NORDEM manual on human rights monitoring
NORDEM’s manual on human rights monitoring, Manual on Human Rights Monitoring. An Introduction for Human Rights Field Officers (Oslo: Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, 2008), is intended as a practical tool for human rights field workers. It is also used for training purposes, for example as background material for the NORDEM Basic Training Course. The manual has recently been updated and is edited by Siri Skåre, Ingvild Burkey and Hege Mørk.
The manual is distributed as PDF documents. You can download a PDF Reader for free from Foxit software.
Complete manual
NORDEM manual (Self-extracting RAR archive, 1.6MB)
Individual chapters
Preface (pdf)
Chapter 1: The United Nations, Democracy and Human Rights (pdf) by Anne Gallagher
Chapter 2: The International Human Rights System (pdf) by William G. O´Neill and Annette Lyth
Chapter 3: Working in The Field for the UN and Other IGOs: Human Rights Operations (pdf) by Paul LaRose-Edwards
Chapter 4: Non-Governmental Organisations (pdf) by Maja Kirilova Eriksson
Chapter 5: How to Recognise Human Rights Issues in Practice (pdf) by William G. O´Neill
Chapter 6: Human Rights Monitoring (pdf) by Marit Mæhlum
Chapter 7: Monitoring the Administration of Justice (pdf) by William G. O' Neill
Chapter 8: Trial Observation (pdf) by Tor Bøhler, Trond Dolva, Donna Gomien and Marit Mæhlum
Chapter 9: Election Observation Handbook (pdf) by Siri Skåre and Kåre Vollan
Chapter 10: Human Rights Professionals and the Criminal Investigation and Prosecution of Core International Crimes (pdf) by Morten Bergsmo and Wlliam H. Wiley
Chapter 11: Health, Safety and Security (pdf) by Miles Martin