THE NEW TACTICS NEWSLETTER – August 13, 2004
New Way to Connect with Others in Human Rights
Our Web Forum is now easier to use and more flexible. Discuss the benefits and challenges of individual tactics, ask for the advice of your fellow practitioners, find out who’s doing what kind of innovative work and where. Human rights practitioners from more than 90 countries visit this web site. This is a great way to build international connections and coalitions.
New! Discussions are now open in English, Turkish, Spanish, French and Russian. Contact us to add more languages.
How Can the Sites of Past Abuses Help Build a Better Present and Future?
Historic sites can be powerful catalysts for public awareness and action on human rights issues, according to the International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience. How have historic sites been used in your region or field? What impact have they had? What challenges have they encountered? Are there any dangers in using the sites of abuses to raise awareness?
Learn about the Sites of Conscience in our database.
Discuss this tactic in our forum.
Diverse Group Registers for Symposium
While participants are still continuing to register for the Symposium, we can tell you already that this will be a diverse and dynamic group. The 212 people already registered come from 78 countries spread fairly evenly throughout the world, but with particularly strong representation in Africa.
Amnesty International Head to Address Symposium
Irene Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International, will speak at a plenary session of the New Tactics in Human Rights International Symposium. Ms. Khan, the first woman, the first Muslim and the first Asian to head Amnesty, will talk about the importance of strategic and tactical thinking in her work. She joins confirmed keynote speakers Zackie Achmat and Jody Williams.
New! Full descriptions of workshops are now online.
Proyecto Nuevas Tácticas para Fomentar los Derechos Humanos
Resumen del Proyecto:
Por todo el mundo hay gente y organizaciones que están usando métodos nuevos para impulsar los derechos humanos. El Proyecto Nuevas Tácticas en Derechos Humanos, dirigido por un grupo diverso de organizaciones y profesionales internacionales, y coordinado por el Centro para Victimas de Tortura (CVT), fomenta innovación táctica y pensamiento estratégico dentro de la comunidad internacional de los derechos humanos. Trabaja para incrementar la eficacia de los profesionales y organizaciones mundiales desarrollando materiales y redes para compartir ideas creativas, y fomentar la innovación táctica.
SHARE A TACTIC
Are you involved in innovative work that advances human rights? Do you know someone who is? Tell us about it! Remember, anyone working to promote the fundamental dignity of human beings is doing human rights work, whether they work in business, government, environmental groups, labor organizations, women’s groups, or any number of arenas.
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