from the academic community in this region to incorporate TJ into its teaching and research. In light of recent developments in the Great Lakes region - in particular peace processes in Uganda and Sudan, the Gacaca trials in Rwanda, and transitional arrangements in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi - addressing these issues takes on some urgency

More information http://www.refugeelawproject.org/resources/seminars/TJseminar.pdf

A training on human rights is available for free online, thanks to a partnership between Fahamu and the OpenCourseWare Consortium.

Through the partnership, the 'Introduction to Human Rights' course, jointly developed by Fahamu and the University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education, has been made freely available on Fahamu's website. The course is designed to provide people with a comprehensive definition of human rights and how these rights are monitored and enforced.

The course is available at:

http://rightstraining.fahamu.org/ocw/learning-for-change/introduction-to-human-rights

20 August – 01 September 2007
Utrecht, The Netherlands

The 2007 International Human Rights Academy will be held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, between 20 August and 01 September 2007

The various intensive courses that make up the Academy are designed to provide high quality legal education in comparative international human rights and humanitarian law, with an emphasis on practical aspects in the various fields. Lectures are given by members of the organizing universities and institutes and by highly experienced practitioners in the field of human rights, coming from different intergovernmental and other international institutions.

Salzburg Law School
on International Criminal Law

Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law

9th Summer Session, Sunday 5 - Friday 17 August 2007

The Court and Applicable Law under Review (Part 1)

Salzburg Law School on International Criminal Law, Humanitarian Law and
Human Rights Law is an annual course under the academic supervision of Prof. Otto
Triffterer, editor of the Commentary on the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court. This year's Ninth Summer Session will in particular focus
on the initial practice of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as well as
the upcoming Review Conference in 2009.

The following are three short courses on human rights offered by the University of Nottingham.

1) Short Course on Human Rights Law - The University of Nottingham, Human Rights Law Centre.

This course is for three months and is run twice annually - September/October - December and January - March. The years course starts on 1st October.

The course provides an in-depth understanding of international human rights standards, looking at the human rights systems of organisations such as the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the OAS and the African Union. It provides a valuable insight for those working for NGOs or in government, as well as graduates, lecturers and legal or other professionals. The course features organised visits to NGOS, criminal courts and prisons.

Challenges to International Humanitarian Law is an intensive course
organized by the Institute for Human Rights at Ã…bo Akademi University,
in co-operation with the Finnish Red Cross, between 12 and 16 November
2007, in Turku, Finland. Application deadline: 14 September.

The course is intended to provide insights into new developments of,
and challenges to international humanitarian law. International
experts will, inter alia, deal with the interaction between human
rights law, humanitarian law and international criminal law. Issues
such as child soldiers and genocide will also be covered in the
substance of the course.

Further details of the course, including application forms, can be
obtained from the website of the Institute for Human Rights at
http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/courses.htm

The Gwangju Asian Human Rights Folk School aims to contribute to the development of democracy and human rights throughout Asia. Total of twenty-five (25) invitees from all over Asia who have been working for human rights and peace organizations in their own countries shall be given an opportunity to learn and experience the history and development process of human rights and democracy in South Korea.

Participants will be introduced to Korean history, the movements and struggle for democracy, including the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising, both through theoretical and practical experiences such as seminars, discussions and field trips to the sites of democratization movements in Korea. Included in the program design are sessions on administration of cultural events and youth activities; orientation on documentation and record preservation; and building networks and conduct of international cooperation projects.

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a new training course on monitoring economic,
social and cultural (ESC) rights, which will take place in Geneva, 12-16
May 2008.

This course is a joint initiative of both the Graduate Institute of
Development Studies (IUED) and Human Rights Information and Documentation
Systems, International (HURIDOCS).
http://www.iued.ch
http://www.huridocs.org

The international Service for Human Rights( ISHR) is opening the call for
applications for the Advanced Geneva Training Course on International Law
and Advocacy to be held in Geneva from the 13th ­ 28th March 2008.

Information on our website website:www.ishr.ch

The deadline for application is the 31 October 2007.

The International Service for Human Rights would like to inform you that the
Advanced Geneva Training Course in International Law and Advocacy (AGTC) is
starting on the 6th March instead of the 13th. Therefore the course will be
held in Geneva from 6-28 March 2008

We apologize for the error in our previous mail and we thank you for your
understanding.

The deadline for application remains the 31st October 2007.

Feel free to ask any question on this address: courses@ishr.ch

Sincerely yours,

The Education and Training Team
International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) /
Service International pour les Droits de l'Homme (SIDH) /
Servicio Internacional para los Derechos Humanos (SIDH)
Rue de Varembé 1
Tel: +41 22 919 7100
Fax: +41 22 919 71 25
P.O. Box / C.P. 16
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

The Poznan Human Rights Centre and Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Law and Administration, in partnership with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Lund, Sweden) and with financial support of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights are organizing the 17-th edition of the Course on International Protection of Human Rights - Rights of National Minorities.

This two-week program is a comprehensive graduate level course, taught by nine renowned scholars in a seminar setting. Incorporating genocide theory, history, sociology, political science and international law, it explores through a comparative analysis of major case studies and special themes, such issues as:

The Foundations of Human Rights
Methodology of Comparative Genocide Research
The Causes, Operation & Consequences of Genocide
Genocide and International Law
Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation
Genocide Denial
Genocide Prevention

This summer, join a diverse group of highly motivated international students in this unique program, held July 28-August 8, 2008, in Toronto, Canada.

Email: admin@genocidestudies.org
www.genocidestudies.org

The GHRUP is accredited for three graduate credits by the University of Toronto