Announcing two distance education courses that HREA will organise during January-May 2002. The courses are part of a pilot project in which six courses will be developed and offered to human rights activists and NGO staff via distance learning mechanisms. The project is generously supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute (COLPI). Participation is free of charge. Deadline of application: 7 November 2001. All applications should be sent to (e-mail) or +1 617 249-0278 (fax).

An eight-member Human Rights Watch delegation, led by Board Member Joel Motley and Advocacy Director Reed Brody, participated in the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa (August 31 to September 7). HRW played a key role in several programmatic victories that set the stage for future activism on issues including the protection of migrants and refugees, repairing the legacy of slavery, the equal application of criminal justice, and equal nationality rights for women.