News Networks

For news or events on human rights related issues, visit or subscribe to the following websites.

AWID - Association of Women's Rights in Development
International membership organisation that connects, informs and mobilises people and organisations committed to achieving women's rights.

Choike
This is a news portal on Southern civil society activities, including a NGO directory and the latest news on IFI monitoring.

CRIN  - Child Rights Information Network
This network focuses on the human rights based approach in child rights; it publishes news on child rights related issues. Subscribe to CRINMAIL to receive news by email.

Dignity International
This human rights foundation focuses on economical, social and cultural rights; its website shows the latest events, news and publications. Its news bulletin can be received by email.

ESCR-Net
This website is constructed by a coalition of organisations and activists from around the world dedicated to advancing economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR). It has a calendar of ESCR-related events and publishes news. Through subscribing your email address, it is possible to join thematic discussion groups.

Inter Press Service
This independent news agency publishes a wide range of information on politics, development and human rights issues around the globe. It has various partner websites, such as TerraViva.

Oneworld
This news website concentrates on politics, development and human rights related issues; the main page has a list of partner sites that vary in focus and region.

Pambazuka News
This weekly forum for social justice in Africa is managed by Fahamu, an organisation that aspires to support social movements by communication and information technologies. 

The Communication Initiative 
The Communication Initiative is an online space to share, debate and advance effective communication for development progress. It is possible to subscribe to its weekly newsletter Drumbeat.

Events and Conferences

10 August 2010, London, UK – Human Rights and Equalities: This one day training course, hosted by the British Institute of Human Rights,  is designed to raise awareness of human rights ideas, principles and standards and how they relate to equality. It will focus on how human rights provide a practical tool for tackling inequality and disadvantage.
For further information please consult the BIHR website or email: training(at)bihr.org.uk.

16-20 August 2010, University of Toronto, Canada. CEDAW for Change: This module within the six-week WHRI is open for additional enrollment as a one-week intensive for those who cannot attend the full course.  Full details of the module are on the WHRI website. For inquiries, contact WHRI Program Director Angela Lytle. Deadline: 16 July 2010.

20-23 August 2010, Montreal, Canada – CIVICUS 9th World Assembly: Every year, the CIVICUS World Assembly offers about fifty activities grouped around the overall theme, an annual focus theme and sub-themes. This year the World Assembly will focus on economic justice as its core theme underpinned by development effectiveness and climate justice. The activities comprise plenary sessions, round tables, workshops, networking sessions and formal events. To register, please visit the CIVICUS website.

8-12 November 2010:  Role of Human Rights in Development: Impact and Responsibility, Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Abo, Finland
This one-week intensive course offers participants an opportunity to acquire specialist-level knowledge in the field of human rights and development. It offers critical examinations of the conceptual and practical relevance of the international human rights framework to development cooperation, focusing on strategies to integrate the two fields, including but not limited to human rights-based approaches to development. There is special focus on human rights as an accountability framework and women and children as claimants of rights. The course will provide both theoretical and practical insights, for example in the area of assessing impact and the value of human rights-based approaches to development.

The course is designed for PhD students, scholars, practitioners (e.g., law, human rights and/or development), policy-makers and advanced master's students. Detailed information and application forms can be obtained from their website. Application deadline: 14 September 2010.

8-9 December 2010, University of Pretoria, South Africa - World Human Rights Moot Court 2010 Competition: The Competition is open to undergraduate students from all institutions of tertiary education in the world. Participation in the competition is not restricted to law students, but it is expected that in most cases the teams participating in this event will be comprised of students who study law.
For all Moot related information or queries please visit University of Pretoria website or contact: Cherryl-Lee Botterill, Tel: +27 82 780 4647.