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color=#003399 size=2><B>Call for applications for HREA distance learning
courses -- February-June 2008<BR></B></FONT><IMG height=1 alt=""
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sans-serif" size=2>Dear
subscribers, <BR><BR>HREA is calling for applications for the e-learning
courses on <B>Human Rights Advocacy</B>, <STRONG>Human Rights
Litigation</STRONG>, <B>Human Rights Monitoring</B> (in French),
<STRONG>Introduction to Human Rights Education</STRONG> (in German),
<STRONG>Monitoring Children's Rights</STRONG>, <STRONG>Rights-Based
Programming</STRONG> and <STRONG>The United Nations Human Rights
System</STRONG>, which will be offered from February-June 2008.
<BR><BR>Please note that the registration deadline for these courses is
<B>1 December 2007</B>. Further information about each course can be found
below. <BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Sandra Quintin<BR>Distance Learning
Programme, HREA<BR><A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/">http://www.hrea.org/courses/</A><BR><BR><BR>--------------
<BR><BR><BR>HREA Distance Learning Course 2E08:<BR><B><A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/2E.html">Human Rights
Advocacy</A></B><BR><EM>20 February-17 June 2008</EM><BR>Instructor: Dr.
Valerie Miller <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>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 mobilization; lobbying and negotiation; advocacy
leadership and coalition building; and assessment of success. <BR><BR>A
more detailed course description, further logistical information, and
application forms can be found at: <A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/2E.html">http://www.hrea.org/courses/2E.html</A>
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size=2>HREA Distance Learning Course 13E08:<BR><B><A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/13E.html">Human Rights
Litigation</A></B><BR><EM>13 February-20 May 2008</EM><BR>Instructors:
Margarita Ilieva and Krassimir Kanev<BR><BR></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana,
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>This distance
learning course provides participants with knowledge of the concept,
types, venues and strategies of human rights litigation. It focuses on
strategic litigation and legal aid both internationally and domestically,
and explores a variety of strategies: issue or group oriented litigation,
community based services, legal clinics, NGO or law firm resourced actions
and others. Participants are familiarised with court ordered structural
relief, as well as with conventional victim-centered legal remedies.
Non-litigation strategies to maximise the chances of winning cases and to
ensure the effective enforcement of decisions too are considered. The
course places impact litigation in its social and institutional context
exploring issues of its legitimacy, as well as the ethics and
accountability of human rights lawyering. In the last part it highlights
litigation for the vindication of several groups of substantive rights,
including economic and social rights, freedom from torture, equality and
asylum. Participants will be provided with examples from various
jurisdictions in the world illustrating strategic human rights litigation
in practice. <BR><BR>A more detailed course description, further
logistical information, and application forms can be found at: <A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/13E.html">http://www.hrea.org/courses/13E.html</A>
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face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size=2><BR><BR>HREA
Distance Learning Course 4F08:<BR><B><A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/4F.html">Le monitoring des droits de
l'homme</A></B><BR><EM>18 février-18 mai 2008</EM><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>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. <BR><BR>Plus d'informations: <A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/4F.html">http://www.hrea.org/courses/4F.html</A>
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10E08:<BR><A href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/10E.html"><B>The United
Nations Human Rights System</B></A><BR><EM>11 February-11 May
2008</EM><BR>Instructor: Dr. Gerd Oberleitner <BR><BR>The aim of the
course is to provide information on the United Nations (UN) human rights
system by looking at the work and outcome of the Human Rights Council. The
course is scheduled parallel to the regular session of the Human Rights
Council. By making extensive use of the Council'</FONT><FONT
face="Verdana,
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>s website --
which contains legal documents, press releases, and audio and video files
on the session, and is updated daily -- course participants will be able
to learn about the UN’s human rights activities as they present themselves
to the world: in real-time, with immediate access to the original
material, live and uncut, and with all the dramatic twists and turns a
session of the Council offers. The course will expose students to the real
world of human rights in the making and offer them a glimpse into the
world of human rights diplomacy on the highest possible level. An
experienced course instructor will guide the participants through the
Council's session so as to ensure a learning experience on a high academic
level.<BR><BR>The course will provide a brief introduction to the UN human
rights system, the core UN human rights standards and supervisory
machineries, the charter- and treaty-based system of human rights
protection, the role of the current Human Rights Council, the old UN
Commission on Human Rights, the Subcommission on the Protection and
Promotion of Human Rights, ECOSOC, General Assembly and Security Council.
Special focus will be put on the history, mandate and composition of the
Council, its legal and political characteristics, the role of the Office
of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN reform process.
This will enable students to follow the deliberations of the Council and
understand the events as they unfold. Relevant on-line teaching material
to this end will be provided.<BR><BR>A more detailed course description,
further logistical information, and application forms can be found at: <A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/10E.html">http://www.hrea.org/courses/10E.html</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>---------
<BR><BR>HREA Distance Learning Course 14E08:<BR><A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/14E.html"><B>Monitoring Children's
Rights</B></A><BR><EM>20 February-27 May 2008</EM><BR>Instructor: Felisa
Tibbitts<BR><BR>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
organizationally as well as through the involvement of children); and the
application of results for improving the promotion and protection of
children's human rights.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>A more detailed course
description, further logistical information, and application forms can be
found at: <A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/14E.html">http://www.hrea.org/courses/14E.html</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>---------
<BR><BR>HREA Distance Learning Course 8D08:<BR><A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/8D.html"><B>Einführung in die
Menschenrechtsbildung</B></A><BR><EM>20. Februar-27. Mai
2008</EM><BR>Instructor: Dr. Karl-Peter Fritzsche<BR><BR>Der Kurs bietet
eine Einführung in die Menschenrechtsbildung (MRB) aus nationaler und
internationaler Perspektive. Vier Schlüsselfragen strukturieren den Kurs.
Welche Grundkenntnisse der Menschenrechte sind unverzichtbar? Was
verstehen wir unter MRB? Welche Angebote von MRB gibt es bereits? Wie kann
kreativ an diese Angebote angeknüpft werden und wie können dabei mögliche
Hindernisse überwunden werden? Die Konzeption des Kurses orientiert sich
an einem breiten Menschenrechtsverständnis, das die rechtlichen,
politischen und moralischen Dimensionen der Menschenrechte zusammendenkt
und durch die MRB vermitteln möchte. Der Kurs richtet sich an alle Bildner
und Trainer im schulischen wie außerschulischen Bereich, die
menschenrechtsorientierte Bildung praktizieren (wollen). Die
Kursteilnehmer werden sowohl lernen, die Menschenrechte zum
Querschnittsthema in ihren Bildungsbereichen zu machen als auch ihre
Bildungsprozesse selbst menschenrechtlich zu gestalten und die Lerner zu
menschenrechtsorietiertem Handeln zu befähigen. Der deutschsprachige Kurs
richtet sich vorrangig an Teilnehmer aus Deutschland, Österreich und der
Schweiz.<BR><BR>Weitere Informationen und Anmeldungformular: <A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/8D.html">http://www.hrea.org/courses/8D.html</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>-------
<BR><BR>HREA Distance Learning Course 5E08:<BR><A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/5E.html"><B>Rights-Based
Programming</B></A><BR><EM>27 February-20 May 2008</EM><BR>Instructor:
Felisa Tibbitts <BR><BR>This distance learning course introduces staff
members of (international) development agencies and NGOs to rights-based
programming. A human rights-based approach is a conceptual framework for
the process of human development that is normatively based on
international human rights standards and operationally directed to
promoting and protecting human rights. Essentially, a human rights-based
approach integrates the norms, standards and principles of the
international human rights system into the plans, policies and processes
of programme development. <BR><BR>Participants will deepen their knowledge
about project and programme development from a human rights framework and
learn how to apply the principles of equity, empowerment, participation
and accountability to various phases of project planning and
implementation. Participants will also gain sensitivity to how programs
can integrate non-discriminatory practice and give attention to vulnerable
groups. The course will focus on practical tools for human rights
situation assessment, programme planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation within the rights-based conceptual framework. <BR><BR>A more
detailed course description, further logistical information, and
application forms can be found at: <A
href="http://www.hrea.org/courses/5E.html">http://www.hrea.org/courses/5E.html</A></FONT></P>
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