On February 1st Aim for human rights will organise a presentation for the staff of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the use of the tools. On 2nd of February members of the committee that supervises the implementation of CEDAW (the Convention for the Elimination of all Discrimination against Women) will be informed on the results achieved with the use of HeRWAI (Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument).  The development of DOVA (Domestic Violence Human Rights Assessment Instrument) and the tool on human Rights & human trafficking: A step-by-step guide to assess the impact of anti-trafficking laws, policies and practices will be also discussed.

For Aim for human rights it is important that organisations, governments and companies have knowledge of its activities’ influence on human rights, and strive for positive effects. The use of human rights impact assessment tools can help to achieve this goal.

The course is intended for educators and trainers working in secondary schools and adult learning environments. Participants will be assisted in the development of a curriculum, training, or plan to use the skills to further their organisation’s advocacy efforts.

This course is part of the distance learning project from the Human Rights Education Associates. For more information click here

The application deadline is 1 December 2009.

NHRIs operate in many forms this can be based on their mandate, their organisational composition, or the political and legal traditions the NHRI has. The NHRIs can inform governments on matters of human rights policy, they can be working on all human rights or more specific issues. This course explores and critically reflects on national human rights institutions.

The course is part of the distance learning project from the Human Rights Education Associates. For more information click here

The application deadline is 1 December 2009.

Participants will learn how to work with human rights and how to apply these principles into project and programme development in there particular work. They will deepen their knowledge about project and programme development from a human rights perspective. The course provides participants with sensitivity to how programs can integrate non-discriminatory practices and give attention to vulnerable groups.  

The course is part of the distance learning project from the Human Rights Education Associates. For more information click here

The application deadline is 1 December 2009.

This one day training programme addresses the following practical questions:

• How far does your companies’ responsibility stretch?
• What kind of dilemmas exist and how do you approach these?
• How do you guarantee that your business partners and suppliers comply with human rights-principles?

At the end of the training participants will have a work plan for their company based on:

• the content and meaning of relevant human rights;
• international human rights standards for companies;
• the importance of the supply chains’ responsibility;
• methods to assess and expand compliance with human rights.

Cost: 300 Euro per person

For more information contact:

Aim for human rights: Hansje Plagman

Email: h.plagman(at)aimforhumanrights(dot)nl

Tel. +31 30 23 49 086

Amnesty International: Heleen Tiemersma

Email: h.tiemersma(at)amnesty(dot)nl

Tel. +31 20 77 33 749

Please Note: this training is in Dutch, but can be conducted in English upon request.

Related Links:

www.aimforhumanrights.nl/mensenrechtentraining
www.amnesty.nl/mensenrechtentraining

For more information and application visit www.cdic.wur.nl/UK/newsagenda/agenda/Participatory_planning_monitoring_and_evaluation.htm.

The course outlines the conceptual, political and legal questions from the protection of minorities, as well as the struggle over the definition of minorities.

The course is based on case studies from various regions of the world. This gives the opportunity to analyse the contribution to the development of minority rights and the rights of indigenous peoples which have been made by a range of international organisations and bodies. The case studies will also allow course participants to develop skills in accessing and analysing "jurisprudence" on minority rights.

The course is aimed at practitioners and professionals who want to gain knowledge in the field of the minority rights and rights of indigenous peoples, university students of international law, international relations, politics and NGO staff members.

The course is open for application till 1 September. For more information about the course and online application, click here  

This course will give a better understanding of international human rights standards and systems. Participants will attend four different seminars and have to choose four different lecture modules.

The seminars are:

-          Introductory programme

-          International human rights law

-          Regional human rights systems

-          Implementation of human rights standards in National systems

For information about the lecture modules click here.

The participants will visit institutions and NGO’s that will give a practical insight into there work. This includes a visit to a criminal court, a prison, a local NGO, and the University of Cambridge. For more information about the course or application click here

This network program is launched to increase and consolidate knowledge of the UN human rights system. This must help to give recommendation standpoints to the EU. This process will help in strengthening the protection of human rights world-wide.

Confirmed speakers include:

- Mary Robinson, President Realising Rights and Co-chair of the Swiss initiative Protecting Dignity – An Agenda for Human Rights, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

- Irene Kahn, Secretary General of Amnesty International

- Trevor Phillips, Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission

- Marcia Kran, Director of the Research and Right to Development Division, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (representing the High Commissioner)

- Ambassador Jan Nordlander, Swedish Presidency of the European Union

- Ambassador Rudolf Knoblauch, Special Envoy for Human Rights Issues of the Swiss Government

The AHRI consist out of 25 institutes that carry out research and education in the field of human rights  This conference is not only for people who are associated with the AHRI, external participants are also welcome. For more information about the conference click here

The conference covers several different themes:

-          Theoretical, conceptual and empirical issues in the development of child indicators.

-          Measurement issues at levels of individual, family, community and globally.

-          Diversity as a challenge to the construction and implementation of indicators.

During the conference several different experts on Child Indicators will be present. There will be contributed paper streams and opportunities for dialogue and networking.

Preliminary to the conference a symposium will be held on 3^rd November by the Social Justice Social Change Research Centre (UWS). This symposium will be about “Children as experts in their own lives: Child Inclusive Research”.  Children and adult policymakers and academics will talk about the topic of child research. This happens in plenary and panel sessions and in contributed papers.

Both the conference and the symposium will be held at the University of Western Sydney.

The symposium and conference are in the preliminary stages and more information will be available in the coming months.

For more information about these two events click here.