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Request for Proposals

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2007 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

"Promoting Tactical Innovation and Strategic Thinking in the Global Human Rights Movement"

The New Tactics in Human Rights Project of the Center for Victims of Torture is seeking partner organizations interested to share, adapt and apply New Tactics thinking and materials in their country/region. This opportunity has been provided by a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): "Promoting Tactical Innovation and Strategic Thinking in the Global Human Rights Movement".

The grant provides for the New Tactics Project to select and work with six partner organizations in the period from June 15, 2007 and ending March 15, 2008. Each selected partner would receive a grant of a maximum of USD7,500. The selected organizations would use the funds to carry out activities that would enable the distribution of New Tactics concepts, ideas, materials, tools and tactical approaches to address specific local, national or regional challenges identified by the partner and its allies.

The partner organizations will be selected from the pool of organizations that have demonstrated a strong interest in working with the New Tactics project on initiatives in their country or region, and have a demonstrated capacity to strengthen and expand the New Tactics work. These funds are intended to make it possible for human rights practitioners to share the New Tactics materials and resources for tactical and strategic thinking as well as examples of innovative tactics with a broad range of people.

The New Tactics Project will provide the selected partner organizations with materials, training, ongoing guidance and an opportunity to connect with the other partner organizations through the use of technology tools. The grants will cover the costs of holding New Tactics-focused activities and/or translation of New Tactics materials into local languages. Eligible costs for such activities include staff, communication costs, printing/photocopying, translation, and other relevant project activity expenses.

The SIX selected partner organizations are expected to incorporate at least two of the following areas in their proposal:

(For brief examples from the 2006 NED funded New Tactics grants - see: /2006GrantRecipients).

Translation and distribution of New Tactics materials (tactical notebooks, tools, website excerpts, etc): Featuring plans to facilitate training on identifying and adapting new tactics to strengthen human rights work for specific local, national and cross-border issues. (For a list of materials use this link: /AboutNewTactics/CurrentMaterials)
Creation of New Tactics website content: Featuring materials and discussions in cross-border languages (e.g, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, French) to facilitate accessibility of ideas and tactical examples for adapting to regional issues.
Discussions (in-person or electronically) in local and/or cross border languages on current tactics being used to advance human rights, coupled with a sharing of if and how new ideas may effectively be adapted to strengthen their work. (NOTE: The selected project partners will be provided with support through virtual training opportunities to use electronic communication tools. The New Tactics project will soon be launching and making available these on-line communication tools on our New Tactics website.)
Local and regional outreach campaigns to media to broadcast stories of tactical innovation to advance human rights, bringing the concepts and concrete ideas to a much broader audience of the public.
Use of tactical mapping or other project tools: Featuring plans that use the tools to design and manage collaborative campaigns to apply multiple tactics towards a single key rights-related campaign.
Development and implementation of a system of collection and exchange among human rights activists on practical on-the-ground use of tactics; involving hundreds of advocates in an exchange and dialogue of new approaches.

Throughout the grant period, the New Tactics project will play a role in supporting and sharing the work of the selected partners with other organizations and individuals in the New Tactics network. The New Tactics project will conduct at least one formal training session for the selected partner organizations. The training will enable each partner organization to become thoroughly familiar with tools, materials and training modules already created by the Project. This initial general orientation will take place via web and/or teleconferencing with targeted dates between June 18 and 22. A second training, specific to each partner and their implementation plan, will take place via web and/or teleconferencing in July 2007.

Please note, in making its selections, the New Tactics Project will favor activities that demonstrate clear goals and reach a significant audience to share the materials and resources of the New Tactics project. The budget should reflect realistic costs related to the goals of the activities you intend to carry out.

Proposals will be thoroughly reviewed and the SIX partners will be selected based on the following primary criteria:

• Clear plan and outline for disseminating New Tactics thinking and resources. (e.g., Number of people and organizations that will be reached with New Tactics ideas, materials and tools.)

• Organization history of disseminating materials and building networks of exchange.

• Ability to follow up with a select number of individuals who receive materials to determine impact of involvement with New Tactics ideas, materials and tools.

• Proposed application of New Tactics tools and resources to a specific situation or issue the organization is addressing.

• Integration of a dialogue or exchange component on strategy and tactics for participants to share what they found to be inspiring, useful or were able to adapt and implement.

• Ability to dedicate additional resources to the work (in-kind and financial).

• A clear evaluation component of the project–(e.g., identify key indicators to know if the project was successfully carried out).

Additional secondary criteria that may also be considered:

• Assessment plan to determine community needs of new tactics.

• Plan for continued contact with recipients of the information (face-to-face and/or other communication tools).

At this time, the New Tactics project is able to invite only SIX partner organizations. However, through this Request for Proposal process, the New Tactics Project plans to develop and systematize the selection and establishment of regional distribution partners so that, in the event that additional funds become available, new partner organizations can also be invited and engaged in the project.

Please complete the application form below and submit no later than Tuesday, May 22. Please note that any activities related to the grant must take place between June 15, 2007 and March 15, 2008. You will be notified on or before June 15, 2007 if you are chosen as a partner organization to receive a grant.

Application Form

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2007 APPLICATION FORM

Submit a maximum of FIVE (5) pages addressing ALL areas outlined below.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

1) Contact Information

Organization:

Full address:

Country:

Email:

Organization Telephone:

Fax:

Organization website:

Name of Contact Person:

Email:

Telephone or Mobile number:

2) Previous experience of your organization with the New Tactics Project:

3) Overall goal(s) of your proposal:

4) Details of your outreach and distribution plan (you must include at least two of the following elements to be considered).

• Material Dissemination: Translation, printing and distribution of New Tactics tactical notebooks, workbook, and/or other tools to human rights organizations/networks in your country and/or region or sub-region to facilitate sharing, training in identifying and adapting new tactics. (Note: For a list of materials use this link: /AboutNewTactics/CurrentMaterials)

• New Tactics Website Content Contribution: Development of New Tactics website content in cross-border languages (e.g., Russian, Spanish, Arabic, French, etc.) as well as an outreach component to ensure that human rights advocates and organizations are informed of the website and the available tools in the language(s) offered. (Link to New Tactics website: http://www.newtactics.org)

• Media Dissemination: Local and regional outreach campaigns to encourage media broadcasting of relevant stories, thereby bringing New Tactics concepts, ideas and materials to a much broader public audience.

• New Tactics Forums: (you may choose to do one or both of the following methods)

o Face-to-face Forums or Workshops: Featuring regular discussions in local languages featuring New Tactics materials and local/regional successful tactics.

o Virtual Forums: Featuring discussions in cross-border languages using on-line communication tools to discuss New Tactics thinking, materials and local/regional successful tactics to share with the broad human rights network. (NOTE: The selected project partners will be provided with training and opportunities to use website communication tools. In addition, the New Tactics project will soon be making these on-line communication tools available on our New Tactics website.)

New Tactics Tools: Use of tactical mapping or other project tools to design and manage collaborative campaigns to apply multiple tactics towards a single key rights-related campaign.

Please note: For each area chosen from the above list indicate the following components:

a) Indicate the intended language(s) to be used

b) Description of intended audiences

c) Estimated number of people/organizations who will be reached

d) If translating materials, indicate the potential tools and/or resource with the approximate number of pages of New Tactics materials to be translated. (Note: For a list of materials use this link: /AboutNewTactics/CurrentMaterials)

5) Budget details in US Dollars (include the following line items):

• Staff costs

• Translation costs

• Printing and distribution costs

• Communications

• Other (specify according to your project plan)

6) Evaluation of project (Include specific benchmarks/measurements of success. For example, indicate your plan for collecting information and/or examples of the impact and how the New Tactics concepts, ideas, materials and tools have been used so these can be widely shared with colleagues to advance knowledge, experiences and increase tactical innovation).

NOTE: Please be sure to complete ALL areas of the application form for your application to be considered. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Return this Information Form by May 22 to:

Nancy Pearson, Project Manager

New Tactics in Human Rights Project

c/o The Center for Victims of Torture

717 River Road, Minneapolis, MN55455, USA

Fax: +1 612 436 2606 (Attention: Nancy Pearson)

E-mail to: newtactics [at] cvt [dot] org

New Tactics 2006 Grant Projects

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New Tactics 2006 Grant Projects

The New Tactics in Human Rights Project has been working to raise resources that will assist human rights organizations around the world to share New Tactics ideas, tools and materials in their own countries and regions in order to apply strategic and tactical thinking to their own issues. In 2006, the New Tactics project has been able to provide grant amounts ranging from USD1000 to USD5000 to 15 organizations. The New Tactics project received two grants that have made this effort possible. A grant from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): "Promoting Tactical Innovation and Strategic Thinking in the Global Human Rights Movement" provided the opportunity for New Tactics to work with four partner organizations though September 2006. Each partner organization is using the funds to carry out activities that enable them to introduce and distribute tactical approaches to human rights advocates across their country and in their region. The four grant partners are:

Ev Aran, Mongolia
LINLEA, Liberia
LEADS, Nigeria
Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM), Russia

A second grant from the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation has made it possible for the New Tactics project to provide small grants to twelve organizations around the world specifically for the translation of New Tactics materials into local languages and local dissemination efforts. The twelve grant partners are:

Amnesty International-Mongolia
Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA)/Save the Childhood Foundation, India
Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD), Sri Lanka
Coastal Development Partnership, Bangladesh
JagiellonianUniversity Human Rights Centre (JUHRC), Poland
Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (hCa), Turkey
HumanRightsCenter "Citizens against corruption", KyrgyzRepublic
Humanus Foundation (formerly AfricaGovernanceAlert), Cameroon
Mesoamerican Centre for Sustainable Human Rights Action (CEMAS), Guatemala
Nagorno Karabakh Committee of "Helsinki-Initiative-92"
Rural Initiatives in Sustainability and Empowerment (RISE), Pakistan
Forum Solidaridade Buka Hatene (FORSANE), East Timor

NED Grant Partners

Ev Aran is a national human rights non-governmental organization based inMongolia. The Board of Representatives consists of the five founders of the organization who are committed to the human rights movement and devote their professional lives to the betterment of Mongolian society. The mission of the organization is to promote human rights and cultivate a culture of tolerance in the society. The main area of work is a focus on the promotion of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms. With low public perception on fairness of the judiciary, ineffective social welfare institutions and widespread corruption of public servants, Ev Aran is working to empower target groups with ADR tools. Ev Aran has also cooperated with other NGOs, the police and public authorities to strengthen the capacities of vulnerable communities to protect and restore human rights at the grass roots level and has been prominent in the national campaign against torture and the death penalty.

Ev Aran’s New Tactics endeavor will introduce the New Tactics tactical mapping tool to the broader human rights community inMongolia with specific reference to torture. Key actors involved in the campaign against torture will be engaged in the mapping exercise, and will be provided with further New Tactics tactical materials with special reference to Mongolia’s situation. The mapping exercise together with the cases and tactics will then be complied into a manual for practitioners, academia and the general public. Ev Aran will also launch a media campaign involving press releases, an article in a professional journal, a press conference, and a new website.

The Liberia National Law Enforcement Association (LINLEA) was established in March 1994 as a professional, non-partisan, and non-profit organization to bring together law enforcement personnel and support staff to constitute a consolidated association or consortium that would promote professionalism within law enforcement and other criminal justice institutions. LINLEA’s primary goals are to improve the quality of law enforcement services and personnel and promote more democratic and humane services on the part of justice-related institutions inLiberia. LINLEA also advocates for improved working conditions, better salaries and adequate training and education for law enforcement personnel and encourages community participation in meeting the challenges of crime and disorder in Liberal society.

LINLEA is using the New Tactics grant to train a core group of trainers from a coalition of over 75 civil society organizations to bring New Tactics ideas, tools and materials to their organizations and communities. Along with LINLEA, these trainers will be conducting several workshops and forums for civil society organizations and staff of government ministries and agencies, and will also host three monthly radio programs to discuss New Tactics materials and concepts. In addition, LINLEA will be printing and disseminating a number of New Tactics resources, including publishing a number of articles and tactics in special editions of their printed newsletter.

The League of Democratic Women (LEADS), Nigeria, is a non-governmental human rights and pro-democracy organization founded in Kadunain 1996. Its aims and objectives include, amongst others, to create legal awareness among Northern Nigerian women, aid in the strengthening of laws and institutions that protect women and children’s rights, encourage female education in Northern Nigeria, provide legal aid and assistance to victims of human rights violation, lobby for the repeal or abrogation of customary law and practices that discriminate against women, organize seminars, workshops and conferences on women and children’s rights issues as well as conduct research and publish reports on women’s rights issues.

LEADS is putting the New Tactics grant to use by translating New Tactics materials into Hausa, the most widely spoken language in northwest Nigeria, and to increase access to New Tactics materials for activists in the seven states of the northwest by putting together a radio project for information dissemination reaching out to illiterate and semi-literate populations in the region, and working to build a network of human rights practitioners.

The Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM), an international network of young human rights activists in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine, provides the younger generation of Russian and former Soviet Union human rights activists with skills and knowledge necessary to continue developing the movement towards Russian democracy. The YHRM carries out three "blocks" of activities which combine elements of human rights training, public information, and support for regional human rights NGOs. The first block consists of civic activities, such as training sessions for participants, an information campaign, and local public activities in defense of human rights. The second block of activities consists of internships for qualified young activists at well-equipped human rights organizations throughout the newly independent states (NIS). These participants learn how to coordinate various campaigns; edit, print and distribute newsletters; and conduct interviews. The third block of activities instructs participants on how to develop training materials and personnel in the area of human rights education.

YHRM is using the New Tactics grant to develop four, 32-page, brochures in Russian based on tactics from the New Tactics on-line tactical database, launching a Russian-language website with information on New Tactics activities and resources, and hosting three seminars on "The Basics of Human Rights and New Tactics" for young civic and human rights activists.

Microgrant Recipients

The following organizations have received microgrants for translation and dissemination of New Tactics materials through a grant funded by the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation.

Amnesty International-Mongolia has been working for more than 10 years on human rights issues inMongolia. It has advocated for ratification of Convention Against Torture (CAT), the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the optional protocol of the Convention on Cultural Rights (CCR), as well as engaging in lobbying activities and human rights education at all levels of society. AI-Mongolia will be translating and publishing portions of the "New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners."

Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA)/Save the Childhood Foundation, India. BBA’s mission is to identify, liberate, rehabilitate and educate children in servitude through direct intervention, child and community participation, coalition building, consumer action, promoting ethical trade practices and mass mobilization. Founded as a group of a few individuals, BBA/SACCS (South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude) has emerged as an organization of thousands of individual supporters under the banner of "Bachpan Bachao Andolan" as well as network of over 764 NGOs, Trade Unions, human rights organizations, etc., dedicated towards the total elimination of child labor. BBA will be translating New Tactics materials into Hindi and conducting training workshops for civil society representatives inBihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh inIndia.

Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD), Colombo, Sri Lanka, coordinates work to support victims of human rights abuses, particularly among the Tamil community, as well as providing legal assistance and human rights training. CHRD will be translating portions of the ""New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners" and other tactical materials into Tamil and Sinhalese, as well as promoting New Tactics materials through workshops held in the East, South and plantation sectors of Sri Lanka.

The Coastal Development Partnership, Bangladesh, was formed in January 1997 as a coordinating secretariat of NGOs working to relieve the sufferings of the people of the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh. Its mission is to assist other NGOs and Citizens’ Forums in capacity-building, and has established a Central Information Center (CIC) and SatelliteInformationCentersinSouthwest Bangladesh to cater to the information needs of different sectors involved in development and human rights. The Costal Development Partnership will be translating selections of New Tactics materials into Bengali, and will conduct a "sharing workshop" to facilitate the understanding and adoption of tactics.

Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (hCa), Turkey, a non-governmental, non-profit, voluntary organization, is committed to: introducing into daily life the basic rights and freedoms accepted ininternational agreements and outlined by universal standards; promoting the idea of citizenship and active involvement in civic life; building a wider Europe from below; supporting peaceful processes for the resolution of problems through mutual understanding, dialogue and peace; improving pluralist democratic bodies and civil society initiatives; ensuring the supremacy of law; defending an economic system that promotes the well-being of human life and the environment. hCa works on the basis of projects, which are drafted and implemented by working commissions that act as think-tanks. Since its establishment, hCa has organized local and international platforms of debate, coordinated monitoring committees and workshops, has produced publications, brochures, books, and modest public ad spots. hCa was the New Tactics partner for the New Tactics International Symposium in Ankara, Turkeyin 2004. hCa will be disseminating information on the tactical mapping process, translating New Tactics training materials into Turkish and developing "participant kits" for distribution at working meetings inIstanbul, Izmir and Ankara.

Human Rights Center "Citizens Against Corruption" (CAC), Kyrgyz Republic, works to influence and decrease levels of corruption, poverty, injustice and improve the human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan by empowering local NGOs and activists to become sustainable self-sufficient civil society actors and activists, and involving them in decision-making process at all levels. They are currently working on involving youth in monitoring parliamentary and presidential elections, as well as participating in the law-making process through lobbying and advocacy work. Citizens Against Corruption will be translating selected New Tactics materials into Russian and Kyrgyz, as well as translating and promoting portions of the New Tactics website.

Humanus Foundation (formerly AfricaGovernanceAlert), Cameroon, was founded in 1997 to promote human rights and applications of international standards in Cameroon through an integrated approach to economic, civil and cultural rights. Humanus also works to disseminate information on human rights and development to the general population. Humanus will be translating the tactical notebook "Powerful Persuasion: Combat Traditional Practices that Violate Human Rights" into French, and will be distributing and sharing the tactical notebook and New Tactics tools and ideas with NGOs and traditional leaders.

Jagiellonian University Human Rights Centre (JUHRC) is an independent research institution affiliated with the Jagiellonian Univeristy in Krakow, Poland, conducting educational, training, translation and promotional activities in the area of human rights. JUHRC will be translating portions of the "New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners" into Polish, Ukrainian and Russian and promoting our resources through an information campaign and web forum.

Mesoamerican Centre for Sustainable Human Rights Action (CEMAS), Guatemala, CEMAS is a group of men and women of diverse cultures and nationalities. CEMAS mission is to promote a culture of respect for human rights in their totality, through human rights institution building processes inMesoamerica and to strengthen and articulate grassroots human rights organizations inMesoamerica, in particular the members of the Mesoamerican Network for the Defense of Human Rights. CEMAS formed a Mesoamerican Human Rights Network ("The Network", 45 member organizations from Guatemala, Honduras and Chiapas) and facilitated its annual General Assemblies. CEMAS will be translating New Tactics materials into Spanish and Mam, a major Mayan language of Guatemala. CEMAS will also be conducting a series of six two-day workshops to be carried out by its grassroots counterpart organizations (a total of 36 workshops), each involving 25 young persons from approximately 75 Guatemalan communities (predominantly rural). Each participant will carry out two multiplication activities with other young members of his or her community.

The Nagorno Karabakh Committee of "Helsinki-Initiative-92" was founded to defend human rights and promote conflict resolution, but its mission has diversified to include language courses, youth workshops and environmental advocacy. The Committee will be translating selected New Tactics materials into Russian, Armenian and Azeri as well as conducting workshops and discussion sessions promoting tactical innovation and strategic thinking.

Rural Initiatives in Sustainability and Empowerment (RISE), Pakistan. RISE works to empower the disadvantaged sections of rural Pakistani society, particularly advocating for gender equity and the rights of persons with disabilities, through promoting awareness and capacity building among local activists. RISE is translating community selected New Tactics materials into Urdu, and RISE will be working to extend and integrate communication through online discussion groups and outreach campaigns.

Forum Solidaridade Buka Hatene (FORSANE), East Timor, is particularly interested to translate New tactics materials and resources on tactical mapping and other training tools into Tetum (East Timor’s official language) so these can be used by communities and human rights activists in East Timor . FORSANE feels that the translated materials can be a powerful tool for expanding the values of human rights in East Timor.

Using New Tactics Around the World

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Using New Tactics Around the World

Both during and after the Symposium, many participants expressed great enthusiasm for sharing their experiences with their colleagues and others. We are very glad to be able to make some of this work possible through a number of microgrants (up to US$250) intended to cover some of the costs of holding a meeting and translating and distributing materials. Since late 2004, the project has awarded nearly 40 micro grants to Symposium participants around the world. Many recipients have already sent reports and translated useful New Tactics materials. Click the links below to view summaries of their activities and resources. We will post more in coming weeks.

2004 Activities

2005 Activities

2006 Activities

2005

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In 2005, Micro Grant Recipients from the following list of countries carried out various activities.

Albania

Organized an interactive session with youth to identify tactics to advance human rights.

Read the report

Argentina

Facilitated a discussion on the New Tactics project among lawyers and law students to see how their strategies could be improved, complemented or substituted.

Read the report (en Espanol)
View the presentation (en Espanol)

Armenia

Organized a round table discussion on the New Tactics Symposium and Project.

Read the report on this activity
Read the Symposium Report (in Armenian)
Translated the following excerpts from "New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners" into Armenian.
Read "Developing Creative Tactics and Strategies" (in Armenian)
Read "Sharing Critical Information" (in Armenian)
Read "Collaboration Tactics" (in Armenian)
Read "Incentive Tactics" (in Armenian)

Cameroon

Held a seminar to identify new strategies and tactics for human rights in Cameroon

Read the report

Germany

Hosted a discussion about the New Tactics project and evaluated potential tactics that may be used by local human rights organizations.

Ghana

Organized two interactive workshops with local NGOs, politicians, media and traditional leaders to develop a process for accountability in health charters.

Read the report

Guinea

Held a tactics workshop featuring a presentation of torture treatment, training of paraprofessionals as a tactic and group discussions to share tactics and identify points of collaboration.

Korea

Translated and disseminated New Tactics materials in Korea.

Kyrgyz Republic

Translated tactical notebooks for a strategy-building meeting designed to identify points of collaboration for lawyers, law students, police officers and human rights advocates.

Pakistan

Translated 15 tactics from New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners and a tactical notebook into Urdu, and distributed them to local human rights organizations within Pakistan.

Read the report
Read "Making Allies: Engaging Government Officials to Advance Human Rights (in Urdu)

Paraguay

Organized a problem-solving session for governmental and non-governmental groups working on penal reform to identify potential tactics to advance their cause.

Read the report (en Espanol)
View the presentation (en Espanol)

Turkey

Created a tactical notebook on developing collaborative efforts between nongovernmental organizations and government bodies to access new resources.

United States

Translated a tactical notebook (on the use of civil lawsuits) from English into Spanish.

Read the report
Read "Reparations: Using Civil Lawsuits to Obtain Reparation for Survivors of Human Rights Abuses and Challenge the Impunity of Human Rights Abusers (English)

Uzbekistan

Organized a two-day workshop on the need for new tactics and tactical and strategic thinking.

Uzbekistan

Held a round table discussion for human rights activists, leaders of youth groups and journalists to discuss the experience of Uzbek participants at the Symposium.

2004

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In 2004, Post-Symposium, partners from the following countries carried out various activities.

Argentina

Translated a tactical notebook from Spanish into English.

Read "Open Memory: Using Interinstitutional Cooperation to Facilitate Access to Human Rights Information"

Azerbaijan

Held a round-table discussion about the Symposium and translated Symposium materials.

Read the report

El Salvador

Held workshops in three communities on using paraprofessionals to make the legal system more accessible.

Read the report

France

Gave a presentation to human rights activists on the New Tactics project, the Symposium and future project goals. Resources included the project web site, tactics database and book, New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners.

Georgia

Gave a presentation on Weaving New Tactics into Your World with a focus on topics that relate to discrimination and minorities. Distributed tactical notebooks.

Read the report

India

Distributed New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners and 27 tactical notebooks to libraries, colleges and other institutions.

Read the report

Israel

Formed a group of 25 human rights leaders who will meet periodically to discuss new tactics. The following materials were translated into Hebrew to use at these meetings:

Kenya

Worked with law enforcement and legal officials to foster a climate of respect for human rights and influence public policy using New Tactics materials.

Read the report

Kyrgyz Republic

Hosted an educational seminar for activists involved in monitoring international mining companies.

Read the Report

The following notebook was translated into Russian for use at the seminar:

The Dilemma Demonstration (Po Ruski)

Liberia

Held a workshop for human rights workers featuring a lecture on the CVT Liberia program, small group discussions to share tactics and the formation of a task force to monitor the local network.

Read the Report

Liberia

Hosted a workshop enabling participants to explore New Tactics thinking.

Moldova

Translated into Russian and distributed a tactical notebook. Met with local youth leaders about the New Tactics project.

Nagorno Karabakh

Hosted a roundtable to share tactics learned at the Symposium, such as forensics, non-violent action and historical sites. The following tactical notebooks were summarized and translated into Russian:

Nigeria

Held an interactive session to share tactics learned at five Symposium workshops. Applied tactical mapping to the problem of domestic abuse and widowhood. [more]

Nigeria

Held a capacity building workshop to aid journalists in developing creative tactics to address the issue of domestic violence.

Read the report

Nigeria

Held a tactic exploration session to help Nigerian human rights activists become more productive.

Read the report

Pakistan

Introduced the New Tactics project at a workshop and motivated civil society organizations to focus on new tactics in their movements.

Read the report

Russia

Trained human rights workers in children’s rights and civil rights on tactical thinking.

Read the report

The following resources from New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners were translated into Russian:

Turkey

Presented the New Tactics project and Symposium at a workshop in Hungary. Distributed tactical notebooks at a festival celebrating roma culture.

Working Group

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Working Group

Mariclaire Acosta, Mexico, Director, Department for the Promotion of Good Governance, Secretariat for Political Affairs, organization of American States

Miguel Darcy de Oliveira, Brazil, Director, Institute for Cultural Action

Clarence Dias, United States, Director, International Center for Law in Development; Chair of the Board, Human Rights Internet

Camelia Doru, Romania, Director, ICAR Foundation

Basil Fernando, China, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission

Claudine Haenni, Switzerland, Research Fellow, University of Bristol

Bahey El Din Hassan, Egypt, Director, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Somchai Homlaor, Thailand, Executive Director, Asian Institute for Human Rights

Salma Khan, Bangladesh, former Chair and current member, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; board member, Women for Women, Bangladesh

Morten Kjaerum, Denmark, Director, The Danish Institute for Human Rights

Norine MacDonald, Canada, Executive Director, The Gabriel Foundation

Sofia Macher, Peru, former member, Truth & Reconciliation Commission; former Executive Director, National Coordinator of Human Rights

Liam Mahony, United States, strategic consultant to NGOs in human rights and conflict transformation; Board Member, Peace Brigades International

Pat Naidoo, Kenya, Associate Director, Rockefeller Foundation, Africa Regional Office

Joseph Otteh, Nigeria, Director, Access to Justice

Boris Pustintsev, Russia, Chairman, Citizens’ Watch

Mark Ritchie, United States, President, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Sir Nigel Rodley, United Kingdom, former Special Rapporteur on Torture for the United Nations and Member, United Nations Human Rights Committee

Kailash Satyarthi, India, Chairman, South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude

Rajesh Tandon, India, Executive Director, Society for Participatory Research in Asia

Patricia Valdez, Argentina, Executive Director, Memoria Abierta

Glenda Wildschut, South Africa, former Member, Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Michael Windfuhr, Germany, Human Rights Director, Bread for the World

Partner Organizations

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Partner Organizations

Access to Justice, based in Lagos, Nigeria, advocates changes to the legal system that will make it more accessible, efficient, transparent and responsive to society’s needs. They also work to rebuild public faith in the justice system.

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is a regional human rights organization based in Thailand. Forum-Asia focuses on the protection of human rights in Asia through the cooperation and sharing of information among human rights organizations in the region.

The Danish Institute for Human Rights conducts research, carries out public information campaigns and provides guidance for governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The Centre frequently serves as a consultant for human rights centers and humanitarian organizations in other countries, as well as intergovernmental organizations such as the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the United Nations.

The ICAR Foundation in Romania provides medical and rehabilitative services for primary and secondary victims of political repression. The Foundation promotes social reconciliation among civil society groups, advocates solidarity with torture survivors, and raises public awareness of torture. At the national level, the Foundation works in close collaboration with three Romanian centers and with other nongovernmental organizations in the field of human rights. The ICAR Foundation is also an active member of the global network of rehabilitation centers treating torture survivors.

The National Coordinator of Human Rights (Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos) of Peru is a coalition of 61 nongovernmental organizations dedicated to the legal defense of victims of human rights violations, human rights education, and the promotion of human rights. It has achieved national and international recognition and has Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East (TODAIE) is a government educational institute for in-service training of public officials and civil servants. The Human Rights Research and Documentation Center of TODAIE compiles materials on human rights; arranges seminars and conferences on the topic; and conducts research and creates publications on human rights issues, including the periodical Turkish Yearbook of Human Rights. The Institute coordinates its activities closely with other human rights institutions in Turkey and abroad, including serving as a National Correspondent for the Council of Europe.

The Turkish Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (hCa) was founded in 1990 by societal leaders working for the democratic integration of Europe. Working internationally and regionally through the hCa network, it strengthens civil society in Turkey through education on human rights and democratic development. Additional global and regional partnerships are being established as the New Tactics project progresses.