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# ERC-L Volume 2, Issue # 10 (November 2001) #
# A bi-weekly newsletter with updates from the #
# Electronic Resource Centre for Human Rights Education #
# Maintained by HREA #
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ERC-L is a bi-weekly e-mail newsletter about new resources for human
rights education and training on the web site of Human Rights Education
Associates (HREA). The Electronic Resource Centre consists of a Human
Rights Education Library, a Calendar which lists courses and trainings
worldwide, a Human Rights Education Links section and Databases of Human
Rights Education Funders, Material Developers, Organisations, and
Trainers. If you have questions or feedback, please contact us at:
[email protected].

## FEATURE ##

Data Analysis for Monitoring Human Rights

The handbook was developed by the Human Rights Program of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and HURIDOCS. It includes
chapters on why and how to use data to research human rights violations,
how to set up a database, data collection, analysis of data, presentation
of data. The manual includes exercises, suitable for staff of human rights
organisations, and the HURIDOCS standard database formats. Data Analysis
also includes instructions for use of the manual for self-study, in group
settings and in classrooms. The language of this electronic version is French.

* Data Analysis for Monitoring Human Rights by Herbert Spirer and Louise
Spirer (Washington, DC/Geneva: AAAS/HURIDOCS, 1997. Language: French.
Keywords: human rights violations, research, monitoring, statistics. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/monitoring/spirer&spirer.html

## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LIBRARY ##

New additions in weeks 16-31 October 2001:

* Amnesty International Fair Trials Manual (London: Amnesty
International-International Secretariat, 1998). Language(s): Arabic,
English, Spanish. Keywords: manual, lawyers, right to a fair trial,
monitoring, Amnesty International. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/legalprofessions/fairtrial.html

* Circle of Rights. Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Activism: A Training
Resource (International Human Rights Internship Program/Forum-Asia, 2000).
Language(s): English. Keywords: manual, organisational development,
socio-economic rights, cultural rights, International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, refugees, rights of the child, women's rights,
rights of indigenous peoples, right to work, social security, right to
adequate food, right to adequate housing, right to health, right to healthy
environment, right to education, land rights, Council of Europe, African
system of human rights protection, Inter-American system of human rights
protection, United Nations. URL:
http://erc.hrea.org/Library/organisational_development/ihrip00.html

* The Human Rights Pathway (Wellington: Human Rights Commission, 2001).
Language(s): English, Maori. Keywords: Language(s): English, Maori.
Keywords: curriculum, lesson units, teachers, primary school level,
secondary school level, indigenous peoples, Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, New Zealand. URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Library/teachers/hrc01.html

## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CALENDAR ##

New courses added:

* Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights
Dates: 31 August-20 September 2002
Level: graduate, professional
Focus: The course aims at providing a profound insight into, and analysis
of, the system of international human rights protection in the light of
contemporary problems and relevant case law. The course is composed of
lectures, case studies in working-groups, seminars and individual essays.
Working language is English.
Location: Åbo (Finland)
Deadline of application: 15 April 2002
Organisation: Institute for Human Rights/Åbo Akademi University
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/350.html

* 23rd International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP)
Dates: 9-28 June 2002
Level: professional
Focus: This intensive three-week training session is particularly intended
for NGOs involved in the advancement of human rights issues. Each year, the
Programme brings together over 100 participants from approximately 35
countries. Working languages are English and French.
Location: Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Québec (Canada)
Deadline of application: 15 January 2002
Organisation: Canadian Human Rights Foundation
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/318.html

* International Summer School in Forced Migration
Dates: 8-26 July 2002
Level: professional
Focus: The Refugee Studies Centre's International Summer School aims to
provide participants with a deeper and broader understanding of the forces
and institutions that generate, maintain, and influence responses to
displaced people. Participants will examine: different views of the nature
of forced migration; the historical context of forced migration and its
location within broader regional and global processes; the multifaceted
realities faced by forced migrants; and the character of current responses
to displacement.
Location: Oxford (United Kingdom)
Deadline of application: 1 May 2002
Organisation: Refugee Studies Centre/University of Oxford
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/324.html

* Summer Course "The Human Right to Food and Nutrition: Principles and
Policies"
Dates: 22 July-2 August 2002
Level: postgraduate, professional
Focus: The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of the
human right to adequate food and nutrition, and to develop skills in
applying that understanding. Special attention will be given to the
international implications of nutrition rights, to clarify the obligations
not only of nation states but also of other parties such as international
agencies, transnational corporations, and international nongovernmental
organisations. The course will be preceded and followed by distance
learning modules via the Internet.
Location: Budapest (Hungary)
Deadline of application: 15 January 2002
Organisation: Central European University (CEU)
URL: http://erc.hrea.org/Calendar/348.html

## HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION LINKS ##

* Asian Regional Resource Centre for Human Rights Education (ARRC)
(Thailand) [in English]: http://www.arrc-hre.com/

* Civil Liberties Organisation (Nigeria) [in English]:
http://www.clo.org.ng

* Human Rights Law Centre/University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) [in
English]: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/law/hrlc.htm

* Human Rights Institute, Columbia University Law School (USA) [in English]:
http://www.law.columbia.edu/hri

* Jagiellonian University Human Rights Centre (UJHRC) (Poland) [in English
and Polish]: http://www.ujhrc.org/index.html

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