Human Rights Advocacy & CR training-8/01 2000-12-28 16:16:00 <Joanie Connors>

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY &

CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRAINING PROGRAM
August 5-24, 2001.
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The Dred and Harriet Scot Human Rights Center at Hamline University School
of Law, announces that its International Human Rights Advocacy and
Conflict Resolution Training Program (IHRACRTP), (formerly International
Human Rights Education and Monitoring Program), will take place from
August 5 through 24, 2001, at Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota,
USA.

Since the establishment of the program in 1999, human rights
advocates, professionals and students from India, Ghana, Sri Lanka,
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kenya, Uganda, Venezuela and the United
States have attended the training program.

The IHRACRTP is the only program of its kind in which international
participants will not only share their experiences but also inform
themselves of the African American and Native American human rights
experiences.

This program is intended for committed human rights advocates and
experienced professionals, social service providers, community activists
and leaders, peace advocates, racial and social justice advocates,
teachers, researchers, religious leaders, and advanced students.

The objectives of the intensive three-week training program include:
- to inculcate the spirit of ethical human rights advocacy;
- to provide participants with an overview of international human rights
law and the law of armed conflicts;
- to introduce international and regional institutional frameworks for the
protection of human rights;
- to help participants understand the causes of human rights violations
rooted in the current Nation-State system;
- to ensure that participants understand and appreciate role of various
religions in the protection and promotion of human rights;
- to assist participants in understanding the underlying philosophical
basis of human rights values and exhort them to challenge cultural racism,
relativism and imperialism within the human rights movement; and
- offer opportunity to enhance and sharpen their conflict resolution and
advocacy skills;

For more information, please contact:
Clarence Davis, Executive Director,
Dred and Harriet Scot Human Rights Center, Hamline University School of
Law, 1536 Hewitt Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104, USA, Tel. 651 523 3152, Fax
651 523 2236, email: cdavis@gw.hamline.edu, or
gurdhyan singh. Program Director,
651 298 8853, email: degtegh@hotmail.com. or see
http://web.hamline.edu/law/scotinstitute .