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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:04:49 +0400
From: Moscow School of Human Rights <[email protected]>
The 8th International Session on Human Rights Education
On December 15-19, 1998 the Moscow School of Human Rights, the Centre for
Civic Education of the RF Academy for Upgrading Professional Standards and
Retraining of Educators together with the Ministry of General and Vocational
Education of the Russian Federation and UNESCO Chair for Human Rights and
Democracy of Moscow State Institute of International Relations are going to
hold in Moscow the 8th International Session
"Human Rights, Culture of Peace - Contents and Methods of Education"
(training for secondary schools teachers, higher schools professors,
instructors on social sciences, lecturers, managers of educational
institutions, NGOs representatives to prepare them to the teaching of the
human rights, civic education, democracy and peace courses).
Famous Russian and foreign specialists in the sphere of law, political
science, pedagogy, etc., representing the UN Centre for Human Rights,
UNESCO Bureau in Moscow, Committee on the Rights of the Child,
International Committee of the Red Cross, Helsinki Foundation for Human
Rights, the Presidential Commission on Human Rights and other
organizations take part in the Session.
The following problems will be discussed:
- civic education: experience of open societies - problems of Russia;
- international norms on human rights, the rights of the child, and
mechanisms of their protection;
- human rights in the democratic and post-totalitarian states;
- human rights, culture of peace and civic education in the system of
general education (aims, contents and methods of education and
upbringing);
- problems of conflictology and ways of conflict resolution.
During the Session you'll visit high schools, secondary schools which have
the status of federal experimental laboratory in Moscow Region and Moscow,
where you get acquainted with work of the teachers in these problems, visit
public lessons. At the Session the results of the National Competition of
Students' Works on the topic "Human Rights and the Future of Russia" will be
summed up (the Competition is held in accordance with the Decree # 111-rp of
the President of Russia of April 4, 1998 in the frameworks of the Year of
Human Rights in the Russian Federation).
We invite your organisation, you in person and your colleagues to take part
in the Session. You may propose the theme of your report.
The Session is financed by the TACIS Democracy Programme in the frameworks
of the joint project "Human Rights Education in Kazakhstan and the Russian
Federation". Training and literature stuff are free of charge for the
participants.
Unfortunately we are not able to pay for your trip and stay in Russia. Your
participation in the Session will be a great helping for us.
Applications to participation in the Session are being accepted until
November 15, 1998.
Our address is:
Apt.302, Building 2, Golovinskoye Shosse 8, Moscow 125212, Russia.
Tel/fax +7 (095) 452 05 13; e-mail: [email protected]
Web page: http://web.redline.ru/~hrschool/engl or
http://www.human-rights.net/hrschool
Sincerely yours,
A. Azarov,
Director
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