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For those of you interested in Democracy and Human Rights, the United
Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights recently held a
two-day seminar on the topic. As part of the seminar, an impressive
collection of related research and knowledge resources were organized
and posted to a seminar web page. Following is a list of these
resources. The seminar's web page can be found at
, or from the home page of
the High Commissioner's Office, http://www.unhchr.ch.

To inform the seminar discussions, Experts were commissioned to prepare
background papers on the following themes: (Each paper can be
downloaded as a .pdf file.)

* Paper http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/D-Beetham.pdf
->Democracy and human rights: contrast and convergence, David Beetham

* Paper http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/D-Gutto.pdf ->Current
concepts, core principles, dimensions, processes and institutions of
democracy and the inter-relationship between democracy and modern human
rights, Shadrack Gutto

* Paper http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/D-GarciaSayan.pdf
->Strengthening the rule of law in building democratic societies: human
rights in the administration of justice, Diego García-Sayán

* Paper http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/D-Petrova.pdf
->Strengthening the rule of law in building democratic societies: human
rights in the administration of justice, Dimitrina Petrova

* Paper http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/D-Guezere-fr.pdf - >Le
rôle des Parlements dans la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'
Homme, Jérôme C. Sacca-Kina Guezere

* Paper http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/D-Mohamedou.pdf ->The
media in democracies: role, responsibilities and human rights issues,
Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou

* Paper http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/D-Thede.pdf ->Civil
society and democracy, Nancy Thede

* Paper http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/D-Wieruszewski.pdf
->United Nations treaty bodies and special procedures and the
strengthening of democracy, Roman Wieruszewski

* Paper http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/D-DPA.pdf ->The UN
System and the promotion of democracy: achievements and challenges,
United Nations Department of Political Affairs

Note to NGOs and Human Rights Advocates: If you would like a copy of one
or more of the above papers, but do not have efficient access to the
Internet, then Human Strategies for Human Rights (HSHR) would be happy
to send you any of the above referenced papers as an email attachment.
Please indicate which paper(s) you would like and send your request to
[email protected].

Other relevant background documentation:

* Fact Sheet No. 2 - The
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/fs2.htm International Bill of Human
Rights (Rev.1)

* Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal, Technical
and Human Rights Aspects of Elections

* The incompatibility
http://www.unhchr.ch/democracy/G0210711.pdf between democracy and
racism, Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights submitted in
accordance with Commission resolution 2001/43 (E/CN.4/2002/69)

* UNDP Human Development Report http://www.undp.org/hdr2002/
2002

* Arab Human Development Report http://www.undp.org/rbas/ahdr/
2002

* One of the
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2000/sgsm7467.htm greatest
challenges to humankind in the new century will be to make practice of
democracy equally universal, Secretary-General says, 27 June 2000

* Secretary-General's
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2000/20001204.sgsm7653.doc.html
Address to the Fourth International Conference on New and Restored
Democracies, 4 December 2000

Other relevant links:

* http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/docs/democratization_copy(1).htm

* http://www.un.org/Depts/dpa/ead/eadhome_copy(1).htm

* http://www.undp.org/governance/index.htm

* http://www.ipu.org/