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Subject: [UNIVERSALHUMANRIGHTS] Re: [hr-education-na] World Programme on HRE
This is an excellent initiative. Perhaps the Canadian Representative at
the UN can facilitate some online discussion in Canada as to how Canadians
understand the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Martin and Premier Campbell, human
rights have come to mean the right of the strong to oppress the weak
through the executive-administrative branch of the political system.
The parliaments of Canada and BC have been by-passed.
The example of this which POC will be presenting as a formal complaint
to UNHCHR (expectedly in June) is what we have called the "MHR Regimen".
Refer to the URL below.
According to the MHR Regimen, the strong are entitled to use forced labour
(forced employment and pre-employment programming), threats of the
tormented-torturous conditions of homeless living, threats of damage to
health and risk of loss of life as would be expected from discontinuation
of MHR benefits, against the weak. This is the human right of those whose
social origin is that of wealth, privilege and power, ie those whose
ethnicity, social class or social origin makes them the ruling group in
Canada. It is their human right to use such methods to force the weaker
citizens whose social origin is that of the ruled group, to do their
bidding. (This sounds like the source of the Tutsi-Hutu problem in
Rwanda-Burundi, does it not?). It is the definition of human rights which
will be used in Iraq as long as U-S-A is dominant over its administration,
as it is in over the administration of Canada.
Should the Martin-Campbell perspective on human rights not be proudly put
forward online for the benefit of the global community? Why hide all of
this light under a bushel? Or could it be that the leadership of this
country is REGRESSIVE and not PROGRESSIVE in the human rights which it
espouses? If Martin-Campbell human rights are progressive, they will come
forward eagerly to tell all of us what they are and answer good, honest
questions for clarification.
But there is an alternative to Martin-Campbell human rights. In 1901,
de Morgan unearthed the Stele of the Code of Hammurabi with its
282 laws. The Code of Hammurabi was explicit that it would serve to
prevent the strong from oppressing the weak (Thompson Chain Reference
Bible, Archaeological Supplement, page 4416) and the Preamble read:
"Let any oppressed man who has a cause come into the presence of the
statue of me, the King of Justice, and then read carefully my inscribed
stele, and give heed to my precious words, and may my stele make the case
clear to him; may he understand his cause; may he set his mind at ease."
There is little justice in a code of human rights which the people of this
planet cannot understand. Let us make Canada's understanding of human
rights so clear and so clearly just that even the King of Justice would
approve. And let us give all citizens of the planet access to justice
through the only mechanism which could be used in a practical way to
dispense justice in human rights to all, the Internet.
Zandu Goldbar
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On Tue, 4 May 2004, Robert Trocm� wrote:
> [***Moderator's note: This message was originally posted on the Global HRE
> List.***]
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Human Rights Commission resolution 2004/71 entitled "Follow-up to the
> United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education" recommending that the
> General Assembly of the United Nations launch a World Programme for HRE to
> begin in 2005 was adopted without a vote on 21 April 2004 as a result of
> the coordinated efforts of Costa Rica and of a group of committed NGOs
> worldwide. The views of NGOs gathered via the HREA network were
> transmitted to delegations in Geneva and to a number of capitals
> throughout the world. These lobbying efforts which were carried out in a
> very constructive manner played an important role in convincing doubtful
> members of the Commission of the need to maintain HRE on the international
> agenda after the end of the current decade.
>
> The European Union, the US, Canada, Norway, and Australia who sponsors the
> resolution on HRE before the General Assembly, had expressed reservations
> regarding Costa Rica's initial proposal to launch a second decade for HRE.
> The EU viewed a second decade as an ineffective instrument and suggested
> that emphasis shift from an all-encompassing framework to concrete action
> to be implemented step-by-step and funded by voluntary means exclusively.
> The idea of an international convention focusing primarily on formal
> education put forth by the Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights was
> not seen as a valid alternative. Delegations felt that a new instrument
> would not contribute any additional value since relevant legal obligations
> already exist and the proposal was deleted from the original draft.
> Following these remarks new options were considered to help achieve
> consensus and ensure that the International Community remain involved.
> Members of the Commission finally agreed to a World Programme, the first
> phase of which (2005-2007) shall focus on promoting HRE in primary and
> secondary schools. Although the resolution was adopted by consensus, the
> UK delegate took the floor to express doubts on the effectiveness of
> operative paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, also questioning whether an open-ended
> commitment to HRE was the best way to achieve substantive results.
>
>
> World Programme or Second Decade?
>
> During consultations the question was raised as to the difference between
> a World Programme and a Decade. Are they truly different or do they differ
> only by name? The decade was meant to be a mobilisation tool, focusing on
> the development of national strategies/plans for HRE, which were to cover
> priority sectors in each country. The World Programme is envisaged as an
> ongoing process focusing on specific sectors worldwide, with objectives to
> be met within a 2 to 3 year timeframe. Compared to the comprehensive
> approach of the decade, the World Programme provides for a more focused
> approach, "structured in consecutive phases" to be implemented worldwide
> with clear allocation of responsibilities in each country, thus enabling
> governments to make tangible progress in specific areas.
>
>
> Consecutive Phases Covering All Sectors
>
> The World Programme is a framework for international cooperation and
> government-civil society cooperation covering the whole range of HRE
> activities. The new initiative encourages governments to further their
> commitments to HRE and requests that the OHCHR and UNESCO submit "for each
> phase" a plan of action that includes "an indication of at least minimum
> action" as well as "provisions to support activities undertaken by all
> actors, and in particular non-governmental organizations". The consecutive
> phases should be viewed as an opportunity to develop innovative strategies
> in specific areas and as a means to facilitate implementation and
> evaluation of achievements.
>
> The common understanding is that HRE does not only belong in the formal
> education sector, nor is it aimed exclusively at professional groups
> involved in human rights protection and advocacy. HRE is intended as a
> life-long process aimed at all groups in society, particularly vulnerable
> groups such as populations involved in post-conflict reconstruction, women
> and other discriminated groups, and the poor as potential actors of
> development. As stressed in op 3 of the resolution, the overall objective
> of the World Programme is "to maintain and develop implementation of human
> rights education programmes in all sectors". The reference to the
> Millennium Development Goals at the outset of the resolution is further
> evidence of the potential scope of the initiative. Setting goals in a
> specific area does not preclude the carrying out of activities in other
> sectors. However it should be noted that the resolution says little to
> nothing about future phases of the World Programme. On one hand the agenda
> remains open, on the other the resolution carries with it a lot of
> uncertainty as further priorities have yet to be defined.
>
>
> The First Phase of the World Programme
>
> During the first phase concrete steps can be foreseen focusing on specific
> goals to be achieved in school systems with regard to national
> legislation, the development of curricula, of learning materials, of
> participatory methodologies, of teacher training and of extra-curricular
> activities involving students, parents and the community, etc. Ministries
> of Education can integrate HRE within "Education For All" national plans
> in consultation with National Institutions and National Commissions for
> Unesco. They can allocate human and financial resources to develop
> capacity building and networking of experts and practitioners. They can
> support school / NGO partnerships to build on preexisting experience and
> help promote community involvement, thus avoiding improvisation. It is the
> responsibility of governments to carry out the action plan but clearly
> governments cannot achieve this on their own. Cooperation with NGOs is
> vital in all areas. In recognition of this, the resolution invites the
> OHCHR and Unesco to consult "with relevant governmental and non
> governmental actors" when drawing up the action plan. The terms of this
> consultation have yet to be defined but, based on previous consultations,
> it is likely that these organizations will facilitate NGO input, perhaps
> via an online forum.
>
>
> HRE and National Systems
>
> Operative paragraph 6 brings added value to the resolution as it
> recommends "that the Secretary-General ensure that an adequate component
> of United Nations assistance provided at the request of Members States to
> develop their national systems of promotion and protection of human rights
> supports human rights education." It has been suggested that efforts be
> made within the framework of the UN Reform Program to empower all UN staff
> with regard to human rights, since the work of all UN agencies is human
> rights related. Efforts to mainstream human rights in the UN would not
> only help build consensus amongst UN agencies, leading to concerted action
> in the field, but also provide a framework to empower national actors. The
> training of officials and staff as a precondition for a successful
> mainstreaming of human rights in government cannot be overemphasized.
> Ministries of Justice, the Police as well as the Military are certainly
> top of the list but HRE is also a concern for Ministries of Education, of
> Social Affairs, of Health, as the importance of human rights is
> increasingly recognized there.
>
>
> Financing
>
> During negotiations the EU and most developed nations insisted that the
> World Programme be funded by voluntary contributions only. Unsurprisingly,
> this point was added to the resolution � op 5 -, leaving but little
> opening for the allocation of additional resources to the UN to help
> support NGOs in the developing world or to finance international /
> regional monitoring activities. This is an issue for concern. The OHCHR,
> in cooperation with Unesco, is expected to draw-up the plan of action and
> eventually coordinate work under the World Programme and evaluate the
> results of each phase of the initiative � op 5. No regular funding is
> envisaged for these activities.
>
>
> Preparing for the Next Session of the General Assembly
>
> In resolution A/RES/58/181 the General Assembly of the United Nations
> decided "to dedicate a plenary meeting on the occasion of Human Rights Day
> at its 59th session on 10 December 2004 to review the achievements of the
> UN Decade for Human Rights Education and to discuss possible future
> activities for the enhancement of HRE ". This event could be an
> opportunity to celebrate the end of the current decade and to draw
> attention to the new initiative. Should the General Assembly decide to
> proclaim the World Programme for HRE, resolution 2004/71 will first have
> to be endorsed by ECOSOC. Meanwhile, NGOs can play an important part in
> disseminating the CHR resolution worldwide and making sure that all
> relevant actors are informed of the initiative at the national level. It
> is essential that the International Community acknowledge the World
> Programme as an important step forward and that the potential of the new
> initiative be made clear to governments and widely echoed in the media. A
> global NGO campaign for HRE alongside an online forum to discuss the
> possible implications of the resolution should be carried out in the
> coming months to build up momentum before the next session of the General
> Assembly.
>
>
>
> Robert Trocm�
> Director SUHR
>
> Kazunari Fujii
> SGI Geneva Liaison Office
>
>
> --------------------------
>
> Excerpts from a part of the Draft report of the Commission -
> E/CN.4/2004/L.11/Add.6
>
> (see
> http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2004.L.11.Add.6.En?Opendocument
> )
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> 2004/71. Follow-up to the United Nations Decade for
> Human Rights Education
>
> The Commission on Human Rights,
>
> Recalling its resolution 2003/70 of 25 April 2003,
>
> Taking note of resolution 2003/5 of 13 August 2003 of the
> Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights,
>
> Reaffirming the need for continued actions at the
> international level to support national efforts to achieve the Millennium
> Development Goals, in particular universal access to basic education for
> all, including human rights education, by the year 2015,
>
> Convinced that human rights education is a long-term and
> lifelong process by which all people at all levels of development and in
> all strata of society learn respect for the dignity of others and the means
> and methods of ensuring that respect in all societies, and that human
> rights education significantly contributes to promoting equality and
> sustainable development, preventing conflict and human rights violations
> and enhancing participation and democratic processes, with a view to
> developing societies in which all human rights of all are valued and respected,
>
> Taking note of General Assembly resolution 58/181 of 22
> December 2003, in which the Assembly decided to dedicate a plenary meeting
> during its fifty-ninth session on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10
> December 2004, to review the achievements of the United Nations Decade for
> Human Rights Education, 1995-2004, and to discuss possible future
> activities for the enhancement of human rights education,
>
> 1. Takes note of the report of the United Nations
> High Commissioner for Human Rights on the achievements and shortcomings of
> the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, 1995 2004, and on
> future United Nations activities in this area (E/CN.4/2004/93), of the
> report of the High Commissioner to the General Assembly on the mid-term
> global evaluation of the Decade (A/55/360) and of the study of the High
> Commissioner on the follow-up to the Decade (E/CN.4/2003/101), which
> indicated achievements and shortcomings of the Decade as well as
> suggestions for its follow-up;
>
> 2. Takes note also of the view expressed in those
> reports concerning the need to continue a global framework for human rights
> education beyond the Decade in order to ensure a priority focus on human
> rights education within the international agenda, provide a common
> collective framework for action for all relevant actors, support existing
> programmes and provide an incentive for the development of new ones, as
> well as enhance partnership and cooperation at all levels;
>
> 3. Recommends to the Economic and Social Council
> at its substantive session of 2004 to recommend to the General Assembly
> that it proclaim at its fifty ninth session a world programme for human
> rights education, to begin on 1 January 2005, structured in consecutive
> phases, in order to maintain and develop the implementation of human rights
> education programmes in all sectors;
>
> 4. Requests the Office of the United Nations High
> Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare, in cooperation with the United
> Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other
> relevant governmental and non governmental actors, and submit for
> consideration and adoption to the General Assembly at its fifty ninth
> session, a plan of action for the first phase (2005-2007) of the proposed
> world programme, focusing on the primary and secondary school systems;
>
> 5. Also requests the Office of the High
> Commissioner to keep in mind that the plan of action of each phase of the
> world programme shall be properly structured, shall be formulated in
> realistic terms, with an indication of at least minimum action, shall be
> funded by voluntary means, shall include provisions to support activities
> undertaken by all actors, in particular non governmental organizations, and
> shall be evaluated by the Office;
>
> 6. Recommends that the Secretary-General ensure
> that an adequate component of United Nations assistance provided at the
> request of Member States to develop their national systems of promotion and
> protection of human rights supports human rights education;
>
> 7. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to
> report to the Commission at its sixty-first session on progress made
> towards the implementation of the present resolution;
>
> 8. Decides to consider this issue at its
> sixty-first session under the same agenda item.
>
>
> 57th meeting
> 21 April 2004
> [Adopted without a vote. See chap. XVII.]
>
>
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