A 13-year-old boy who was so severely tortured and beaten by his teacher that he may never be able to father a child has become a loner, a truant and a bed wetter. Kenneth Mpofu from Daantjie tribal trust near Nelspruit enrolled at a new school this week but hasn't received any counselling and can't seem to break from the shackles of the abuse.

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met to hear the introduction of draft proposals relating to the elimination of racism and racial discrimination. Before the Committee were four draft resolutions, three of them -- all sponsored by Venezuela --relating respectively to the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination; the follow-up to the World Conference against Racism; and measures to combat contemporary forms of racism and racial discrimination.

Conciliation Resources is seeking an experienced organisation manager for its London office.

This is a methodology booklet that supplements the Council of Europe's Human Rights Album, an illustrated guide on the European Convention on Human Rights. The booklet is a result of the "Human Rights at School" project by the Milan Simecka Foundation in Slovakia. It contains lessons plans around the Convention and the UDHR and is even without the Human Rights Album a valuable resource for teachers.