11th International Session "Human Rights, Culture of Peace, Tolerance - Content and Methods of Education"

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11th International Session "Human Rights, Culture of Peace,
Tolerance - Content and Methods of Education"


On December 3th - 7th, 2001, the Moscow School of Human Rights, the
UNESCO Representatives in the Russian Federation, the Presidential
Commission on Human Rights, and the Moscow Committee of Education are
going to hold in Moscow the annual 11th International Session "Human
Rights, Culture of Peace, Tolerance - Content and Methods of
Education" (training for secondary schools teachers, higher schools
professors, instructors on social sciences, lecturers, managers of
educational institutions, social workers, NGOs representatives to
prepare them to human rights, civic, democracy and peace education).

The session is carried out in the frameworks of the Plan of Action for
United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, United Nations
Program of Action on a Culture of Peace, and UNESCO and Council of
Europe recommendations on human rights education.

Famous specialists in the sphere of human rights, law, political
science, pedagogy, etc., representing Russian and international
organizations, take part in the Session.

The following problems will be discussed:
- civic education - for the civil society;
- international actions: human rights, culture of peace, tolerance;
- intercultural, interethnic, interconfessional relations: conflicts
or dialogue?
- human rights, culture of peace and non-violence education (tasks,
content, methods of upbribging and teaching): Russian and foreign
experience.

In addition to the plenary meetings, the following sections will be
organized:
1. Higher Education
2. General Education (schools; higher and advanced training
pedagogical institutions)
3. Informal Education, Human Rights Organizations

The participants of the Session will visit high and secondary schools
of Moscow, governmental institutions and human rights NGOs, committees
of the State Duma (Parliament) to get acquainted with their work in
these fields.

On the Web site of the Moscow School of Human Rights
(http://www.mshr.ru/engl/) you could find the programs of several
previous sessions. The forthcoming 11th  Session will be built on the
same model.

The working language of the Session is Russian. During the Session and
at your free time (by escort) we will provide translation to English.

Training and literature stuff are free of charge for the participants.
The foreign participants are free of the registration fee (the
registration fee for Russian participants is $20, see details at
http://www.mshr.ru/engl/).
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.

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 beginning of the Session is on December 3, 10.00 a.m.
(registration - 9.00 a.m.).

The application form is available through the Internet at the Web site
of the Moscow School of Human Rights: http://www.mshr.ru/engl/. You
can send your application till November 18, 2001 online or by mail or
fax to the following address:

Moscow School of Human Rights
Apt.2, Entrance 3, Luchnikov Lane 4
Moscow 101000, Russia
Tel/fax: +7 (095) 577 69 04
E-mail: [email protected]

Sincerely yours,
Anatoly Azarov,
Director of the Moscow School of Human Rights

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