ARRC - Asia-Pacific Regional Resource Center for Human Rights Education

For more information on the " Reclaiming Voices: A Study on Participatory Human Rights Education Methodologies in the Asia-Pacific", click here.

The study is aimed at documenting the different methodologies employed in non-formal human rights education programs and assess these methodologies in terms of type of users, issues covered, materials employed, results obtained, weaknesses and limitations, advantages and areas for improvement.

In addition to the features of this study is the listing of good practices and recommendations on how human rights education methodologies can be more effectively used for vulnerable, disadvantanged and marginalized groups in the Asia- Pacific Region.

We are confident that this publication would be a useful resource in the work of wide ranging agencies and actors working towards furthering and implementing human rights education.

To obtain a copy please contact, arrc@arrc-hre.com . An electronic version is available on website.

HRE Pack, New Edition - Release Posting

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In celebration of the Human Rights Day on December 10th, 2003, the ARRC is contributing the release of the HRE PACK, New Edition.

The ARRC staff is pleased to announce the much-anticipated release of the new HRE PACK. Colloquiums of ARRC educators and writers were held to produce the HRE PACK I, published in 1995, to coincide with the year of the UN Decade for Human Rights Education. This was a major publication of ARRC that responds to a perceived need in the region for materials that can be used by trainers and other educators. The old HRE PACK can be downloaded from www.arrc-hre.com.

A regional colloquium of writers and reviewers was held in Changmai, Thailand in 2001. Appreciation of the HRE PACK and their deliberations resulted in the amendment of the HRE PACK, New Edition, published this year.

One of the main goals of this HRE PACK, New Edition, is to provide informative, tested activities for teaching human rights education, for both formal and non-formal education audiences. Accompanying the HRE PACK is a teaching video, which shows how the ADIDS Method is used for human rights education and training.

We are grateful to people who joined us in making possible our earnest desire to produce an improved edition or our training manual, the HRE PACK, New Edition.

Finally, we are very grateful to DANIDA for funding the printing of the HRE PACK, New Edition.

For those of you who wish to obtain a complimentary copy, please write to arrc@ksc.th.net and provide your name and mailing address.

End the Use of Children as Soldiers - Release Posting

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The ARRC is proud to announce their Poster campaign entitled “End The Use Of Children As Soldiers In Burma. The official release of this poster campaign was on November 11th, 2003, at Chandrakasem University, in Bangkok, Thailand. Along with a poster, there is a primer available, to address the issue of child soldiers in Burma.

Trainers Database - Release Posting

The ARRC is pleased to announce the release of the Asia-Pacific Trainers Database. For several months, the ARRC has been gathering information on Human Rights Educators and Trainers in the Asia-Pacific region. This information is now available online at:

www.arrc-hre.com/trainers_database_frameset.html

Alternatively, click on the tab above, in the top right hand corner, entitled “Trainers Database”.

The Trainers Database is organized into 3 sections, for fast, easy access to the information. Information is organized in the following ways:

Country: Sorts trainers by the country that they work in
Sector: Sorts strainers by the different sectors that they work in
Regional: Lists trainers who are available for regional training purposes

From the Trainers Database, users can also link to the South Asian Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR) Trainers Database. This database focuses on human rights educators in the South Asian region.

First time users are required to obtain a username and password. This form is easily accessible by following this link:

www.arrc-hre.com/trainers_database/access_form.html

This form is also easily accessible in the Trainers Database. It can be filled out and electronically submitted on-line. Within a few business days, you will be granted access to the database (a username and password will be e-mailed to the address that you supply).

You can also submit a new trainers profile to the database. There is a form that can be downloaded by following this link:

www.arrc-hre.com/trainers_database/downloads/submit_trainer_form.doc

Also, this form is easily accessible in the Trainers Database. Just fill out the form and submit it to ARRC:

E-Mail: arrc@ksc.th.com
Fax: 662 7310829

Please allow two weeks to verify the trainer with our network.

We hope you find the information in the Trainers Database valuable and easily accessible, as the ARRC continually strives to provide people with valuable Human Rights Education information.

Yours truly,

The ARRC Staff