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Creating an online database to promote government transparency

The city government in Seoul, South Korea created an online database to increase government transparency.  Online Procedure Procedures Enhancement for Civil Applications (OPEN) was initiated by the Seoul City Government  to allow city citizens to monitor civil applications through an online database. OPEN provides details on the status of applications made related to the 70 municipal government tasks identified as most prone to corruption, including housing and construction projects, environmental regulation and urban planning.  Through the database, applicants can find out who has their application, when they can expect the application process to be  complete, reasons for delay, and, if an application has been declined, reasons for its rejection.

Mobilizing advocates to pressure local governments to pass resolutions against legislation that violates human rights

The Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) mobilizes local advocates in the United States to pressure local governments to pass resolutions against the USA Patriot Act. The Act was signed into law in late 2001.

Creating an ombudsman institution to provide recourse to victims of discrimination

In Sweden, the Discrimination Ombudsman (DO) is a political institutional body that was created to allow citizens to assert their right to be protected against discrimination and to provid

Using videotaped prosecution of policemen for human rights violations as an education tool

The Turkey Police Academy uses videotaped prosecution of policemen for human rights violations to teach police academy candidates about the consequences of violating human rights.  This tactic was used as part of a larger strategy in police academy human rights education for police candidates to incorporate the understanding, value and use of investigation and interrogation procedures that do not violate the human rights of the accused. Turkey is working to eradicate the practice of police in higher authority misusing their positions and actually being promoted to higher rank for doing so.

Reframing the issue of poverty as a human rights issue

A group of women in the poorest district of Pennsylvania came together in 1991 and organized the Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU) after welfare cuts threatened their families and community. KWRU sought to reframe the welfare debate as part of a larger fight for human rights, rather than one about personal responsibility for poverty or charity-based responses from governments.

Training government representatives and creating working partnerships with government officials

Citizens' Watch in Russia builds collaborative relationships with influential bureaucrats within the Russian administration, taking government officials and bureaucrats out of the role of opponent and turning them into partners in advancing human rights. These relationships encourage the development of a democratic and participatory connection between the state and its citizens, one in which human rights are respected and the government functions to serve the people, rather than to rule over it.  Citizens' Watch encourages administration officials to become advocates for human rights by providing them opportunities to travel to seminars, conferences and meetings with international colleagues and providing them with the resources and support to make change within their departments.

Using non-formal distance education to give marginalized groups the tools to survive

The Mongolian government, with the financial help of UNESCO and the Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA), utilized non-formal education tools such as the radio, printed materials, and visiting teachers in its Gobi Women’s project, which took place from 1992 to 1997, to reach out to marginalized and vulnerable Gobi women and enable them to acquire skills and practices needed for their survival during political and economic transition in the country.

Setting up an independent commission to fight corruption

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) employs tactics aimed at gaining public confidence and participation to fight corruption in Hong Kong.   These tactics include corruption prevention, operations, preventive education, and enlisting the support from the public.  ICAC was established as an anti-corruption organization totally independent from any department of the government and police.  ICAC is committed to fight corruption with its approach of investigation, prevention, and education.  It targets all areas where corruption might exist in order to prevent any loopholes. These areas are the governmental, public, and private sectors.  Through this tactic, ICAC has restored public confidence in the government to end corruption in the country.

Using a café to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS

“Window of Love,” Hanoi’s first sexuality education café, provides youths with consultation and counseling services on issues pertaining to sex and HIV/AIDS, as these topics are rarely discussed in schools and in the households because of cultural taboo.

Providing parents with funds that allow them to send their children to school rather than to work

The Bolsa Escola program in Brazil provides families with a monthly stipend so that children can attend school instead of work in the streets. The program, which began in the city of Brasilia, was created with the realization that the working children of today are the poor adults of tomorrow. Bolsa Escola was expanded to a federal program in 2001.