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Application Deadline: Human Rights Monitoring Course

This distance learning course provides participants practical guidance on how to monitor human rights. Participants will be introduced to the doctrine and methodology of human rights monitoring, primarily as developed through the work of international organizations and NGOs, such as the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and national human rights NGOs. The participants will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge on the principles and the methods of human rights monitoring and on monitoring of specific institutions and situations. The course addresses approaches to identifying human rights violations, information-gathering, interviewing, monitoring some basic human rights and freedoms in the context of closed institutions, camps for refugees or IDPs, trial observations etc. It deals with preparation of reports, advocacy, interventions with international monitoring mechanisms, local authorities and other follow-up.

The course involves 50 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructor and assignments, and is offered over a three-month period, beginning on 22 April 2009.

To learn more, please visit the Human Rights Education Associates' Website.

dear facilitator,i would like to know why such an important couse is ristrckted to a paticular group of people. i have been a student leader for 3yaers and know how due to lack of knowledge in human rights advocacy has cost me. i would like to know if there other couses that i can take to upgrade myself as an upcoming politician.

Fri, 01/30/2009 - 04:47 Permalink

dear facilitator,i would like to know why such an important couse is ristrckted to a paticular group of people. i have been a student leader for 3yaers and know how due to lack of knowledge in human rights advocacy has cost me. i would like to know if there other couses that i can take to upgrade myself as an upcoming politician.

Fri, 01/30/2009 - 04:47 Permalink