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Introduction
Human rights can be promoted and defended at an individual, collective and institutional level. People should be encouraged and taught to practice human rights principles in their own daily lives.
In this part we give a brief introductory overview of the following:
- how to monitor rights and procedures under international and regional law;
- international and regional mechanisms for protecting and enforcing rights;
- how to use the enforcement mechanisms at international, regional and local levels to enforce and protect rights;
- the meaning of the rule of law and how it applies in practice;
- some strategies and tools for activism at community and national level.
Note
As this is only an introductory course to human rights we will only give a very brief overview of the above. We will however direct you to the sections of the other courses where you can get more information on the particular subject.
At the end of this chapter you will be able to:
- understand the meaning of monitoring human rights;
- outline the different mechanisms for protecting and enforcing rights at local, regional and international levels;
- describe the process for identifying appropriate mechanisms for protecting and enforcing rights from local level to international level.
For your convenience, we include a summary along with all other documents that we refer to in this chapter. We recommend that you print this document now.
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