In July and August 2008, the Human Rights Law Resource Centre ran a Human Rights Law, Advocacy and Campaigning Program.

The training was intended for lawyers, advocates and workers in community legal centres, private law firms, Victoria Legal Aid, community organisations and NGOs with an interest in using human rights law in casework, advocacy and campaigning.

The training covered the following topics, with presentations in respect of each topic available below: 

• Human Rights Principles, Sources and Frameworks
  • Overview of Human Rights Law
  • Implementation and Identification of Human Rights

• Domestic Tools and Strategies to Promote Human Rights and Address Disadvantage
  • The Relationship between International Human Rights and Domestic Law
  • Case Study: Using Human Rights in Domestic Law: Jack Thomas v R
  • Overview of Victorian Charter of Human Rights
  • Using the Victorian Charter to Promote Dignity and Address Disadvantage
  • Case Study: Using the Charter to Prevent Eviction into Homelessness

• International Tools and Strategies to Promote Human Rights and Address Disadvantage
  • International Human Rights Machinery: Overview of the UN System
  • UN Treaty Bodies: Monitoring and Reporting
  • UN Treaty Bodies: Individual Complaints
  • Working with the UN Human Rights Council and Special Procedures

• Human Rights Campaigning
  • Developing and Implementing a Human Rights Campaign
  • Case Study: Campaign for a National Charter of Rights

• Victorian Charter of Rights Train-the-Trainer Program for Community Organisations

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