Activities

The staff are acknowledged specialists in the field of pedagogy, psychology, sociology, law, political science, social philosophy.

We can:

• hold consultations, provide with information on education in the sphere of human rights, peace, and democracy
• organize and deliver lectures, courses of advanced educational training and retraining
• organize and arrange International sessions and seminars with participation of foreign specialists in Moscow and different regions of Russia
• help building system of civic, human rights and democracy education in secondary schools

Our audience:

• school teachers, professors of universities and other educational institutions, managers of educational institutions, parents;
• representatives of non-governmental organizations, human rights movement;
• state employees of social sphere, public health care, local governing, law-enforcement organs and other structures.

Activity: seminars, sessions

In the course of the last few years our specialists took part in organizing and arranging of more than 15 International seminars and sessions of training teachers to teach human rights, democracy. These seminars were organized with participation of the Council of Europe, UNESCO, Amnesty International, Canadian Fund of Human Rights and other organizations. About 7,000 teachers have been trained at these seminars and sessions.

In the framework of the Year of Human Rights in the Russian Federation which was declared by the President of Russia, the Moscow School of Human Rights took part in organization of several official actions.

Since October 12, 1998 the Moscow School of Human Rights in the partnership with the Center for Conflict Management (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and Human Rights Center, University of Essex (United Kingdom) carries out the Human Rights Education In The Republic of Kazakhstan and Russian Federation joint project financed by the Tacis-Phare Democracy Program of the European Union.

On August 1, 1999 carrying out the new MSHR's project including creation and maintaining Human Rights, Democracy and Culture of Peace Education in the Russian Federation mailing list was started. This project is realized with the support of the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX)  for funds provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Archive of events

• The 12^th International Session on Human Rights Education was held in Moscow on December 2-6, 2002.
• The 2^nd Summer School International and Domestic Mechanisms of Protecting Human Rights and Freedoms was held in Saratov on August 5-23, 2002.
• The 11^th International Session on Human Rights Education was held in Moscow on December 3-7, 2001.
• The 1^st Summer School International and Domestic Mechanisms of Protecting Human Rights and Freedoms was held in Ekaterinburg on August 6-24, 2001.
• The 10^th International Session on Human Rights Education was held in Moscow on December 4-8, 2000.
• The 9^th International Session on Human Rights Education was held in Moscow on November 29-December 3, 1999.
• The 8^th International Session on Human Rights Education was held in Moscow on December 15-19, 1998.
• The Regional Scientific and Practical Conference Human Rights: Contents and Methods of Education was held in Sochi on October 5-10, 1998.
• The Russian National Scientific and Methodical Conference on Human Rights Education was carried out in Moscow from June 30th till July 2nd, 1998.
• The International conference Human Rights and Culture of Peace on a Threshold of the Third Millennium took place in Samara on June 9-12, 1998.
• The 7^th International Session on Human Rights Education was held in Moscow on December 1-5, 1997.
• The 6^th International Session on Human Rights Education was held in Moscow on December 2-6, 1996.
  

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