Online Executive Diploma on International Law in the 21st Century

Applications are open for the Online Executive Diploma on International Law in the 21st Century, a programme that includes 5 interactive online workshops organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) from 16 May – 19 May, 2023.

The programme is available from 15 May – 19 May 2023. It is fully online, allowing participants from all over the world to join. All individuals are welcome to register, and spots will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

A maximum of 35 participants are accepted per edition, so apply by May 7,2023
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HRE USA TAAS Event: Knology Evaluation & Impact Workshop


APRIL 12, 2023: 6-7:00 PM ET
This training will cover basic evaluation terminology and approaches, offering several tools that can be easily implemented by HRE practitioners. At the end of the hour- long session, participants will be able to think strategically about how to design and measure HRE initiatives to maximize impact.
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Learn about other HRE USA TAAS events in March and April!

New handbook on how to apply a human rights based approach to higher education

The book was written by Felisa Tibbitts, Chair in Human Rights Education in the Department of Law, Economics and Governance at Utrecht University, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, and UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education.

Find the handbook here

This handbook is intended for use by university administrators, faculty, students, and higher education partners. The main aim of the handbook is to shine a light on the ways in which teaching and learning processes can be designed to reflect and promote human rights. We explore these opportunities through HRBA principles as well as examples from practice. In addition to addressing these practice-oriented aspects of HRBA, the handbook touches upon the premise of the university as a duty bearer, and the targets and potential processes of reform within the university itself. How can the university revitalize its mission to promote social justice in way that is meaningful and lasting? What would it look like to have a HRBA within a university?

“The human rights-based approach is a frame that allows us to apply human rights standards and norms holistically to education. I am grateful that RWI supported my developing this handbook for clinical legal education programming and I hope that its sections on human rights education and higher education strategies for change will be broadly useful for the higher education community. The time has come for us to explore what it means for the university to be a human rights actor” – Felisa Tibbitts

Learning for Justice: Professional Learning Institutes

The Professional Learning Institutes are low-cost, week-long, immersive, place-based learning experiences that support educators’ capacities to implement social justice education in their practice. They aim to help every educator push back against the status quo and reimagine what’s possible for students, schools and communities in our diverse democracy. Below are some details about the institutes:

I. Critical Practices Professional Learning Institute – June 26-30, 2023 – Jackson, Mississippi

Educators will deeply engage with the four pillars of Critical Practices for Social Justice Education(Curriculum & Instruction, Culture & Climate, Family & Community Engagement, and Leadership) and develop plans to implement these practices in their contexts. Note: Critical Practices for Social Justice Education is currently under revision; the institute will utilize the updated version.

This institute is open to educators from the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi.

II. Teaching Hard History: American Slavery Professional Learning Institute – July 17-21, 2023 – Montgomery, Alabama

Educators will deeply engage with the Teaching Hard History: American Slavery framework and accompanying resources to grow their ability to accurately teach the impact and legacy of American slavery.

This institute is open to educators from across the United States, with preference given to those from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi.

More information about the institutes, including how to apply, can be found here:

https://www.learningforjustice.org/professional-development/professional-learning-institutes

Human Rights and Sport Conference April 5, 8 – 6   

Sport is a human rights issue. You are invited to learn more about the global social movement towards the defense of human rights in sports, from leading scholars around the world, at a freevirtual conference on Sports and Human Rights, April 5, 2023 from 8am EST to 6pm EST. It is sponsored by the Center for Childhood and Youth Studies at Salem State University in Salem, Mass.

Register at the following link:  https://salemstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UuEslS4yTSuaB1DB7kcqGw 

Topics will include:

  • Governance in the Socio-cultural Role of Sports
  • Paralymic Treatment: Rolling the Gamut
  • Sexual Abuse and Human Rights in Sport: Why it Matters
  • Human Rights in the Equine Subculture
  • Gymnasts Fight for Human Rights
  • Transgender Athletes
  • A Human Rights Vision for a World of Responsible Sport
  • Commercialization and Economics of Sports: Human Rights Implications
  • Athletes for Hope: Human Rights Advocates
  • Human Rights, High School Sports, & Special Education

View the full program at the following link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFaciCCAck/HcAnC5L4AG7HwmHLNp0ZOQ/view?utm_content=DAFaciCCAck&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink#1 

You will also find human rights information at our free, virtual Human Rights Learning Library that you can register to access here:   https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/GLKDXX 

Look for our books on Globalisation, Human Rights, Sports, and Culture, edited by Yvonne Vissing and Joseph Zajda, which will be published later this year by Springer Publications.  

Check them out, and let us know how we can be of support in your understanding of the importance of human rights in all sports.

HRE USA TAAS Event: Book Banning Online Discussion

MARCH 30, 2023: 6-7:00 PM ET

This presentation will give a short overview of the history of book banning and focus
on current issues that face schools, libraries, families, teachers, and students.
Together we will explore the relevance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
and strategies that can be used to ensure that children have a right to access
information in today’s complex world.


REGISTER NOW: https://presidiohillschool.zoom.us/j/84544735582?
pwd=NXE2N2pSSUJoU1VzQzY5SU9BOTZsZz09

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The HRE USA 2023 Edmonds Fellowship application deadline extended to April 14, 2023

This year, the Edmonds Fellowship Committee has selected a theme, Protecting Democracy, Promoting Human Rights, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognize the necessity of protecting a democratic and civil society. The Committee is excited about the wonderful project proposals it received and appreciates members submissions.

Fellows will commit 100 hours over roughly 10 weeks to address the topic identified in your proposal. 

The fellowship submission deadline will be April 14, 2023. 

>> About the Edmonds Fellowship

Upcoming Toward Right Relationship programs for March and April

“The Indigenous Boarding Schools and Multigenerational Trauma,” is a slide presentation that will be given by Toward Right Relationship Co-Director Jerilyn DeCoteau (Turtle Mountain Chippewa). Jerilyn is a former president of the board of directors of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (http://boardingschoolhealing.org/). Her program will be followed by time for Q&A and discussion.

Register for this online event on March 14, 6-7:30 pm Mountain time, here:

“The Quaker Indigenous Boarding Schools: A Call for Accountability and Healing,” is a slide presentation by Quakers Paula Palmer, Gail Melix (Herring Pond Wampanoag) and Andrew Grant. They report research on  the role Quakers played in the forced assimilation of Native children during the 19th and 20th centuries. Discussion focuses on how Friends can acknowledge the harm that was done and appropriately support healing in Native American communities.

Register for this online program on April 15, 2-4 pm Mountain time, here:  https://friendspeaceteams.org/quaker-boarding-schools-apr-2023/

“Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples”

is a 2-hour participatory workshop, appropriate for high school students and adults. The history of the colonization of Turtle Island, the land that is now known as the United States, will be told through the words of Indigenous leaders, European/American leaders, and Western historians. We will engage with this history through experiential exercises and small group discussions. And we’ll be invited to consider how we can build relationships with Indigenous peoples based on truth, respect, justice, and our shared humanity.

Register for the April 15th online workshop (2-4 pm Mountain time): https://friendspeaceteams.org/trr-workshop-apr-2023