Seminar on Human Rights Education 5-6 December 2002
National Library, Tõnismägi 2

The participation in the Seminar is free of charge.
Working languages of the Seminar will be Estonian and English.

Registration on webpage of the Estonian Institute for Human Rights http://www.eihr.ee and the Conference Centre of National Library phones 6307 262 and 6311 416 and e-mail konverents@nlib.ee.

The Human Rights Educational campaign and seminar will be organized within the framework of the UN Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004).

Other important dates:
10.December – International Human Rights Day
The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia – 10 years
10.December – The Estonian Institute for Human Rights – 10 years

The regional round-tables will be organized in Tallinn, Jõhvi and Tartu on November.

The campaign and the seminar will be supported financially by the Embassy of the United States of America.

Additional information from the Estonian Institute for Human Rights phone 6311 239, webpage www.eihr.ee and media.

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Programme

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Thursday, December 5
  9.30 – 10.00 Registration of participants
10.00 -               Opening of the Seminar – President Mr. Lennart Meri
10.15 – 10.30 Ms. Mailis Rand, Minister of Education
                            – Human rights teaching in Estonia
10.30 – 10.45 H.E. Mr. Joseph M. DeThomas
                            – Ambassador oh the Unites States of America
10.45 – 11.00 Mr. Eldar Efendijev, Minister of Ethnic Affairs
11.00 – 11.15 Mr. Oliver Kask, Ministry of Justice, Head of the Public Law Department
                             – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and Estonia
11.15 – 11.30 Mr. Peeter Kaldur, Estonian Council of Churches, Religious rights
                            – human right and obligation

11.30 –12.00 Coffee break, Press Conference

12.00 – 12.20 Ms. Merle Haruoja, Estonian Institute for Human Rights
                             – UN Decade for Human Rights Education and the evaluation of the HR education
12.20 – 12.35 Ms. Ene-Eha Urbala – Women’s rights as human rights
12.35 – 12.50 Ms. Doris Kareva, UNESCO Estonian National Committee
                            – UNESCO’s activities in Estonia
12.50 – 13.05 Dr. Raivo Vetik, Institute of International and Social Studies
                            – Estonian Human Development Report 2002
13.05 – 13.20 Mr. Alar Tamm – Evaluation of the children’s rights through human rights knowledge
13.20 – 14.00 Discussion

14.00 – 14.30 Coffee break

14.30 – 17.00 Workshops
                            Workshop I – Human rights education in schools and in vocational education system
                            Workshop II – Human rights education in universities

17.00 – 17.30 Coffee break

Friday, December 6
9.30 –10.00 Coffee
10.00 – 10.30 Conclusion on the workshop I
10.30 - 11.00 Conclusion on the workshop II
11.00 – 11.20 Discussion
11.20 – 11.50 Conclusion on the human rights education campaign and the seminar, end of the seminar
11.50 – 12.20 Coffee break

Chairmen of the Seminar Mr. Aadu Oll, Estonian Institute for Human Rights and Mr. Peeter Kaldur, Estonian Institute for Human Rights