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JULY 2001
Summer Course on the International Criminal CourtDate: 28 July - 4 August 2001
Level: (under)graduate, professional
Description: The International Criminal Court, whose establishment is envisaged by the Rome Statute, is arguably the most important, and complex, international organization to be created since the United Nations. The Court will be formally created once sixty States have ratified its Statute. This is expected to take place some time in the year 2001. This one-week course offers a detailed overview of the historical origins, legal basis, structure and future operations of the International Criminal Court. Location: Galway (Ireland) Participants: university students, legal professionals, NGO activists and public servants. Tuition, fee, lodging: The cost is € 325 (about US$ 270), and includes tuition, materials, room and half-board. Travel to and from Galway is the responsibility of participants.
For more information contact the organisers.
Contact person: Della O'Donnel IRISH CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS National University of Ireland, Galway Galway IRELAND Tel.: +353 91 750-464 Fax: +353 91 750-575 E-mail: humanrights@nuigalway.ie
Web: http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/index.html
19th International Training Session on Human Rights and Peace Teaching
(CIFEDHOP/International Training Centre for Human Rights and Peace Teaching)
Date: to be determined
Level: professional
Description: The aims of the training are to enable participants to acquire: * knowledge and understanding of the legal and educational aspects of human rights conventions and texts; * an understanding of democratic education and the non-violent resolution of conflicts * skills to enable them to share insights with others; * opportunities to network with other human rights educators.
The working methods that will be used are: * Lectures and discussion on philosophical, legal and educational aspects of human rights. * Workshops; * experiencing interactive methods for learning and applying human rights, democracy and peace; * developing appropriate teaching strategies; * presentation of global pedagogical approaches; * presentation of a variety of teaching materials.
Location: Céligny (Switzerland)
Participants: 100 participants from Eastern and Western Europe, Africa, North and South America and Asia. This training session is designed for teachers in primary, secondary and vocational schools; inspectors, school principals and Ministry of Education officials; representatives of non-governmental organisations involved in human rights education. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance.
Tuition, fees, lodging: Sfr. 200 tuition; Sfr. 800.- for the week including lodging in a double room and all meals.
Contact person: Monique Prindezis, Director CIFEDHOP/International Training Centre on Human Rights and Peace Training 5, rue du Simplon CH-1207 Geneva SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 22 7364452 Fax: +41 22 7350653 E-mail: cifedhop@mail-box.ch
Web: http://www.eip-cifedhop.org/
8th International Human Rights Summer School (Education in Human Rights Network)
Date: to be determined
Level: professional
Description: For the 2001 program of the annual Summer School by the Education in Human Rights Network, contact the organisers
Participants: teachers, education advisers and administrators, NGO staff Location: York, United Kingdom
Tuition, fees, lodging: 174 British pounds, incl. accommodation, sliding scale of costs for other options.
Contact person: Margot Brown Centre for Global Education University College of Ripon and York St. John Lord Mayor's Walk York YO31 7EX UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 1904 616839/616825 Fax: +44 1904 616685 E-mail: global.ed@dial.pipex.com
Web: http://www.human-rights.net/ehrn
AUGUST 2001
Fourth Annual Human Rights Summer Institute for Teachers: Teaching FOR and ABOUT Human Rights
Date: 12-17 August 2001
Level: professional, undergraduate/graduate
Description: This course will consist of four modules, each of which has a human rights, social justice and/or citizenship education underpinning. Each module will be a minimum of seven hours duration. The course will meet and surpass all university requirements for contact time and acceptable academic standards and expectations for a three credit hour course.
Module 1 - Educating for Human Rights 1: Foundations - A theoretical/historical approach to human rights issues. The history and rationale for human rights education and legislation is explored as is the development of the promotion of human rights through the United Nations and the member states. What are human rights? Who is protected? Special attention will be given to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its impact on the global community. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the New Brunswick Human Rights Act will also be covered during the course of this module.
Module 2 - Educating for Human Rights 2: Practice - Participants will actively pursue the concepts introduced in Module 1 through activities and research aimed at raising awareness of human rights issues in themselves and in their students and colleagues. Participants will be provided with lesson plans by non-governmental organisations designed to promote awareness in their students around human rights and social justice issues both in their communities and around the globe.
Module 3 - Human Rights and Citizenship Education - Canadian students will be educated and will conduct their careers in increasingly culturally diverse environments. Attention will be given to providing teachers with the historical framework for citizenship education as well as special consideration to the model of active citizenship and what the term implies.
Module 4 - Bringing Contemporary Issues into the Classroom - The "myth" that schools, by law, must provide "value free" classrooms has long inhibited teachers from confronting controversial issues with their students. Participants will be exposed to several issues facing contemporary society and will be provided with some of the tools they will need to address these issues in an informed and systematic fashion. Issues facing First Nations communities will be covered in this module. Other topics to be addressed may include homophobia, poverty and harassment.
Location: St. Thomas University, New Brunswick (Canada)
Participants: Practicing teachers and education students and others interested in human rights and citizenship education. The course will be delivered by a variety of facilitators who have done specific work in the areas covered in the modules. Some pre-Institute readings will be sent to all registrants in late June or early July. Assessment will consist of a combination of on-site evaluative strategies and one take-home assignment.
Tuition, fee, lodging: Fees for this course are: $351.00 for 3 credit hours and $175.50 to audit the course. Qualified individuals can receive credit for this course from St. Thomas University. This course is listed as Education 5033A: Culture and Schooling. Contact person: Atlantic Human Rights Centre Tel: +1 506 452-0549 Fax: +1 506 451-0083 E-mail: richardb@nbnet.nb.ca
Web: http://www.stthomasu.ca/research/AHRC/AHRC.HTM
"Free and Equal...": Human Rights in Modern Peacekeeping
Date: 20-31 August 2001
Level: professional
Description: This course seeks to provide peacekeepers with a basic knowledge of human rights standards and best field practices. The course will utilize several learning approaches. Course Elements are divide in General Series, Field Partners Series and Human Rights Field Skills.
Location: Clementsport (Canada)
Participants: intermediate and senior members of peacekeeping forces. 30 participants divided into three international multi-disciplinary sub-groups.
Tuition, fee, lodging: CAN$ 2,300, which includes tuition, study materials, accommodation and meals.
Contact person: The Lester B. Person Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre PO Box 100 Clementsport Nova Scotia B0S 1E0 CANADA Tel: +1 902 638-8611 Fax: +1 902 638-8888 E-mail: registrar@ppc.cdnpeacekeeping.ns.ca
Web: http://www.cdnpeacekeeping.ns.ca
SEPTEMBER 2001
Tenth Annual Course on the International Protection of Human Rights (Poznan Human Rights Centre)
Date: 17-26 September 2001
Level: undergraduate/graduate, professional
Description: The 10th edition of the Course on International Protection of Human Rights is organised in co-operation with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund (Sweden) and The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) in Utrecht. This year the following topics will be presented: UN System of Human Rights; Role of the Human Rights Committee and other treaty bodies; Philosophical foundation of human rights; European System of Human Rights; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Freedom of expression; Rights of Minorities; Human Rights Protection under OSCE system; Role of NGOs in the protection of human rights; Role of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the protection of human rights. Lectures are accompanied by working groups. Participants are expected to play an active role in particular in working groups. Participants will be provided with teaching materials, including text of basic human rights documents, decisions of international courts and treaty bodies etc. Participants who will successfully complete the Course will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
Location: Poznan (Poland)
Participants: young lawyers, senior law students, senior students of European studies and international affairs as well as persons who have contact with human rights on a daily basis, for example, activist of non-governmental organisations. Preference will be given to participants from Eastern Europe under the presumption that at least one third will come from Poland. The Course will be attended by no more than 25 participants
Tuition, fee, lodging: As a rule organisers are covering accommodation costs of successful participants. The deadline for sending applications is 31 of May 2001.
Contact person: Poznan Human Rights Centre Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences ul. Mielzinskiego 27/29 61-725 Poznan POLAND Tel/fax: +48 618 520 260 E-mail: phrc@man.poznan.pl
