Organization: Human Rights Education Associates
Registration deadline: 01 Jul 2016
Starting date: 12 Oct 2016
Ending date: 22 Nov 2016
This e-learning course provides participants practical guidance on how to monitor human rights. Participants will be introduced to the doctrine and methodology of fact-finding and reporting, primarily as developed through the work of international organisations and NGOs, such as the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, 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.
Course outline
Week 1: The Monitoring Concept
Week 2: The Role of the International, Regional and Domestic Standards
Week 3: Developing a Strategy of Action
Week 4: Information-Gathering (incl. Interviewing)
Week 5: Reporting
Week 6: Advocacy, Following-Up and Seeking Redress
How to register:
Register online at: www.hrea.org/human-rights-fact-finding