Human Rights Monitoring

Издательство: Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

ISBN: 83-87300-49-7

This handbook is based on human rights training courses that the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Poland has offered for the past decade. It is a tool for monitoring civil and political rights in a country yet the techniques described can also be used in other fields such as social rights or protection of the environment, as monitoring is approached as "one element of action taken in the public interest". The book is primarily intended for non-governmental organizations that have a "watch dog" function, yet could also be useful for state bodies that supervise how citizen's rights, such Ombudsman offices and parliamentary committees. The text consists of ten chapters: 1. Monitoring as one element of action taken in the public interest; 2. Developing a strategy of action; 3. Monitoring step by step; 4. The monitoring concept; 5. Analyzing the law for the purposes of monitoring; 6. Techniques of gathering and processing information; 7. The logistics of monitoring; 8. The monitoring team; 9. The monitoring report; Distributing the report. The handbook includes sample surveys, coding keys, interview outlines, observation forms, a sample monitoring plan of action and sample letters to concerned authorities.

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