New peace education catalogue
The new, 2003, catalogue is out from the Churches’ Peace Education Programme (CPEP) and available on request. Listing a wide variety of resources for both primary and secondary schools, the 48 page (A5) catalogue covers emotional literacy, circle time for primary pupils, conflict resolution through games, behaviour management materials, Personal and Social Education, materials for Assemblies, staff development, the teaching of Christianity, world religions, cultural heritage, cultural diversity and education for citizenship. CPEP is run under the aegis of the Irish Council of Churches and the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace; prices are listed in UK£ and €. Address; 48 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast BT9 6AZ, phone 028 (048 from Republic) – 90 66 29 92.

Bordering on consensus
‘Defining Democracy – Decisions, elections and good governance’ is the latest book from Peter Emerson of the de Borda Institute which promotes the use of inclusive voting procedures. The term ‘democracy’ almost always goes undefined; this book offers a definition of democracy to suggest power should always be shared, posts should always be rotated, and decisions should inevitably be an accommodation. It critiques majoritarianism and suggests a consociational and consensual structure. The book has a forward by Prof Arend Lijphart, is 160 pages long, and sells at £8/€12.50. The de Borda Institute has also launched its ‘Decision-Maker’ CD-Rom (£25 to individuals) (see NN 100) for the conduct of decision making and elections. The de Borda Institute, 36 Ballysillan Road, Belfast BT14 7QQ, ph. 028 - 9071 1795, e-mail pemerson@deborda.org and web www.deborda.org

One World Centre (NI) / Development education centres
The One World Centre in Belfast is a resource base for global and developing world studies which was established in 1986 to raise awareness of development issues and challenge prevalent stereotypes pertaining to developing countries that remain prevalent in our society. The Centre houses the most complete collection of resources on development issues available in Northern Ireland. It also provides training workshops to schools, voluntary organisations, trade unions, universities / colleges, women’s groups and human rights bodies. The issues addressed through our training outreach programme include globalisation, gender, conflict, debt, trade, aid and human rights. 

We also produce publications on these issues for a range of target groups and have just published a new pamphlet, ‘Globalisation: Eliminating World Poverty?’, containing contributions on the pros and cons of globalisation from Barry Coates (Director, World Development Movement) and Adrian Wood (Chief Economist, Department for International Development). For further information on the Centre check out our web site (www.belfastdec.org) or call into the Centre for literature on our public seminars and training programmes. Contact: Tina Augner, Information Officer, One World Centre, 4 Lower Crescent, Belfast BT7 1NR. Ph / Fax: (028) 9024 1879.

Other Development Education Centres in Ireland include:

•  Waterford – World Development Centre, 3 Vulcan Street, Waterford, ph 051 – 873064;
• Limerick – Midwest Development Education Centre, Block 7, CBS Primary School, Sexton Street, Limerick, ph 061 – 362690;
• Portlaoise – Midlands Development Education Project, 79 Main Street, Portlaoise, Co Laois, ph 0502 – 61185;
• Galway – Galway One World Centre, Top Floor, The Halls, Quay Street, Galway, ph 091 – 530590;
• Tralee – Kerry Action for Development Education (KADE). 11 Denny Street, Tralee, Co Kerry, ph 066 – 7181358;
• Derry – Children in Crossfire, 2 St Joseph’s Avenue, Derry, ph 028 – 7126 9898.

NODE, the development education network, folded earlier this year, and there are no longer development education centres in Tullamore and Sligo.

A useful development education website is to be found at www.developmenteducationireland.org

Meath Peace Group
The Meath Peace Group has now been operating for over nine years. As part of its work in raising awareness and improving understanding, the group has held 46 public talks in Navan during that time. Transcripts and/or summaries of most of the talks are now available on the group's new website. check out www.geocities.com/meathgroup/index.html For enquiries and a full list of the talks held, contact Julitta Clancy, Parsonstown, Batterstown, Co. Meath. E-mail meathpeace@hotmail.com or phone 01 – 8259438.

Community Dialogue on a United Ireland
The latest leaflet from Community Dialogue (see NN104 etc) is entitled "United Ireland: Practical possibility or political fantasy?" It lists decisions or changes which would have to take place before a united Ireland could emerge, unionists/loyalist fears, and nationalist/republican hopes. Community Dialogue, 373 Springfield Road, Belfast BT12 7DG, ph 028 – 9032 9995, e-mail admin@commdial.org and web www.commdial.org

FEASTA lecture: People First – Justice in a global economy
Stan Thekaekara, social activist and Oxfam trustee, and renowned for his work with the Indian adivasi people will have a speaking tour in early December Dublin, Cork and Galway (in association with Oxfam Ireland, Galway One World Centre, Galway Environmental Alliance, Cork Environmental Forum and UCC Geography Department): Sunday 8th December at 8pm, Menlo Park Hotel off Headford Road), Galway; Monday 9th December at 7.30pm, Davis Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin; Tuesday 10th December at 8.00pm, Boole 1 Lecture Theatre, University College Cork. The events are open to all. FEASTA – Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, 159 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6. Ph 01 – 4912773, web www.feasta.org

Corrymeela Seed Group Programme
The Corrymeela Youth Work Department is currently recruiting a group of young adults (aged 18 – 25) for this project; it involves four weekend residentials at the Corrymeela Centre in Ballycastle, between January and May, and culminates in a 10-day visit to the Basque country. The programme focuses on issues around gender, race, identity and culture. This is a fantastic opportunity for young adults, and is very beneficial in terms of personal development and learning. The project is open to anyone aged 18 –25, living in Ireland, north or south. Closing date is 31st December. Enquiries to John Doherty, ph 028 (048 from Republic) – 90 50 80 80 or e-mail johndoherty@corrymeela.org

Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Aisling Reidy has joined ICCL as Director – she joins Liam Herrick (Research and Parliamentary Officer) and Alma Farrell (Administrator). The main areas of focus this autumn have included policing, participation and the practice of rights, and work on a second edition of the ‘Know Your Rights’ publication which will be ready in January – this is an information booklet for ordinary citizens in relation to public order, arrest, detention, prosecution etc. Regarding policing the main focus is on criminal justice and policing ICCL is drafting a comprehensive paper on policing reform and reiterates its call for an independent Garda ombudsman. On International Human Rights Day, Tuesday 10th December, ICCL will be hosting a social event at 7pm in the atrium of Dublin City Council building with entertainment, refreshments and a cross-cultural theme. Subscriptions to ICCL are €31.74 individuals, €57.14 couples/double, and €6.35 unwaged. ICCL, Dominick Court, 40 – 41 Lower Dominick street, Dublin 1, ph 01 – 8783136, fax 8783109, e-mail iccl@iol.ie and website www.icccl.ie [A fuller version of this item appears here]

Irish Centre for Human Rights, Galway
The Irish Centre for Human Rights, based at the National University of Ireland, Galway, engages in teaching (it has LLM programme in international human rights as well as a PhD), research and advocacy. A new development (among other projects and programmes) is that it is to coordinate a €1.5 million three-year project, financed by the European Commission, promoting the ratification and implementation of international human rights covenants in China; this is taking place in cooperation with other universities and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Summer schools in 2003 will on Minority Rights – Indigenous peoples and human rights law, from 9 – 15 June, and on the International Criminal Court, from 19 – 26 July. The Director of the Centre is Prof William Schabas. Irish centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway, Galway, ph 091 – 750464, fax 750575, e-mail humanrights@nuigalway.ie and web www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/

Evaluating conflict interventions and INCORE Summer School
"The evaluation of Conflict Resolution Interventions: framing the state of play" is a new 72-page book by Cheyanne Church and Julie Shouldice from INCORE which is available in paper form and on the web at www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/home/policy/projectsumm.htm  This looks a providing a framework for structuring discussions in this area. The UNU/INCORE International Summer School 2003 will be from 9 – 14 June with courses on Managing Peace Processes, Second Track Diplomacy and Conflict Transformation, and Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Peacebuilding Programmes (there’ll also be an Introduction to Northern Ireland programme 8 – 9 June); details Fiona Barr, ph. 028 – 7137 5500, e-mail school@incore.ulst.ac.uk and web www.incore.ulst.ac.uk

PANA – Peace and neutrality Alliance
The AGM of the Peace and Neutrality Alliance will be held on Saturday 7th of December 2002 from 2.-5.pm at the Irish Labour History Museum, Beggars Bush Barracks, Haddington Road , Dublin 4. The agenda will include the reports by the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, and the election of Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Research Officer, PRO and 3 ordinary members. The AGM is open to all that wish to attend, but voting will be for those that have paid their year 2002 affiliation fee, which can be paid on the day. The Frank Aiken Memorial Lecture will be given by Jeremy Corbyn MP who is a leading opponent of the war in Britain. Subscriptions are €32 waged and €6.50 unwaged; group membership is also available. PANA, 113 Springhill Ave, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, ph. 01-285 9111, 280 8247, 289 4315, mobile 087 – 261 1597. e-mail pana@eircom.net

Anti-War activities in Belfast, Dublin, Shannon
The Irish Anti-War Movement has demos in Belfast and Dublin at 2.00 pm on Saturday 7th December. The Dublin march will assemble at the Central Bank (Dame street) and go to the US Embassy. The Belfast march will begin at Belfast Arts College, York Street.

Meanwhile (as mentioned in last NN) there is a National Protest to stop the US military use of Shannon Airport, at Shannon Airport, 2pm on Sunday 8th December. E-mail ggantiwar@yahoo.com

Colombia: spiral of violence
This is the focus in the latest issue of the excellent British-based international publication Peace News. The introduction to the issue, by Howard Clark, begins "What do you associate with Colombia? Biodiversity? The writer Gabriel García Márques? The painter Fernando Botero? Or do you think of the world’s main source of cocaine, the country with the highest rates of killing and kidnapping, the site of a multi-sided war that has now lasted 40 years?" The issue tries to look at the processes behind the headlines and what people are doing to break the various interacting cycles of violence. The cover price on Peace News is UK£3, subscriptions are £12 for 4 issues in UK (£22 supporting) or €25 elsewhere. Peace News, 5 Caledonian Road, London NI 9DY, ph +44 – 20 – 7278 3344, website www.peacenews.info 

Leeds the way
Leeds City Council is hosting an international peace conference on 16th January 2003 on ‘Building a Culture of Peace and Global Citizenship’ with speakers John Hume, John McKinney, Shaun Gregory, Patricia Lewis, Liam Wegimont and from Mayors for Peace and Peace Messenger Cities, and others speaking about examples of local authority peace and citizenship projects. They are particularly interested in having participation from Ireland, north and south – the event is free for peace groups. Details from Leeds City Council, Peace and Emergency Planning Unit, 4th Floor west, Civic Hall, Leeds LS1 1UR. Ph +44 – 113 – 247 4341, fax 247 4338, e-mail sean.morris@leeds.gov.uk 

Next INNATE Belfast Networking Meeting; 8pm 9th December at 7 University Avenue – anyone interested welcome. Early 2003 meetings will be at 7.30pm on Mondays 20th January, 17th February, 24th March and 28th April (same venue).

Nonviolence News Extra

ICCL/Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Autumn 2002

Announcement
The ICCL is pleased to welcome Aisling Reidy as the new Director of the organisation. Aisling joins Liam Herrick, Research and Parliamentary Officer, and Alma Farrell, Administrator, in the ICCL.

Main areas of focus:

Policing
Currently the ICCL’s main focus of work is on criminal justice and policing. The ICCL is drafting its comprehensive position paper on policing reform, which will be launched with a series of seminars on policing and reform, in 2003. In particular, in light of the current public focus on police investigations, the ICCL reiterates its call for the urgent need for an independent garda ombudsman. Press releases were issued on 5th November 2002 (Morris Tribunal) and 19th November 2002 (Reclaim The Streets inquiry) and are available to view on our website at www.iccl.ie 

Participation and the Practice of Rights: Insider/Outsider – Changing Relationships
This is an on-going collaboration between the ICCL, ICTU, CAJ (Committee for the Administration of Justice), Combat Poverty Agency, and the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust. It seeks to encourage partnerships and alliances between those working in human rights and those in the area of social justice to explore how the language and concept of human rights can be better used to tackle issues of poverty and discrimination. A seminar entitled "Rights in action – from the global to the local", is being held on Thursday 5th December at the Carrickdale Hotel, in Louth.

‘Know Your Rights’ Publication
Work on the second edition of the ‘Know Your Rights’ publication is almost complete and we hope that it will be ready for publication in January 2003. ‘Know Your Rights’ is a information booklet for ordinary citizens, detailing the process and their rights in relation to public order, arrest, detention, prosecution etc.

Further details of the publication will be posted on our website as soon as possible.

10th December 2002 International Human Rights Day
The ICCL will be hosting a social event to mark International Human Rights Day on Tuesday 10th December 2002 at 7pm, in the Atrium of Dublin City Council building, Woodquay, Dublin 2. The evening’s entertainment will involve, music, food and drink, with a cross cultural theme. [See news section for contact details]