HOW TO APPLY

Each applicant can apply for the training by returning the enclosed form to :

Héritiers de la Justice

Training services

211, Av. P.E Lumumba,

Nyawera/Ibanda-Bukavu

P.BOX 109 Bukavu, RD Congo

P. BOX 234 Cyangugu/Rwanda

The application can also be submitted electronically by visiting Héritiers de la Justice’s website

( http://www.heritiers.org ) and by filling out the form displayed in the file «TRAINING», and sending it to :

heritiers@yahoo.com

Application deadline:

- for January 2002 : December 15, 2001

- for August 2002 : July 15, 2002

Training place : see candidate form

For further information

• website :http://www.heritiers.org

( French and English)

• Office of the Executive Director

Pascal KABUNGULU KIBEMBI

Executive Director

Héritiers de la Justice

211, Av. P.E Lumumba Nyawera/Ibanda-

Bukavu/DR Congo

- Tel. 00250-08513453

00250.08513686

• Lawyer Emmanuel LUBALA MUGISHO

President of the Board of Directors

e-mail : Lubala_hj@hotmail.com

You can also ask the following individuals for information:

•

• Albert KWOKWO BARUME

e-mail : nmkra@hotmail.com

Some of the partners of

Héritiers de la Justice:

• Amnesty International

• Fédération Internationale des Droits de l’Homme (FIDH)

• Human Rights Watch

• International Human Rights Law Group

• African Peace Initiative (API)

• LDGL

• PREFED

• Responding to Conflict (RTC)

• Fondation Canadienne des droits de l’homme

• Ligue ITEKA

• CLADHO

• Life and Peace Institute (LPI)

• Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)

HERITIERS DE LA JUSTICE is supported by the following donors:

• EED (EZE)

• ICCO/HOLLANDE

• CHRISTIAN AID

• DAN CHURCH AID

• KIOS/FINLAND

• 11.11.11 (NCOS)

• Commission Justice et Paix (Irland)

• CAFOD

HERITIERS DE LA JUSTICE asbl

Protestant Churches Services

for Human Rights and Peace

Organizes

HUMAN RIGHTS

AND PEACE

WORKSHOPS

Bukavu, D.R. Congo

January 07-22, 2002

«Promoting and defending human rights in zones of conflict»

August 02-23, 2002

«Transforming a

conflict-ridden society»

Reinforcing the structures and agents of human rights in rural and urban areas in the Great Lakes region of Africa.

WHO ORGANIZES THE WORKSHOPS ?

Héritiers de la Justice

• A non-profit organization dedicated to contribute to the promotion of human rights and peace in the Great Lakes Region.

• Since 1991, Héritiers de la Justice has worked to defend the security, rights and fundamental freedoms of the citizens of the Great Lakes region.

Héritiers de la Justice follows a double purpose :

To empower the weak so that they are able to claim their daily rights themselves.

To promote the justice, social cohesion and

individual and collective critical conscience

for a truly peaceful society.

Héritiers de la Justice is based in Bukavu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Its work is focused primarily on the DRC but its field of action covers the whole of the Great Lakes region.

Héritiers de la Justice is at the forefront in the region in human rights training, research and monitoring. Its members have collaborated with the following organizations in conferences and workshops: The German Association for Adult Education (DVV), The Regional Program for Training and Exchanges for Development (PREFED), the League for the Promotion of Human Rights in the Great Lakes Region (LDGL), Human Rights Watch, International Human Rights Law Group, ...

TRAINING IS AT THE HEART OF

HERITIERS DE LA JUSTICE

• Since 1994, Héritiers de la Justice has developed the following training programs:

Training of peace makers :

Héritiers de la Justice has conducted 15 sessions in peace-making with altogether 315 local leaders. These sessions develop the skills required to promote justice, human rights, and community cohesion.

Training of juridical instructors :

In these workshops, leaders of local NGOs are taught the legal tools needed for human rights advocacy. Héritiers has conducted more than 30 such workshops (more than 80 associations beneficiary).

Training of rural mediators :

These workshops concentrate on how best to resolve and prevent conflicts in a rural setting:

Training of public agents :

In these sessions, civil servants are taught how to enforce the law while respecting the fundamental civil liberties.

These various trainings have strengthened the strong ethic of human rights in the region and have caused local groups and organizations to evolve into networks.

These workshops have created a group of NGO leaders qualified to teach the following subjects:

- The knowledge and promotion of human rights

- The protection of human rights

- The practice of lobbying and advocacy

- The transformation of conflicts

- ...

In response to a growing demand by human rights organizations in the region, Héritiers de la Justice has conceived the two workshops described in this leaflet.

• These workshops aim at :

- Solidifying the skills of human rights defenders and conflict mediators in

the region

- Supporting the human rights organiza- tions, churches, and civil servants in the region by putting a group of competent

instructors at their disposal

BRIEF presentation OF WORKSHOPS

1• WORKSHOP IN JANUARY

Topic : Promoting and defending human rights in zones of conflict

Duration : 15 days

Target: To train 20 trainers delegates from regional NGOs. These delegates will then return to relay their training to their respective organizations.

Contents:

- Social analysis of the Great Lakes Region

- Fundamental concepts of human rights

- Special questions about human rights

- Justice in a multiethnic society

- Means of protecting human rights

in the region

- Traditional mechanisms of the

conflict resolution

- Analysis of the human rights institutions

- Methodology of adult education

- How to conceive a human rights training plan - - Assessment of the training

-Understanding the various tools of human rights work and how they complement each other

At the conclusion : Certificate of trainer of trainers in Human Rights and Peace will be awarded at the end.

2• WORKSHOP IN AUGUST

Topic : Transforming a conflict-ridden society

Duration : 21 days

Target : 30 field workers from rural organizations will profit from this workshop which aims at mediating interethnic conflicts, facilitating the creation of common spaces and consolidating traditional mechanisms of resolving conflicts.

Contents:

- Understanding the Great Lakes region (peoples, economy, social politics and interactions)

-Tranforming conflicts (Track 1, Track 2, multi-track, negotiation, peace process, justice and peace, ...)

- Traditional mechanisms of resolving conflicts in the Great Lakes region

- Reinforcing human rights organizations in conflict-ridden regions

- Preparing for peace in the Great Lakes region

Training end : A certificate will be awarded to the rural mediators.

• These workshops will emphasize the diversity of the Great Lakes region by selecting representatives from various geographic and linguistic regions. The applicants’ ages, origins, and gender will also be taken into consideration.

HOW WILL THESE WORKSHOPS BE DEVELOPED?

These workshops will be divided into two sessions: a session of 14 days and another of 21 days. The selection for each section will be based on the experience and ability of civil society leaders. The workshops will include case studies, field trips and meetings with local and regional authorities.

COSTS

• The fee for the January training amants to US$ 1800 per applicant, consisting of US$ 1150 for the training and US$ 650 for food and

accommodation.

• The fee for the August training amants to US$ 1950 per applicant consisting of US$ 1300 for the training and US$ 650 for food and accommodation.

• Applicants are advised to contact their respective sponsors in order to apply for a grant that will allow them to take part in the workshop.

• Héritiers de la Justice has at its disposal limited means to support applicants. For that reason it can only take on food and accommodation expenses during the training period. The applicants will take on other expenses, such as their travel, visa cost, airport taxes ...