Current New Tactics Materials

The New Tactics project includes material resources that systematically document the range of options available to human rights advocates, and show how to choose tactics, as well as, ideas for adapting and implementing tactics that have demonstrated promise in other circumstances. A growing number of the New Tactics materials have been translated into other languages that have been highlighted as important by human rights advocates in their own country and/or region and have been successfully adapted into these new contexts. We are very interested in partners identifying New Tactics materials and resources for translation into cross-border, national and local languages that would have potential application their own country and/or region in order to make these materials as accessible as possible.

Some of the priority materials and resources identified by the New Tactics Project based on previous demand include the following materials:

• The book New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners offers a conceptual framework for thinking strategically and tactically to defend and promote human rights, and provides approximately 100 examples of innovative tactics used around the world. The book is currently available in Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Mongolian and additional portions in other languages. (Link: /ToolsforAction/TheNewTacticsWorkbook/Readordownloadfiles)
• More than 45 Tactical Notebooks, created by participants from the regional cross-training workshops, provide detailed information on the use of their tactic and how it may be adapted to other situations. Use the link below to see the tactical notebooks and the languages currently available. (Link: /ToolsforAction/TacticalNotebooks)
• Resources on strategic and tactical thinking including self-guided materials and hands-on exercises to learn about strategy and tactics. (Link: /TrainingTools) You may want to see a few examples, use the links below for English:
  • Understanding Strategy and Tactics (Link: Understanding_Strategy_Tactics.pdf)
  • A Case in Point: Using the Tactical Map (Link: Using_the_tactical_map.pdf)
  • The Need for New Tactics Guide (Link: Need_for_New_Tactics_Guide.pdf)
• The Website www.newtactics.org includes a searchable database that now contains more than 160 tactical examples. (Link: http://database.newtactics.org/NewTactics/KeywordSearch.aspx)
• An e-newsletter goes out monthly in English to more than 3000 individuals and highlights specific tactics and information for inspiring tactical innovation. The e-newsletter is translated into Spanish each month by New Tactics volunteers. For examples of past e-newsletter content: (Link: /Newsroom/TheeNewsletter)
• New Tactics project information materials. (Link: /AboutNewTactics)

Additional materials may include, but not be limited to:

• New Tactics International Symposium tactic workshop materials (Link: /WorldSymposium/Workshops)
• New Tactics Regional Training Workshop and Seminar Reports (Link: /TraininginPractice)

Important note:

• Website Forums: Please note that capacity for website forums for discussions on human rights strategy building and tactical application as well as tools for collaborative planning will be available on the New Tactics website to project partners beginning as early as mid-June 2007 and to the broad New Tactics network as early as August 2007. We highly encourage proposals to consider how they might take advantage of new information and communication technology (ICT) tools for discussions of experiences on the application of tactics and New Tactics resources for furthering human rights efforts.