Investigating, Monitoring, and Reporting on Human Rights Violations

This interactive course is intended to develop the skills of conducting and reporting impartial and accurate research into human rights abuses. It will be of benefit NGOs and other groups promoting rights-based advocacy or seeking to defend human rights.

The course comprises two modules. The "foundation module" aims to develop the ability to plan and conduct impartial and accurate research and investigations of human rights violations or abuses. After completing this module users should to be able to

• gather and evaluate research materials,
• know what sort of evidence to look for on different human rights issues,
• design simple standard formats for recording human rights information,
• conduct interviews with victims of human rights violations and other informants, and
• plan research missions and other on-site investigations.

The "advanced module" deals in greater depth with the monitoring and reporting skills required to track, observe, and report on important human rights events. At the completion of this part of the course, users should to be able to

• plan and write simple human rights reports,
• organize and conduct monitoring of public events,
• organize and conduct basic media monitoring,
• monitor government adherence to international human rights treaty obligations, and
• plan to monitor elections.

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