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    This page provides case studies, manuals, and handbooks on democracy related issues.

    If you know of manuals and handbooks that you believe should be included, please let us know. Write to .

    More manuals and handbooks may be found in the following Web sites:
    Centre for Sustainable Human Rights Action - New York
    www.ceshra.org/

    The United States Agency for International Development, Democracy and Governance Center - Washington, DC
    www.usaid.gov/democracy/pubsindex.html

    Project Tool Kit
    www.wmd.org/mena/menaProjectsDevelopment.html


    Advocacy

    Title: Become a Leader for Social Justice
    Source: Advocacy Institute
    Language(s): English
    Online: http://www.advocacy.org/publications.htm
    Contact: Advocacy Institute, 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006, USA. Tel: +1-202-777-7575; Fax: +1-777-7577; E-mail: info@advocacy.org.

    Title: A Guide for Strategic Planning
    Source: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs(NDI)
    Language(s): English
    Online: www.accessdemocracy.org
    Contact: National Democratic Institute, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Tel: +1-202-328-3136; Fax: +1-202-328-3166.

    Title: How to Get Things Done: An Advocacy Manual for Palestinians
    Source: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs(NDI)
    Language(s): English; Khmer
    Online: www.accessdemocracy.org
    Contact: National Democratic Institute, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Tel: +1-202-328-3136; Fax: +1-202-328-3166.

    Title: Increasing Citizen Participation through Advocacy Efforts: A Guidebook for Program Development
    Source: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs(NDI)
    Language(s): English
    Online: target="new">www.accessdemocracy.org
    Contact: National Democratic Institute, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Tel: +1-202-328-3136; Fax: +1-202-328-3166.

    Title: An Introduction to Advocacy: Training Manual
    Source: Academy for Educational Development(AED)
    Language(s): English
    Contact: Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA) Project, 1255 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA. Tel: +1-202-884-8700; Fax: +1-202-884-8701; E-mail: sara@aed.org.

    Title: Organizing for Social Change: A Manual for Activists in the 1990s, Second Edition
    Source: Kim Bobo, Jackie Kendall, Steve Max - The Midwest Academy
    Language(s): English

    Civic Education

    Title: Democracy for All
    Source: Street Law
    Language(s): English
    Online: www.streetlaw.org/pubs.html (only sample lessons and the Table of Content available online)
    Contact: Street Law, Juta Adult and Non-Formal Education Division, P.O. Box 14373, Kenwyn 7790, South Africa. Tel: +27-21-797-5101; Fax: +27-21-762-7424. Or order in the United States from Peppercorn Books & Press, Inc., P.O. Box 693, Snow Camp, NC 27349, USA. Tel: +1-336-574-1634; Fax: +1-336-376-9099.

    Title: Manual for Civic and Voter Education Trainers
    Source: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
    Language(s): English; Khmer
    Online: www.accessdemocracy.org
    Contact: National Democratic Institute, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Tel: +1-202-328-3136; Fax: +1-202-328-3166.

    Title: Voter Education: Manual for Community Educators
    Source: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
    Language(s): English
    Online: www.accessdemocracy.org
    Contact: National Democratic Institute, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, 5th floor, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Tel: +1-202-328-3136; Fax: +1-202-328-3166.
    Conflict Resolution

    Title: "An Analytical Model of Internal Conflict and State Collapse: Manual for Practitioners"
    Source: Pauline H. Baker and Angeli E. Weller, The Fund for Peace
    Language(s): English
    Contact: The Fund for Peace, 1701 K Street, NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20006, USA. Tel: +1-202-223-7940; Fax: +1-202-223-7947.

    Title: Redenfining Diplomacy: New Actors, Tools and Strategies
    Source: The Fund for Peace
    Language(s): English
    On-line: www.fundforpeace.org/resources/pubs.htm
    Contact: The Fund for Peace, 1701 K Street, NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20006, USA, Tel: +1-202-223-7940; Fax: +1-202-223-7947.
    Elections

    Title: Handbook: How Domestic Organizations Monitor Elections: an A to Z Guide
    Source: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
    Language(s): English; French; Indonesian; Spanish
    Contact: National Democratic Institute, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Tel: +1-202-328-3136; Fax: +1-202-939-3166; E-mail: demos@ndi.org.
    Fundraising

    Title: A Quick Guide to Funding Sources for Human Rights Organizations
    Source: Center for Sustainable Human Rights Action (CeSHRA)
    Language(s): English
    Contact: Center for Sustainable Human Rights Action (CeSHRA), 122 West 27th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel: +1-212-691-8020; Fax: +1-253-390-0781; Email: ceshra@ceshra.org.

    Title: Comment trouver des resources locales: etudes de cas et methods de soutien des organizations des Droits de L'Homme sur le plan locale
    Source: The Fund for Peace
    Languag(s): French
    Contact: The Fund for Peace, 1701 K Street, NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20006, USA, Tel: +1-202-223-7940; Fax: +1-202-223-7947.

    Title: Generating Local Resources: Case Histories and Methods for Supporting Human Rights Organizations In-Country
    Source: The Fund for Peace
    Language(s): English
    Contact: The Fund for Peace, 1701 K Street, NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20006, USA, Tel: +1-202-223-7940; Fax: +1-202-223-7947.

    Title: "Proposal Writing Short Course"
    Source: The Foundation Center
    Language(s): English
    On-line: fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html
    Contact: The Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue/16th Street, New York, NY 10003-3076, Tel: +1-212-620-4230 or +1-800-424-9836; Fax: +1-212-807-3677; E-mail: library@fdncenter.org.
    Human Rights

    Title: A Handbook of Practical Strategies for Local Human Rights Groups
    Source: Center for Sustainable Human Rights Action (CeSHRA)
    Language(s): Spanish, English & Arabic forthcoming
    Contact: Center for Sustainable Human Rights Action (CeSHRA), 122 West 27th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel: +1-212-691-8020; Fax: +1-253-390-0781; Email: ceshra@ceshra.org.

    Title: Beijing+5: A Manual of Action for Women's Human Rights
    Source: Women for Women's Human Rights
    Language(s): Turkish
    Contact: Ms. Ela Anil, Administrative Assistant, Women for Women's Human Rights, Inonu Caddesi, Saadet Apt. 37/6, Sumussuyu, 80090 Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: +1-850-383-4333; Fax: +1-850-383-0777; E-mail: saziz@askurds.org.

    Title: Fair Trials Manual
    Source: Amnesty International
    Language(s): Arabic & English
    Contact: Amnesty International local offices (web.amnesty.org/web/contacts.nsf)

    Title: Hard Cases: Bringing Human Rights Violators to Justice Abroad - A Guide to Universal Jurisdiction
    Source: International Council on Human Rights
    Language(s): English
    Online: www.ichrp.org/excerpts/10.pdf
    Contact: ICHR, 48, chemin du Grand-Montfleury, P.O. Box 147, CH-1290 Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland, Tel: +41-22-775-33-00, Fax: +41-22-775-33-03, E-mail: ichrp@international-council.org

    Title: Human Rights for All
    Source: Street Law
    Language(s): English
    Online: www.streetlaw.org/pubs.html (only sample lessons and the Table of Content available online)
    Contact: Street Law, 1600 K Street, NW, Suite 602, Washington, DC 20006, USA. Tel: +1-202-293-0088; Fax: +1-202-293-0089.

    Title: Human Rights, Human Wrongs: A Guide to the UN Machinery of the UN, Second Edition
    Source: British Irish Rights Watch and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (Author: Jane Winter)
    Language(s): English
    Contact: Jane Winter, The Director, British Irish Rights Watch, 13b Hillgate Place, London SW12 9ES, UK

    Title: Human Rights Institution-Building: A Handbook on Establishing and Sustaining Human Rights Organizations
    Source: Human Rights Program of the Fund for Peace (now called Center for Sustainable Human Rights Action)
    Language(s): Arabic, French, Spanish, & English
    Contact: Center for Sustainable Human Rights Action (CeSHRA),122 West 27th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA. Tel: +1-212-691-8020; Fax: +1-253-390-0781; Email: ceshra@ceshra.org.

    Title: Human Rights Missions: A Study of the Fact-Finding Practice of Non-Governmental Organizations (International Studies in Human Rights)
    Source: Hans Thoolen
    Language(s): English

    Title: International Concention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: A Guide for NGOs"
    Source: Atsuko Tanaka and Yoshinobu Nagamine, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, and Minority Rights Group International
    Language(s): English
    Online: http://www.imadr.org/pub/icerd.manual.html
    Contact: Minority Rights Group International, 379 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7DE, UK, +44-020-7978-9498(tel), +44-0207-738-6265(fax), E-mail: minority.rights@mrgmail.org

    Title: "Manual on Human Rights Reporting"
    Source: United Nations
    Language(s): English
    Contact: For North America, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and the Pacific: United Nations Publications, Room DC2-853, 2 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA. Tel: +1-212-963-8302; or Toll Free 1-800-253-9646 (North America only); Fax: +1-212-963-3489, E-mail: publications@un.org, For Europe, Africa and the Middle East: United Nations Publications, Sales Office and Bookshop, CH-1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland. Tel: +41-22-917-2614; Fax: +41-22-917-0027; E-mail: unpubli@unog.ch.

    Title: "The Torture Reporting Handbook: How to document and respond to allegations of torture within the international system for the protection of human rights"
    Source: Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex
    Language(s): English; French; Arabic; Russian; Spanish
    On-line: www.essex.ac.uk/torturehandbook/
    Contact: The Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom. Tel: +44-1206-872558, Fax: +44-1206-873627, E-mail: hrc@essex.ac.uk.

    Title: Using the International Human Rights System to Combat Racial Discrimination
    Source: Amnesty International
    Language(s): English; Arabic; Spanish
    Contact: Amnesty International local offices (web.amnesty.org/web/contacts.nsf)

    Title: Women's Human Rights: A Training Manual
    Source: Women for Women's Human Rights
    Language(s): Turkish
    Contact: Ms. Ela Anil, Administrative Assistant, Women for Women's Human Rights, Inonu Caddesi, Saadet Apt. 37/6, Sumussuyu, 80090 Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: +1-850-383-4333; Fax: +1-850-383-0777; E-mail: saziz@askurds.org.
    Information Technology and Communication

    Title: "At Ease with E-mail: A Handbook on Using Electronic E-mail for NGOs in Developing Countries"
    Source: United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service and Friedrich Ebert Foundation (New York Office)
    Language(s): English
    Contact: United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service, Palais des Nations, CH-1211, Geneva 10, Switzerland, or Room 6015, 866 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA. Or, Freidrich Ebert Foundation, 950 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA.

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