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| A Framework for Heritage, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Education
Commonwealth Case Studies in Citizenship Education Series
ISBN: 9780850927559
Publisher:Commonwealth Secretariat
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:136
Following the 14th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers held in Halifax, Canada, in November 2000, the Commonwealth Secretariat organised a seminar with the theme ‘A Commonwealth Framework for Heritage, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Education’ in Johannesburg, South Africa, in April 2002.
This publication was compiled from the papers and proceedings of the seminar. It is a result of collaborative work undertaken by educationalists, curriculum developers and leading experts to develop a framework for an innovative approach to citizenship education, to strengthen a culture of fairness, equity, tolerance and respect. This ground-breaking approach involves the key elements of heritage, multiculturalism and citizenship.
The framework, easily adapted to individual countries, serves as a basis for organising curriculum and for teaching and learning resources.
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| A Manual of International Dispute Resolution
ISBN: 9780850928372
Publisher:Commonwealth Secretariat
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:268
An overview of international dispute resolution and settlement, especially in the fields of trade and commerce, investment and intellectual property.
The author looks at five key topics:- Supranational disputes
- Suprational dispute resolution bodies
- International commercial dispute resolution
- Institutions concerned with dispute resolution in international trade and commerce
- Online dispute resolution.
Connerty, an English barrister with particular expertise in the field of international arbitration, introduces each topic, illustrating it by decisions of the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, and decisions of national courts and international arbitration tribunals.
Connerty also gives suggestions for sources for more detailed study in each topic area. The book will be of interest to all those in Commonwealth countries and beyond who need to understand international dispute resolution processes and institutions.
‘This is an excellent book, which more than fulfils the author's aim. His clearly defined structure, economy and clarity of language make this an extremely useful weapon in the practitioner's armoury.’
- The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management, Volume 73, Number 4, November 2007
‘This book is an excellent resource for members of the international business community, international ADR practitioners and researchers.’
- Dispute Resolution Journal, February - April 2008
‘The genius of the Manual's plan is that it is entirely practical, laying out the foundations and mechanics of various dispute-resolution frameworks, explaining the relevant tribunals and arbitration organisations, and illustrating the application of these to specific types of disputes. This is a very sound approach.’
- Sandra Day O’Connor, Retired Justice of the US Supreme Court
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| Adolescent and Youth Participation
ISBN: 9780850928235
Publisher:Commonwealth Secretariat
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:100
Set of four booklets offering practical models and tools for putting the ideas and commitments of the UN General Assembly's 2002 Special Session on Children into practice.
Its aim is to provide opportunities for adolescents and young people to participate in the decision-making affecting their lives - not just once but every day.
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£23.00
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| An Annotated Bibliography on Gender in Secondary Education
Research from Selected Commonwealth Countries
ISBN: 9780850928464
Publisher:Commonwealth Secretariat
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:196
‘This is a useful overview of research on gender and secondary schooling.’ - Journal of Research in International Education 2008 7: 116-117 This annotated bibliography brings together the currently available documentation on gender and education in five countries – Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, India and Pakistan – with special emphasis on secondary education.
The bibliographies include both published and unpublished titles, from the United Nations, other multilateral agencies, NGOs, and research institutions. Where possible the location or source of the particular entry is identified to help readers source the original document.
The volume should be useful for a range of users: researchers, policy makers, planners, teacher educators, government and non-government education managers, as well as activists.
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| Civil Paths to Peace
Report of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding
ISBN: 9780850928709
Publisher:Commonwealth Secretariat
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:96
Civil Paths to Peace contains the analyses and findings of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding, established in response to the 2005 request of Commonwealth Heads of Government for the Commonwealth Secretary-General to ‘explore initiatives to promote mutual understanding and respect among all faiths and communities in the Commonwealth.’
This report focuses particularly on the issues of terrorism, extremism, conflict and violence, which are much in ascendancy and afflict Commonwealth countries as well as the rest of the world. It argues that cultivating respect and understanding is both important in itself and consequential in reducing violence and terrorism.
It further argues that cultivated violence is generated through fomenting disrespect and fostering confrontational misunderstandings. The report looks at the mechanisms through which violence is cultivated through advocacy and recruitment, and the pre-existing inequalities, deprivations and humiliations on which those advocacies draw.
These diagnoses also clear the way for methods of countering disaffection and violence. In various chapters the different connections are explored and examined to yield general policy recommendations. Accepting diversity, respecting all human beings, and understanding the richness of perspectives that people have are of great relevance for all Commonwealth countries, and for its 1.8 billion people.
They are also importance for the rest of the world. The civil paths to peace are presented here for use both inside the Commonwealth and beyond its boundaries. The Commonwealth has survived and flourished, despite the hostilities associated with past colonial history, through the use of a number of far-sighted guiding principles. The Commission argues that those principles have continuing relevance today for the future of the Commonwealth – and also for the world at large.
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| Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
A Model of Best Practice for the Financial Sector, the Professions and other Designated Businesses
(Second Edition)
ISBN: 9780850928426
Publisher:Commonwealth Secretariat
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:190
Money laundering is a world-wide problem involving hundreds of billions of dollars that are laundered through the international financial institutions. With increasing globalisation and liberalisation of financial systems, countries are becoming more vulnerable to the risks of money laundering and its contagious effects.
This revised model of Commonwealth best practice takes into account the '40 Recommendations' of the International Financial Action Task Force (FATF) from 1990, as revised in 2003, as well as September 2001 attacks.
The first part of the book deals with global issues, strategies and standards; the second with national issues, and in particular, national strategy formulation; and the third with financial and professional sector procedures. Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing will be helpful to policy-makers, regulators, financial institutions, the professions and other designated businesses in their efforts to develop and implement national systems that comply with global standards.
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| Commonwealth Local Government Handbook 2007
ISBN: 9780955544712
Publisher:Publications UK Ltd on behalf of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:270
This sixth edition of the Commonwealth Local Government Handbook covers all fifty-three countries of the Commonwealth, thus comprising a complete reference book. It is published annually, updated and revised each year.
It gives full country profiles of the local government systems in these countries, describing how local government is organised, local government structures, election systems, legislation, service responsibilities, funding, e-government, relationships with central government and forthcoming reforms in each country. The profiles are arranged in a format that allows easy comparison from country to country.
It also includes a preface from Mayor Robert Montague, Chairperson of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), a foreword from Carl Wright, CLGF Secretary-General, and messages from Phil Woolas, Minister for Local Government of the UK, and Don McKinnon, Commonwealth Secretary-General.
Published by Publications UK Ltd on behalf of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum.
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| Composing a New Song
Stories of Empowerment from Africa
NGO Experiences From The Regions Series
ISBN: 9781779220158
Publisher:Commonwealth Foundation in association with Weaver Press, Harare, and Fountain Publishers, Kampala
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:204
Independent African countries have faced many challenges on the road to economic and social development. The heritage of colonialism has weighed heavy on their shoulders, and the promises of post-colonialism have not always been fulfilled.
The nature and trajectory of the development project is determined, in large part, by governments. Where they have been limited in - or neglectful of - their capacity to improve the lives of their people, non-government organisations have been quick to respond. Composing a New Song comprises portraits of five such NGOs, from Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Each was spurred by a moral concern for those sectors of society that were marginalised or ignored completely, by the march of mainstream development, but each has chosen its own route, its own tactics and its own methods.
These stories, told by founders and senior managers of the organisations, offer a rare insight into personal motivations, social reactions and political choices - indeed, the real world of development, one that is too often glossed over by more orthodox texts.
Published by the Commonwealth Foundation in association with Weaver Press, Harare, and Fountain Publishers, Kampala.
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| Economic Vulnerability and Resilience of Small States
ISBN: 9789990949223
Publisher:Commonwealth Secretariat and the Islands and Small States Institute, Malta
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:480
The main message of this book is that good governance and appropriate macroeconomic policies in a small state can, to an extent, mitigate the drawbacks of economic vulnerability. Many chapters in the book make the distinction between inherent and self-inflicted vulnerability.
There is an attempt to clarify terms by associating vulnerability with inherent features such as economic exposure and export concentration, and resilience with man-made policies, including good governance. This distinction, though somewhat arbitrary, may be a useful analytical tool for formulating development policy.
While it is important for small states to improve their awareness of, and come to terms with, inherent and permanent development handicaps arising from small economic size, it is equally important that these countries adopt policy measures which enable them to build their resilience to improve the standard of living of their population.
Resilience building is not costless, and it is particularly burdensome on small states, the vast majority of which have very limited resource endowments and cannot spread overhead costs over a large population. Some chapters of the book therefore recognise the importance of support from the international donor community in this regard.
Published by the Islands and Small States Institute, Malta and the Commonwealth Secretariat.
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| Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Practice
The Role of Judges in Implementing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ISBN: 9781869940270
Publisher:Interights
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:142
This book examines the record of jurisdictions in which attempts have been made at judicial enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights. Contributions provide insights into the methods, specificity, and limits of judicial enforcement. They explore the interdependence of civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights, and the permeation of the latter into interpretations of the former.
The judicial approach now tends to the view that not only are both types of rights essential for human dignity, but also that economic, social and cultural rights, when not directly enforceable as such, help to elaborate civil and political rights.
Published by Interights.
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| From Tragedy Towards Hope
Men, Women, and the AIDS Epidemic
ISBN: 9780850926767
Publisher:Commonwealth Secretariat
Binding:Paperback
Language:English
Pagination:110
This book tells the real life stories of men and women who live with the HIV/AIDS virus and have triumphed over it. It describes the impact of the virus on people and communities, and the initiatives taken by UNAIDS and the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). It delves into the myths and rituals that surround women, sex and sexuality, and helps readers understand the human consequences of the epidemic for those affected, their families, communities and society at large.
Madhu Bala Nath was born in New Delhi, India in 1954. As Gender and HIV Adviser to UNAIDS/UNIFEM, she has been responsible for programmes which have enabled UN agencies, national governments and civil partners to incorporate gender concerns in HIV issues into their programmes.
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