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HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
Contents 

FROM THE EDITORS

EMERGING MODELS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
Felisa Tibbitts, director of Human Rights Education Associates, discusses how the effectiveness of human rights education can be enhanced.

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IN DIVERSE, DEVELOPING NATIONS:
A CASE IN POINT -- SOUTH AFRICA

Contributing editor David Pitts interviews two leading human rights education experts in Cape Town and Durban who discuss human rights education in the context of the developing world.

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IN THE USA
Nancy Flowers, a human rights educator and activist, details the wide array of organizations in the U.S. involved in producing HRE curricula.

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION IN U.S. SCHOOLS
Contributing editor David Pitts looks at two leading organizations that produce human rights education materials for U.S. schools, one taking a broad approach to the subject matter, the other a narrower view.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING
Michael Hartmann, an international prosecutor with the U.N. in Kosovo responsible for war crimes as well as other cases there, examines human rights training, particularly in relation to the criminal justice system.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Articles and books on human rights education.

INTERNET SITES
Internet sites that feature human rights education themes.

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Publisher Judith Siegel
Managing Editor Anthony W. Sariti
Consulting Editor Wayne Hall
Internet/Text Editor Deborah M.S. Brown
Contributing Editors Estelle Baird
Mona Esquetini
Stuart Gorin
Charla Hatton
John Jasik
David Pitts
Reference Specialists Anita Green
Andrea McGlinchey
Art Director Diane Woolverton
Graphics Assistant Sylvia Scott
Editorial Board George Clack
Judith Siegel
Leonardo Williams
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