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Dialogue: The Sharpeville Massacre: Defeat or Backfire?

Philippe Duhamel's picture
massacreFrom the 1960's to this day, the Sharpeville massacre under apartheid South Africa has been regularly cited as a clear-cut example of why nonviolent action doesn't work. As part of our series on nonviolent struggle, we take a closer look at what happened on that fateful day when women, children and men were shot dead by police, and its aftermath. Was the only possible conclusion that armed struggle was going to be the only option? What might such levels of repression mean for the relevance of unarmed methods of fundamental change?
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Dialogue: Significance of law enforcement officers training

eommar's picture
Generally, training is a heart topic of development in any field, as it brings to practice most recent successful methodologies of doing things, and it also relates practices to theories in a homogenous way, it goes beyond doubt that training has  a similar importance  to bring both legal & human-rights imperativeness knowledge to law enforcement officers( later cited as LEOs), training here is a multi-layer process of upgrading the awareness and enriching performance methodologies mainly at the police level, it helps a lot when the personnel are of common understanding of their obligations in terms of the service delivery to the society they serve.
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Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (U.S.A.) accepting 2010-2011 Fellowship Applications - Application deadline 24 Nov 2009

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies is accepting fellowship applications for the 2010-11 academic year. These fellowships are intended to encourage writing and research based on the Holocaust, and the fellowship awards are open to individuals in all fields.

Call for Applications: Nonviolence Education & Training - Deadline 30 Nov 2009

Nonviolence training provides civil society organizations with essential peacebuilding skills and concepts. These skills and concepts focus on ways to increase social mobilization and countervailing power. Nonviolence training aims to empower marginalized groups so that they can assert their rights, create their own opportunities, and access resources.

Colby College announces opening for 2010 Oak Human Rights Fellowship Applications - Deadline - 15 December 2009

Colby College in Waterville, Maine, USA announces the opening for applications for the 2010 Oak Human Rights Fellowship, that is sponsored by the Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College.

Training: Best Practices for defending the human rights of scientists - Register by 15 December 2009

This Scholars at Risk training opportunity will prepare scientific associations to respond to alleged violations of the human rights of scientists. Combining case study, role play and guided discussion, the session aims to equip scientific associations to act effectively in defense of the welfare of scientists around the world.