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SAVE THE DATES – Featured Discussion May 28 – June 4 – Training for Nonviolent Action

Our next discussion will focus on the importance of training for nonviolent action. Experienced trainers will share their methods, resources and experiences. The online community will have an opportunity to connect, discuss, and share with people training for nonviolent action around the world – www.newtactics.org.

RESOURCES

Translate the New Tactics website into 12 languages! Thanks to Google, you now have the ability to translate our English language website into Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish!

Our New Tactics featured resource for the April dialogue is a collection of presentations on Building Effective Human Rights Commissions.

The National Human Rights Institutions Forum provides excellent information on human rights institutions around the world. You can see how the human rights institution in your country rates according to the Paris Principles.

http://www.newtactics.org/WK211

http://www.nhri.net/

http://www.nhri.net/default.asp?PID=312&DID=0

interTactica

Visit interTactica for helpful tips on tactic ideas and implementation. Recent posts have included Organizing Tips for Citizens Tribunals and Before you organize a mock tribunal: 14 things to think about.

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel/organizing-tips-citizens-tribunals

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel/you-organize-mock-tribunal-14-things-think-about

interTactica [English] http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel

interTactica [Français] http://www.newtactics.org/fr/blog/interTactica

IN THE NEWSROOM: Partnerships, Proposal Requests, and Fellowships

YouthActionNet Global Fellowship Program – Deadline: May 15, 2008
Young people (ages 18 to 29) with a proficiency in English and working to bring about positive societal change in their communities are invited to apply for the YouthActionNet Global Fellows Program. Twenty exceptional young social entrepreneurs will be selected for a year-long fellowship program that provides opportunities in skill-building, networking, and advocacy. The opportunity includes a seven-day, all-expenses paid, capacity-building retreat in Washington, D.C. from November 1-8, 2008. Visit the YouthActionNet Web site for complete program information and application procedures.
http://youthactionnet.org/index.php?fuse=apply

Request for Proposals: Promoting the Freedom of Expression and the Free Flow of Information Through Technology – Deadline: May 2, 2008

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Proposals from organizations interested in submitting proposals to support technologies that will maximize freedom of expression and the free flow of information and ideas through minimizing the success of repressive technologies in censoring and silencing peaceful expressions of political, religious, and ideological views on the Internet. For more information, visit www.state.gov/g/drl/p/102974.htm

New Tactics eNewsletter - March 2008

kantin — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:50:36 -0500

New Tactics eNewsletter – March 26, 2008

FEATURED DISCUSSION: Truth and Reconciliation Processes: Aiding community healing through addressing impunity

New Tactics in Human Rights’ featured online discussion for March will focus on ways in which Truth and Reconciliation processes have and are being implemented. This is an opportunity to connect, discuss and share with New Tactics’ resource people who have carried out a variety of roles related to TRC processes. Join our featured resource people and share your own experiences, insights and questions.

Join the New Tactics community today so you can share your experiences, ideas and questions.

SAVE THE DATES - Featured Discussion April 23 – April 29: Addressing Discrimination issues using National Human Rights Institutions and Ombudsman mechanisms

Our next discussion will focus on ways in which National Human Rights Commissions and Ombudsman offices have approached the human rights issue of discrimination. We will have an opportunity to connect, discuss and share with people working in and with National Human Rights Commissions around the world.

RESOURCES

Our New Tactics featured resources for the March dialogue include two tactical notebooks relating to Truth and Reconciliation Commissions:

Public Audiences by Sofia Macher, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Peru

This notebook highlights the use of Public Audiences, created with the aim of legitimizing and dignifying the personal experiences of the victims in order to support the therapeutic and recuperative work on their behalf.

I’ll Walk Beside You by Glenda Wildschut and Paul Haupt, South Africa

This notebook outlines the victim accompaniment process for the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that developed the concept of "briefers" to install a victim-friendly process.

http://www.hdcentre.org/Past%20Event%20-%20Proactive%20Presence%20Manual%20Launch

What are the problems that a non-governmental, or citizen-based "mock" Tribunal, are aimed to address? In what situations might the use of this tactic be beneficial? Philippe Duhamel addresses these questions and more in his latest article Stage the law you want to see at interTactica. You are invited to add your comment and questions to this article! Available en Français.

IN THE NEWSROOM: Grants and Scholarships

Call for nominations: 2008 John Humphrey Freedom Award – Deadline April 15, 2008
Rights & Democracy is currently accepting nominations for the John Humphrey Freedom Award, which is a grant of $30,000 presented every year to an organization or person who has made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of human rights and democratic development. Additional information http://www.dd-rd.ca.

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy fellowships – Deadline March 31, 2008
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy seeks applicants for a fellowship program engaging human rights activists and practitioners in developing nations. Additional information http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/.

Applications for Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict - Due March 30, 2008
The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) and the Fletcher School are now receiving applications for the advanced interdisciplinary study of nonviolent conflict being held at the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts (June 22-29, 2008). Additional information http://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/PDF/FSI-2008.pdf

February 2008 - Engaging the Media

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:30:36 -0600

New Tactics eNewsletter - February 2008

FEATURED DISCUSSION: Engaging the Media in Human Rights – OPEN March 26 - April 1

Engaging the media in human rights is an on-going challenge and opportunity. The media play a critical role in civil society as carriers of information about how people behave, and consequently, have the ability to influence how people behave. These roles create a unique opportunity for human rights practitioners to communicate with a larger audience than otherwise possible. The challenge is to tap into this resource – and engage the media. Join our featured resource people and share your own experiences, insights and questions (www.newtactics.org).

Our featured resource people include:

Alan Davis, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, currently heads up IWPR’s development and programme work in Asia.
Philippe Duhamel, writes the interTactica blog on the New Tactics website in English and French from Canada.

Mufuliat Fijabi, Senior Programme Officer, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights in Nigeria.
Davinder Kumar, journalist from India now relocated in London, with over 10 years experience working in the field of human rights.
Sharon Lamwaka, Communications and Advocacy Officer, African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV) in Uganda.

Join the New Tactics community today so you can share your experiences, ideas and questions.

SAVE THE DATES - Featured Discussion March 26 to April 1 – Truth and Reconciliation Processes

Our next discussion will focus on a variety of ways in which Truth and Reconciliation processes have and are being implemented. We will have an opportunity to connect, discuss and share with people who have carried out a variety of roles related to TRC processes.

RESOURCES

Our New Tactics featured resources for February include a variety of tactical notebooks that used the engagement of media to highly benefit the outcome of tactics. The engagement of media is very often a support tactic to ensure the desired impact of another tactic. For great ideas on how to engage the media, please see these tactical notebooks written by our some of our February featured resource practitioners as well as other New Tactics network members:

A Mock Tribunal to Advance Change by By Mufuliat Fijabi, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights, Nigeria (February Featured Resource Person)
The Dilemma Demonstration by Philippe Duhamel (February Featured Resource Person)
Engaging the Media - Presentations from the New Tactics Liberia Workshop (February 2007), Sharon Lamwaka, ACTV, Uganda (February Featured Resource Person) and Victor Bwire, previous Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU), Kenya
Engaging the Media: Building support for minimum wage reform by Jee Hyeon Kim, Korean Women Workers Associations United (KWWAU)

New Tactics On-line Community Builder

The New Tactics in Human Rights project is very excited to introduce the newest member of our team, Kristin Antin – our Online Community Builder. If you didn’t have a chance to see our front page website feature on Kristin, you can use this link to read an informal interview we recently conducted with her. http://www.newtactics.org/interview_with_kristin

interTactica
Looking for ways to understand your allies and opponents? Philippe Duhamel has written a great example about engaging the media using an easy to use tool. For more information, go to his Know your Allies: A Strategy Tool interTactica blog post. Available en Français.

IN THE NEWSROOM: Fellowships, Scholarships, and Prizes

2008 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism - Deadline: June 1, 2008

The goal of the Kurt Schork Memorial Awards is to recognize and assist freelance and local journalists who make such a critical contribution to international understanding but whose work is often overlooked. For more information, go to http://www.iwpr.net/index.php?apc_state=henh&s=o&o=top_ksa.html

WITNESS - Video Advocacy Institute (VAI) applications - Deadline: March 2, 2008

The Video Advocacy Institute, the first of its kind, is an innovative program that trains human rights defenders to successfully integrate video advocacy into their social change campaigns. For more information, go to www.witness.org/vai

[For these and other announcements, please visit http://www.newtactics.org/en/Newsroom]

2008 eNewsletters

kantin — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:41:27 -0600

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January 2008 - Unarmed Accompaniment

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:36:48 -0600

New Tactics eNewsletter – January 23, 2008

FEATURED DISCUSSION: Unarmed
Accompaniment – January 23 - 29!

Our January
discussion will take place from January 23 to January 29. Our resource
practitioners bring a wealth of experience. Our featured practitioners include:

Liam Mahony a freelance consultant living in Massachusetts, USA. His most recent publication is
Proactive
Presence: Field strategies for civilian protection (Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue,
2006). He currently serves as a member of Peace Brigades International
(PBI) International Council. David Grant
is responsible for Nonviolent Peaceforce new project development in six world regions, and liaisons
with the United Nations. The CPT Colombia
team: Christian Peacemaker
Teams in Colombia
provides accompaniment to threatened communities, organizations and their
leaders, and documents violations of human rights and international
humanitarian law. A combination of trained full-time and reservist volunteers
from Colombia, Canada and the United States staff the team.

Join the New Tactics community today so
you can share your experiences, ideas and questions.

http://www.peacebrigades.org/index.php

SAVE THE DATES - Featured Discussion February 27 -
March 4 – Engaging the Media

Our next
discussion will focus on ways human rights advocates engage the media to
enhance the overall effectiveness of an organization’s advocacy efforts.

RESOURCES

Our New Tactics
featured resource for January is the tactical notebook, Side by Side: Protecting and
encouraging threatened activists with unarmed international accompaniment
by Liam Mahony.

NEW TACTICS
STAFF – Please Welcome On-line Community Builder

The New Tactics in Human Rights project is very excited
to introduce the newest member of our team, Kristin Antin
– our Online Community Builder. Look for more information about Kristin as
our Featured Resource in February!

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel/one-use-nonviolent-raid-tactic

In a recent
post, One
use of the “nonviolent raid” tactic, Philippe Duhamel describes the impact
of the nonviolent raid tactic when Santa Claus and his elves attempted to
deliver a piece of coal to the Prime Minister of Canada last December. His
subsequent post goes into greater detail about the use of The
Nonviolent Raid as Intervention Tactic.
interTactica features great summaries of New Tactics resource materials
and helpful tips about how advocates can put these ideas to work. Available en Français.

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel/nonviolent-raid-intervention-tactic

interTactica
[English] http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel

interTactica
[Français] http://www.newtactics.org/fr/blog/interTactica

IN THE
NEWSROOM: Fellowships, Scholarships, and Prizes

Women’s Leadership Scholarship
Application Deadline: 1 January - 14 March 2008

The Women’s
Leadership Scholarship (WLS) (formerly the Native Leadership Scholarship)
programme creates educational opportunities for women activists, grassroots
leaders and organisers from the Global South and/or from indigenous groups. For
more information, visit http://www.nativeleaders.org/.

The 2008-2009 KING Baudouin
International Development Prize
Application Deadline: 1 February 2008

The King
Baudouin Foundation invites nominations of candidates for the 2008-2009 King
Baudouin International Development Prize. The prize rewards the work of persons
or organisations which have made a substantial contribution to the development
of countries in the southern hemisphere. For more information, visit http://www.kbprize.org.

Transatlantic Post-Doctoral Fellowship
for International Relations and Security
Application Deadline: 15 February 2008

The
Transatlantic Post-Doctoral Fellowship for International Relations and Security
is open to candidates who have recently received their doctorate in social and
political sciences or economics and whose research focuses on topics of
international relations and security. For more information, visit http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/tapir-cfa08.pdf.

[For these
and other announcements, please visit http://www.newtactics.org/en/Newsroom]

January 2008 eNewsletter

kantin — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:35:52 -0600

New Tactics eNewsletter – January 23, 2008

FEATURED DISCUSSION: Unarmed Accompaniment – January 23 - 29!

Our January discussion will take place from January 23 to January 29. Our resource practitioners bring a wealth of experience. Our featured practitioners include:

Liam Mahony a freelance consultant living in Massachusetts, USA. His most recent publication is Proactive Presence: Field strategies for civilian protection (Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, 2006). He currently serves as a member of Peace Brigades International (PBI) International Council. David Grant is responsible for Nonviolent Peaceforce new project development in six world regions, and liaisons with the United Nations. The CPT Colombia team: Christian Peacemaker Teams in Colombia provides accompaniment to threatened communities, organizations and their leaders, and documents violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. A combination of trained full-time and reservist volunteers from Colombia, Canada and the United States staff the team.

Join the New Tactics community today so you can share your experiences, ideas and questions.

http://www.hdcentre.org/Past%20Event%20-%20Proactive%20Presence%20Manual%20Launch

http://www.peacebrigades.org/index.php

SAVE THE DATES - Featured Discussion February 27 - March 4 – Engaging the Media

Our next discussion will focus on ways human rights advocates engage the media to enhance the overall effectiveness of an organization’s advocacy efforts.

RESOURCES

Our New Tactics featured resource for January is the tactical notebook, Side by Side: Protecting and encouraging threatened activists with unarmed international accompaniment by Liam Mahony.

NEW TACTICS STAFF – Please Welcome On-line Community Builder

The New Tactics in Human Rights project is very excited to introduce the newest member of our team, Kristin Antin – our Online Community Builder. Look for more information about Kristin as our Featured Resource in February!

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel/one-use-nonviolent-raid-tactic

In a recent post, One use of the “nonviolent raid” tactic, Philippe Duhamel describes the impact of the nonviolent raid tactic when Santa Claus and his elves attempted to deliver a piece of coal to the Prime Minister of Canada last December. His subsequent post goes into greater detail about the use of The Nonviolent Raid as Intervention Tactic. interTactica features great summaries of New Tactics resource materials and helpful tips about how advocates can put these ideas to work. Available en Français.

http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel/nonviolent-raid-intervention-tactic

interTactica [English] http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel

interTactica [Français] http://www.newtactics.org/fr/blog/interTactica

IN THE NEWSROOM: Fellowships, Scholarships, and Prizes

Women’s Leadership Scholarship
Application Deadline: 1 January - 14 March 2008

The Women’s Leadership Scholarship (WLS) (formerly the Native Leadership Scholarship) programme creates educational opportunities for women activists, grassroots leaders and organisers from the Global South and/or from indigenous groups. For more information, visit http://www.nativeleaders.org/.

The 2008-2009 KING Baudouin International Development Prize
Application Deadline: 1 February 2008

The King Baudouin Foundation invites nominations of candidates for the 2008-2009 King Baudouin International Development Prize. The prize rewards the work of persons or organisations which have made a substantial contribution to the development of countries in the southern hemisphere. For more information, visit http://www.kbprize.org.

Transatlantic Post-Doctoral Fellowship for International Relations and Security
Application Deadline: 15 February 2008

The Transatlantic Post-Doctoral Fellowship for International Relations and Security is open to candidates who have recently received their doctorate in social and political sciences or economics and whose research focuses on topics of international relations and security. For more information, visit http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/tapir-cfa08.pdf.

[For these and other announcements, please visit http://www.newtactics.org/en/Newsroom]

New Tactics December: Mobile Phone Technology and Human Rights

kantin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:41:02 -0600

New Tactics eNewsletter - December 19, 2007

SURVEY: MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The survey will capture vital data on the opportunities and challenges
offered by the 'mobile revolution' in addressing urgent social and
environmental needs. Your input is critical!

Survey
results will be released in February and will inform the work of civil
society organizations, researchers, technology developers, and donors
worldwide.

Click here to participate in the survey or copy and paste
this URL in your browser: http://stratalys.com/sss2/index.php?s07112&c=7

SAVE THE
DATES - Featured
Discussion January 23 to 29 - Unarmed Accompaniment

Protecting human rights defenders through Unarmed accompaniment will be our featured discussion topic from
January 23 to 29. Our currently confirmed featured resource practitioners
are: Liam Mahony, Peace Brigades International and author of the
New Tactics tactical notebook, Side by Side: Protecting and encouraging
threatened activists with unarmed international accompaniment; and David Grant,
Director, Nonviolent Peaceforce - Washington office. Join
the New Tactics community today so you can share your experiences, ideas and
questions.

RESOURCES

http://www.newtactics.org/en/HumanRightsandtheCorporation

Philippe
Duhamel's blog features great summaries of New Tactics resource materials and
helpful tips about how advocates can put these ideas to work. Available en Français. In his most recent post, International Human Rights Day: Dignity and justice
for all of us, Philippe highlights the following Tactical Notebooks:

interTactica
[English] http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel

interTactica
[Français] http://www.newtactics.org/fr/blog/interTactica

http://www.newtactics.org/en/HumanRightsAdvocacy

http://www.newtactics.org/en/TheHumanRightsEducationProgramforWomen

http://www.newtactics.org/en/InternationalMonitoringBodies

http://www.newtactics.org/en/RebuildingCommunities

IN THE
NEWSROOM: Summits and Forums

2nd Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge - Deadline 15 January 2008

Africa First LLC of Minnesota, USA, in association with and with the support of the Ghana Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, UNAIDS Ghana Office, Ghana AIDS Commission and Esperanza Medicines Foundation invite all to the 2nd Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge in Accra, Ghana. For more information, visit http://africa-first.com/2hivsummit2008/ (scroll down to view content).

11th
AWID International Forum on Women's Rights in Development - Deadline 28 January
2008

The
Association for Women's Rights in Development is an international membership
organization that works to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's
rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively
advance the rights of women. Over 1,500 women's rights leaders and activists
from around the world will converge on Cape
Town, South Africa
at the 11th AWID International Forum to discuss the power of movements. For
more information, visit http://www.awid.org/forum08/submit_proposal_instructions.html.

World Social Forum - Make it happen: January 26th Global Day of Action -
www.wsf2008.net
The website www.wsf2008.net is on line until January
26th, the Global Day of Action. The website is the main communication tool for
organizing actions as well as the main source of information about the World
Social Forum 2008.

[For these
and other announcements, please visit http://www.newtactics.org/en/Newsroom]

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If you do not wish to receive this newsletter please send an e-mail to: newtactics [at] cvt [dot] org.

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The New Tactics in Human Rights
Project is an international initiative led by a diverse group of
organizations and practitioners from around the world. The project is
coordinated by the Center for Victims of Torture
and grew out of its experience as a creator of new tactics and a treatment
center that also advocates for the protection of human rights from a unique
position-one of healing and reclaiming civic leadership.

New Tactics December: Mobile Phone Technology and Human Rights

kantin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:39:40 -0600

New Tactics eNewsletter - December 19, 2007

SURVEY: MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

We need your help! New Tactics is collaborating with the United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation, and working in consultation with MobileActive.org, in conducting a global survey to gauge the extent of mobile technology use by nonprofit organizations/NGOs in carrying out their work.

The survey will capture vital data on the opportunities and challenges offered by the 'mobile revolution' in addressing urgent social and environmental needs. Your input is critical!

Survey results will be released in February and will inform the work of civil society organizations, researchers, technology developers, and donors worldwide.

Click here to participate in the survey or copy and paste this URL in your browser: http://stratalys.com/sss2/index.php?s07112&c=7

SAVE THE DATES - Featured Discussion January 23 to 29 - Unarmed Accompaniment

Protecting human rights defenders through Unarmed accompaniment will be our featured discussion topic from January 23 to 29. Our currently confirmed featured resource practitioners are: Liam Mahony, Peace Brigades International and author of the New Tactics tactical notebook, Side by Side: Protecting and encouraging threatened activists with unarmed international accompaniment; and David Grant, Director, Nonviolent Peaceforce - Washington office. Join the New Tactics community today so you can share your experiences, ideas and questions.

RESOURCES

http://www.newtactics.org/en/HumanRightsandtheCorporation

Philippe Duhamel's blog features great summaries of New Tactics resource materials and helpful tips about how advocates can put these ideas to work. Available en Français. In his most recent post, International Human Rights Day: Dignity and justice for all of us, Philippe highlights the following Tactical Notebooks:

interTactica [English] http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel

interTactica [Français] http://www.newtactics.org/fr/blog/interTactica

http://www.newtactics.org/en/HumanRightsAdvocacy

http://www.newtactics.org/en/TheHumanRightsEducationProgramforWomen

http://www.newtactics.org/en/InternationalMonitoringBodies

http://www.newtactics.org/en/RebuildingCommunities

IN THE NEWSROOM: Summits and Forums

2nd Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge - Deadline 15 January 2008

Africa First LLC of Minnesota, USA, in association with and with the support of the Ghana Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, UNAIDS Ghana Office, Ghana AIDS Commission and Esperanza Medicines Foundation invite all to the 2nd Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge in Accra, Ghana. For more information, visit http://africa-first.com/2hivsummit2008/ (scroll down to view content).

11th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights in Development - Deadline 28 January 2008

The Association for Women's Rights in Development is an international membership organization that works to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women. Over 1,500 women's rights leaders and activists from around the world will converge on Cape Town, South Africa at the 11th AWID International Forum to discuss the power of movements. For more information, visit http://www.awid.org/forum08/submit_proposal_instructions.html.

World Social Forum - Make it happen: January 26th Global Day of Action - www.wsf2008.net
The website www.wsf2008.net is on line until January 26th, the Global Day of Action. The website is the main communication tool for organizing actions as well as the main source of information about the World Social Forum 2008.

[For these and other announcements, please visit http://www.newtactics.org/en/Newsroom]

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SUBSCRIPTION
If you received this newsletter from a friend and would like to continue to receive it, subscribe online or send an e-mail to: newtactics [at] cvt [dot] org.
If you do not wish to receive this newsletter please send an e-mail to: newtactics [at] cvt [dot] org.

~~~~~

The New Tactics in Human Rights Project is an international initiative led by a diverse group of organizations and practitioners from around the world. The project is coordinated by the Center for Victims of Torture and grew out of its experience as a creator of new tactics and a treatment center that also advocates for the protection of human rights from a unique position-one of healing and reclaiming civic leadership.

New Tactics December: Mobile Phone Technology and Human Rights

kantin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:42:58 -0600

New Tactics eNewsletter - December 19, 2007

SURVEY: MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

SAVE THE DATES - Featured Discussion January 23 to 29 - Unarmed Accompaniment

Protecting human rights defenders through Unarmed accompaniment will be our featured discussion topic from January 23 to 29. Our currently confirmed featured resource practitioners are: Liam Mahony, Peace Brigades International and author of the New Tactics tactical notebook, Side by Side: Protecting and encouraging threatened activists with unarmed international accompaniment; and David Grant, Director, Nonviolent Peaceforce - Washington office. Join the New Tactics community today so you can share your experiences, ideas and questions.

RESOURCES

http://www.newtactics.org/en/HumanRightsandtheCorporation

Philippe Duhamel's blog features great summaries of New Tactics resource materials and helpful tips about how advocates can put these ideas to work. Available en Français. In his most recent post, International Human Rights Day: Dignity and justice for all of us, Philippe highlights the following Tactical Notebooks:

interTactica [English] http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/philippe-duhamel

interTactica [Français] http://www.newtactics.org/fr/blog/interTactica

http://www.newtactics.org/en/HumanRightsAdvocacy

http://www.newtactics.org/en/TheHumanRightsEducationProgramforWomen

http://www.newtactics.org/en/InternationalMonitoringBodies

http://www.newtactics.org/en/RebuildingCommunities

IN THE NEWSROOM: Summits and Forums

2nd Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge - Deadline 15 January 2008

Africa First LLC of Minnesota, USA, in association with and with the support of the Ghana Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, UNAIDS Ghana Office, Ghana AIDS Commission and Esperanza Medicines Foundation invite all to the 2nd Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine & Indigenous Knowledge in Accra, Ghana. For more information, visit http://africa-first.com/2hivsummit2008/ (scroll down to view content).

11th AWID International Forum on Women's Rights in Development - Deadline 28 January 2008

The Association for Women's Rights in Development is an international membership organization that works to strengthen the voice, impact and influence of women's rights advocates, organizations and movements internationally to effectively advance the rights of women. Over 1,500 women's rights leaders and activists from around the world will converge on Cape Town, South Africa at the 11th AWID International Forum to discuss the power of movements. For more information, visit http://www.awid.org/forum08/submit_proposal_instructions.html.

[For these and other announcements, please visit http://www.newtactics.org/en/Newsroom]

~~~~~

SUBSCRIPTION
If you received this newsletter from a friend and would like to continue to receive it, subscribe online or send an e-mail to: newtactics [at] cvt [dot] org.
If you do not wish to receive this newsletter please send an e-mail to: newtactics [at] cvt [dot] org.

~~~~~

The New Tactics in Human Rights Project is an international initiative led by a diverse group of organizations and practitioners from around the world. The project is coordinated by the Center for Victims of Torture and grew out of its experience as a creator of new tactics and a treatment center that also advocates for the protection of human rights from a unique position-one of healing and reclaiming civic leadership.

New Tactics December: Mobile Phone Technology and Human Rights

kantin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:39:09 -0600

New Tactics eNewsletter - December 19, 2007

SURVEY: MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

SAVE THE DATES - Featured Discussion January 23 to 29 - Unarmed Accompaniment

Protecting human rights defenders through Unarmed accompaniment will be our featured discussion topic from January 23 to 29. Our currently confirmed featured resource practitioners are: Liam Mahony, Peace Brigades International and author of the New Tactics tactical notebook, Side by Side: Protecting and encouraging threatened activists with unarmed international accompaniment; and David Grant, Director, Nonviolent Peaceforce - Washington office. Join the New Tactics community today so you can share your experiences, ideas and questions.

RESOURCES