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Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights Announces
Fellowship Call
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Dear Colleague,
Can you think of a human rights activist (or an organization where one might be working) in need of a short respite from on the ground human rights work? I am pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 2009 Oak Human Rights Fellowship, sponsored by the Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College in Waterville, Maine (USA). The fellowship is a one-semester appointment for a scholar-in-residence. It is designed to provide human rights practitioners doing "on-the-ground" work at some level of personal risk a respite from front-line duties to enable them to reflect, write, and communicate their work to our campus community. We are writing to ask your help in identifying the Oak fellow for the fall of 2009.
Each year, we target our search for a human rights activist either regionally or functionally. This year, the focus of our search is for an activist whose work involves migration and human rights of migrants outside of the United States. Possible areas of human rights activity may include, but are not limited to: rights of displaced peoples and refugees; discrimination and unequal treatment of migrants; migrant workers' rights in both formal and informal markets; migrant land and resource struggles; resettlement; human trafficking and smuggling; economically motivated migration; asylum seekers; gender and sexual exploitation of migrants and refugees; or movement of seasonal workers. The appointment is for the fall semester of 2009 (September through mid December). Responsibilities include participation in a lecture series or symposium in the Fellow's area of expertise and regular interaction with Colby students through a one credit non-graded discussion class. The College provides a stipend of $32,000, plus transportation, housing, health care coverage, and other fringe benefits. We encourage the fellow to bring family through limited financial support for their travel as well.
To identify candidates for our annual search, we rely heavily on nominations from NGOs, other journalists, human rights lawyers, and academics -- you are most likely to know of the work of on-the-ground professionals. Since your network has been active in the field of human rights or migration, we would like to solicit your nominations for the fellowship. Please submit nominations to us no later than November 1, 2008. We will contact nominee(s) and encourage him or her to apply; you might also suggest that your nominee(s) apply directly. Your nomination letter(s) will become part of the applicant's file, underscoring your recognition of this person's important contributions to human rights. The deadline for completed applications is December 15, 2008. For more information and application materials, please access our web page at www.colby.edu/oak ; we call your attention to the frequently asked questions sidebar to clarify terms and eligibility.
Kindly forward this announcement to potential candidates. If you prefer to have an electronic copy of this announcement with a PDF brochure, please let us know. If you have any questions, you can reach me at +1 (207) 859-5234 or Assistant Director Susana Thompson at oakhr@colby.edu . Thank you in advance for helping us identify deserving candidates for this award.
Sincerely,
Patrice Franko
Grossman Professor of Economics and International Studies and Director of
the Oak Institute for the Study of Human Rights
Colby College
4840 Mayflower Hill
Waterville ME 04901 USA
oakhr@colby.edu
+1 (207) 859-5319
Fellowships for Threatened Academics: Professors, Researchers and Lecturers
Application Deadline: 5 September 2008
The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) provides fellowships for established scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. These fellowships permit professors, researchers and other senior academics to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large. When conditions improve, these scholars will return home to help rebuild universities and societies ravaged by fear, conflict and repression. During the fellowship, conditions in a scholar's home country may improve, permitting safe return; if safe return is not possible, the scholar may use the fellowship period to identify a longer-term opportunity. For more information, please visit our web site at http://www.scholarrescuefund.org/ or contact us at: SRF@iie.org.
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Forum Civic Partnerships for Citizenship and Human Rights Education (Strasbourg, 9-10 October 2008)
On 9-10 October 2008, a Forum on "Civic Partnerships for Citizenship and Human Rights Education" will be organised by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in the framework of the Swedish Presidency of the Committee of Ministers.
Partnerships between governments, regional and local authorities, civil society organisations and other relevant actors are essential for effective promotion of EDC/HRE. There is already a wealth of good practices developed in this respect in the Council of Europe member states, but such partnerships need to be further developed and supported. The aim of the Forum is to produce recommendations on how this could be done at national and European level.
The participants of the Forum will be officials from the 49 states party to the European Cultural Convention, representatives of international institutions, civil society and foundations active in the field of EDC/HRE. From 150 to 300 participants are expected to attend the Forum.
Travel and subsistence expenses of all participants will have to be covered by their organisations / institutions.
Further information, as well as the application form (to be returned to us by 20/08/08) is available at the following address: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/edc/NGOs_Corner/ForumOct2008_en.asp
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Greetings Community:
On behalf of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, we would like to invite you to contribute to the next edition of Privacy and Human Rights: An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments. We are also seeking to expand our network of lawyers and privacy experts in China, Asia, Africa, Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, Central America and the Caribbean. If you know other Internet law lawyer or any privacy experts who you think could contribute to the report, please write to katitza epic.org and include the expert' s name, organization, and contact information.
The 2007 publication, as in the past, will be composed of two parts: (1) a global overview of privacy topics and, (2) country reports.
For the 2007 edition, the editors seek news and information from scholars, experts, government officials, consumers and the public at large from around the world regarding recent laws, initiatives, threats to privacy, NGOs activities and other significant privacy developments, which occurred between June 1, 2007 and July 1, 2008.
Comments should specifically identify:
(1) The country,
(2) The activity, and
(3) Its significance,
And should be accompanied by references and citations.
We, unfortunately, cannot pay contributors but contributors will be acknowledged in the book.
The deadline for the submissions is September 1, 2008. Please, e-mail your submissions to katitza epic.org. After receiving your e-mail, we will send you further instructions.
Best Regards,
Marc Rotenberg, EPIC Executive Director
Katitza Rodríguez Pereda, Director, EPIC International Privacy Project
http://www.epic.org/phr06
http://www.privacyinternational.org/phr
http://www.thepublicvoice.org
Privacy and Human Rights Report 2006: Brief Summary
The 2006 annual report by EPIC and Privacy International provides an
overview of key privacy topics and reviews the state of privacy in
over 75 countries around the world. The report outlines legal
protections, new challenges, and important issues and events relating
to privacy. Privacy and Human Rights 2006 is the most comprehensive
report on privacy and data protection ever published.
The Privacy and Human Rights 2006 report documents the continued
expansion of government surveillance authority. Several countries have
pursued new data retention schemes, expanded biometric identification
requirements, and intensified international data transfers.
The report also finds continuing public opposition to video
surveillance, workplace monitoring, and privacy-infringing corporate
practices. The 2006 edition survey tracks the adoption of new data
protection and open government laws, and includes new country reports
for the Middle East, Latin America and cyberspace. The European Court
of Human Rights has emerged as a prominent defender of privacy rights.
New topics include biometric identification, Internet advertising, and
location privacy.
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Call for participants: Training Course in HRE with Children for Ombuds Offices and Advocacy Organisations (Budapest, 12-19 October 2008)
Dear Friends,
Please find below a call for participants for the Training Course in HRE with Children for Ombuds Offices and Advocacy Organisations (B) - Developing the competence of staff members working in European ombuds offices and advocacy organisations on human rights education with children with a specific focus on using Compasito, to be held from 12- 19 October 2008 at the European Youth Centre Budapest.
Please be informed that the application form for applying to the Training Course should be filled in on-line, available at http://coe.opencontent.it . To access the online application form click on Training Course in Human Rights Education with Children for Ombuds Offices and Advocacy Organisations (B). In case you do not have a username and password, please fill in the "New Account" form with your details, it is simple and fast. Your username and password will be sent to your e-mail address. After receiving these, you can proceed with filling in the application. Further instructions are provided on the website.
The application form can be filled in English or Russian and should be submitted by 21 August 2008 at the latest.
We thank you in advance for your cooperation and assistance to make sure that this information reaches those most knowledgable and interested in the subject within your organisation or country.
Best regards,
Zsuzsanna Szelényi
Deputy Executive Director
EYCB
For further information, please contact:
Nicoleta DUMITRU
Programme Assistant
Council of Europe Directorate of Youth and Sport
European Youth Centre Budapest
1024 Budapest
Zivatar u. 1-3.
Tel: +361 438 1097
Fax: +361 212 4071
www.eycb.coe.int
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