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notebook: From Protest to Proposal: Policy Influence in Government Institutions

In this notebook Paulino Montejo Silvestre relates the experience of the Network of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB) and the process of its political transition “from protest to proposal,” systematically capturing decision-making positions in order to participate in the formulation and implementation of public policies in favor of the lives and rights of indigenous peoples.

notebook: Right to Know, Right to Live: Building a campaign for the right to information and accountability

This notebook shares how Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) has been deeply involved in a collective process which has shaped and influenced the Campaign for the Right to Information in India. MKSS makes the case that without access to information and transparency there can be no genuine participation of all members of society, particularly the poor, in democracy. The right to know and actual transparency of information provides the ability to demand and access rights.

notebook: Using Popular Theater to Break the Silence Around Violence Against Women

In this notebook, theatre is used to break the silence surrounding violence against women in Senegal. Theatre provides an outlet for the public to talk openly about human rights abuses that were normally considered only a "familial problem."

notebook: Using Government Budgets as a Monitoring Tool

In this notebook we learn about how to use national and provincial government budgets as monitoring mechanisms to advance child-specific socio-economic rights.  Budget monitoring allowed them to analyze how the government implements and allocates budgets to fulfill its legal obligation to help realize human rights.

notebook: Together We Are Stronger: Peru's National Coordinating Coalition on Human Rights

Peru’s Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (National Coordinator for Human Rights, CNDDHH) is globally recognized as one of the most successful and effective coalitions in the world. This notebook analyzes the characteristics of a strong coalition and shows how to successfully fight against an authoritarian government, like that of Fujimori in Peru the 1990s.

notebook: Testing for Discrimination: Identifying and Prosecuting Human Rights Abuses

In this notebook we learn about how an organization in Hungary tests for and documents incidences of systematic discrimination against a disenfranchised population.  When an instance of discrimination is reported, this organization will send out testers find out whether or not this discrimination was systematic and then document their findings.

notebook: Taking on Our Own Defense: The Chiapas Network of Community Human Rights Defenders

The model raised by the Network of Community Defenders constructs a new tactic in the defense of human rights. It proposes that victims and their communities become involved by electing their own defenders.

notebook: Tandem©: Cross-cultural exchange between police and migrants

The international Centre for Cultures and Languages (ICCL) in Vienna adapted the "TANDEM©" program– originally created for language learning– to human rights education with police and migrant populations in a unique and profound way called "intercultural-TANDEM©."  The result has been "Tandem© Learning", a cultural contact program that improves intercultural understanding.

Tandem©: Cross-Cultural Exchange Between Police and Migrants

notebook: Society as Mediator for Conflict Resolution: Elkarri’s Peace Conference

In this notebook you will learn how Elkarri, a group based in the Basque Region, has created a dialogue of social mediation that encourages participation on all levels of society.  Elkarri gives community members a choice over which part of the process they chose to particpate in, but they encourage particpation for all sides of the conflict.