Suggestions for Liberian colleagues

An extensive collection of National plans of action for the promotion and protection of human rights is available at the OHCHR website
http://www.ohchr.org/english/countries/coop/plan_action.htm
and their review should certainly be valuable for you and your colleagues once you are still at an early stage.

A good assessment of the Human Rights situation is a pre-requisite for a good HP Plan of Action. For that you can have a look at the "NORAD Handbook in human rights assessment : state obligations awareness & empowerment"

http://www.norad.no/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=968

Human Rights Education is a fundamental component of a sustainable effort on this field. At UNHCHR you can find Guidelines for National Plans of Action for Human Rights Education http://www.unhchr.ch/education/main.htm Very useful and long list of materials in this area you can also find at United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004)

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/1/edudec.htm.

Among many other references I believe interesting for your country situations will be the meetings on OHCHR Human Rights Training Package for Prison Officials, the HC/CHR Human Rights Manual for Judges and Lawyers and the Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring for United Nations field operations. A full coverage of information on Human Rights Training resources can with not miss the consideration of the UNHCHR Training and educational material website

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu6/2/training.htm

Regarding Human Rights in Post-Conflict Situations, this should be useful:
Human Rights and Conflict. United Nations

http://www.un.org/rights/HRToday/

Governance Foundations for Post-Conflict Situations: UNDP's Experience

http://magnet.undp.org/Docs/crisis/AcknowledgementsandExecSummary.doc.html

ODI. Human Rights and Poverty Reduction. Protecting rights in conflict situations and fragile states. March 2005

http://www.odi.org.uk/rights/Meeting%20Series/RightsConflict&FragileStates.pdf

HURIDOCS International Conference on Human Rights Information, Impunity
and Challenges of the Post-Conflict Healing Process: Gammarth (Tunisia), 22-25 March 1998

http://www.huridocs.org/tuniseng.htm

Symposium on Role of Human Rights in Post-Conflict Situation in Southern Europe
www.etc-graz.at/publikationen/ Symposion%20Role%20HR%20in%20SOE%20Juni%202002.pdf

Restoring Human Rights in the Peace building Phase. Conflict Research Consortium. University of Colorado, USA

http://www.beyondintractability.org/m/human_rights_protect.jsp?nid=2333
Conference The United Nations and the Protection of Human Rights in Post-Conflict Situations. Human Rights Law Centre The University of Nottingham (UK) 12-13 September 2002
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/law/hrlc/PCconference.htm

European Platform for Policing and HR http://www.epphr.dk/; relevant references should be these:

· "Police and NGO's" cooperation between Police and Non Governmental Organisations http://www.epphr.dk/download/platform/police%20and%20NGO's%20.pdf

· The Guide "Is your Police Force a Human Rights Champion?"
http://www.epphr.dk/download/hreng.pdf
- allows police officers to assess the extent to which police practices adhere to and promote the standards and broader democratic values underlying the European Convention on Human Rights.

Parliamentary KIT on the International Criminal Court. PGA

http://www.pgaction.org/prog_inte.asp

IDEA. "Reconciliation in Times of Transition: The Role of Parliaments and Inter-Parliamentary Bodies"

http://www.idea.int/conflict/sr/upload/Reconciliation-in-Times-of-Transition.pdf

Human rights in the administration of justice. Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/56/583/Add.2)] 56/161.

http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/7a49b79a7e0f423bc1256b82005d4aae?Opendocument

In post-conflicts situations and certainly in the case of Liberia a common case may be related to violations of HRs of women and vulnerable groups of population (children, disable people, etc). Some few references on this subject could help the consideration of these issues in the preparation of your national plan of action:

· Women's Empowerment in the Context of Human Security
(7-8 December, 1999, ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand)

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ianwge/collaboration/finalcomm1999.htm

The Gender Dimensions of Post-Conflict (Draft)

http://www.wider.unu.edu/conference/conference-2004-1/conference%202004-1-papers/Zuckerman-Greenberg-0206.pdf

· The Children and Armed Conflict Unit is a joint project of the Children's Legal Centre and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, UK

http://www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/
http://www.childrenslegalcentre.com/Homepage.asp?NodeID=89614

· Children’s Rights
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/human-rights/chissue-en.asp

Rethink: A Handbook for Sustainable Peace
(This handbook is intended as a tool for people working in areas affected by war and armed conflict and in peace and rebuilding processes. The handbook draws on numerous examples of women's efforts in peace-building and reconstruction to illustrate the problems which can arise from failure to mainstream gender issues into programmes, and the benefits which can be gained by recognising and involving women)

http://www.iktk.se/publikationer/rapporter/pdf/Rethink.pdf

· Draft Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Human Being especially in Women and Children. African Union

www.africa-union.org/.../AU-EU%20MEETING/ 10%20Trafficking%20in%20Women%20%
20Children%20-%20Africa-Europe.doc –

· OSCE National Referral Mechanisms - Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons: A Practical Handbook

http://www.osce.org/item/13591.html?ch=131

WHO Reproductive health during conflict and displacement –

http://www.who.int/reproductive-
health/publications/RHR_00_13_RH_conflict_and_displacement/PDF_RHR_00_13/RH_conflict_table_of_contents_pdf.en.html

· WHO - Mental health, human rights and legislation
http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/legislation/policy/en/

· Mental Disability Rights International
http://www.mdri.org/

Equal Employment Opportunities for Women and Men - ILO
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/gems/eeo/index.htm

· WorldEnable - equalizing opportunities for, by, and with persons with disabilities http://www.worldenable.net/

7th International Conference on Health and Human Rights "Resilience, Recovery and Reconciliation Promoting Human Rights, Integrity and Social Responsibility" International Society for Health and Human Rights - network consisting of European treatment and rehabilitation centres for victims of torture and human rights violations.

http://www.ishhr.org/