12-19-2004, 08:57 AM
Second South Asian Workshop on Racism,
Xenophobia, and Discrimination against Ethnic
Minorities and Indigenous People
March 22-31, 2005, Lahore, Pakistan
Applications are invited from South Asian
countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Burma, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri
Lanka) for a 10-day residential training course
in Lahore, Pakistan (22-31 March 2005) on racism,
xenophobia, and issues of minorities and
autonomy. The short-term training course is
supported by the European Commission. It is being
organised by the <b>South Asia Forum for Human
Rights (SAFHR) in partnership with Human Rights
Commission of Pakistan, The Other Media (India),
INSEC (Nepal) and EURAC (Italy)</b>. <b>The course will
focus on representatives of minorities and
indigenous people, self-determination movements,
people from autonomous regions, relevant
scholars, jurists and NGOs from South Asian
region including Afghanistan, Burma and Tibet.</b>
The curriculum of the course will deal with
themes of modern state formation, nation and
nation state, nationalism, ethnicity, partition,
national and international regimes of protection,
political issues relating to regional trends in
minority protection in South Asia, politics of
control of natural and man made resources, media
and <b>European mechanisms for protection of
minorities</b>. <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo-->
This is an advance level course. Applicants must
have (a) Proficiency in English language is a
pre-requisite for participation. Besides giving
all necessary particulars, application must be
accompanied by two recommendation letters and a
1000 word essay on how the training course is
relevant to the applicant's work and may benefit
the applicant. SAFHR will bear accommodation and
other course expenses for all participants and
will offer limited number of travel grants.
Applications, addressed to the course
coordinator, can be sent by e-mail or post, and
must reach the following address by 31 December
2004 ââ¬â Human Rights Commission of Pakistan,
Aiwan-Jamhoor, 107-Tipu Block, New Garden Town,
Lahore - 54600 Pakistan. Email:
safhr-pk@c...
For further information, application form and
brochure of the course please visit our website
www.safhr.org
Xenophobia, and Discrimination against Ethnic
Minorities and Indigenous People
March 22-31, 2005, Lahore, Pakistan
Applications are invited from South Asian
countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Burma, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri
Lanka) for a 10-day residential training course
in Lahore, Pakistan (22-31 March 2005) on racism,
xenophobia, and issues of minorities and
autonomy. The short-term training course is
supported by the European Commission. It is being
organised by the <b>South Asia Forum for Human
Rights (SAFHR) in partnership with Human Rights
Commission of Pakistan, The Other Media (India),
INSEC (Nepal) and EURAC (Italy)</b>. <b>The course will
focus on representatives of minorities and
indigenous people, self-determination movements,
people from autonomous regions, relevant
scholars, jurists and NGOs from South Asian
region including Afghanistan, Burma and Tibet.</b>
The curriculum of the course will deal with
themes of modern state formation, nation and
nation state, nationalism, ethnicity, partition,
national and international regimes of protection,
political issues relating to regional trends in
minority protection in South Asia, politics of
control of natural and man made resources, media
and <b>European mechanisms for protection of
minorities</b>. <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo-->
This is an advance level course. Applicants must
have (a) Proficiency in English language is a
pre-requisite for participation. Besides giving
all necessary particulars, application must be
accompanied by two recommendation letters and a
1000 word essay on how the training course is
relevant to the applicant's work and may benefit
the applicant. SAFHR will bear accommodation and
other course expenses for all participants and
will offer limited number of travel grants.
Applications, addressed to the course
coordinator, can be sent by e-mail or post, and
must reach the following address by 31 December
2004 ââ¬â Human Rights Commission of Pakistan,
Aiwan-Jamhoor, 107-Tipu Block, New Garden Town,
Lahore - 54600 Pakistan. Email:
safhr-pk@c...
For further information, application form and
brochure of the course please visit our website
www.safhr.org