Circle of Rights seeks to answer some of the many questions that are asked nowadays about economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights). Its purpose is to contribute to the process of learning and to encourage an expansion of activism that has as its goal the promotion and protection of ESC rights. Directed as it is towards activism, the manual seeks not simply to present in formation on laws and standards related to these rights, but to address issues of strategy and tactics that organizations and individuals need to consider when thinking through how best they might work to promote economic, social and cultural rights.
Circle of Rights is aimed primarily at trainers who are or will be engaged in training human rights activists as well as development workers, members of organizations represent ing dis advantaged groups and others who are addressing economic, social and cultural issues. It is structured in such a way that it can also be used for introducing the concept of ESC rights to policymakers, media persons, academics, lawyers and other professional groups as well as staff of intergovernmental organisations. The hope and expectation is that trainers working with these various groups will be able to take the material in the manual and, if necessary, adapt and expand upon it to conduct training programs on ESC rights and ESC rights activism.
Circle of Rights is divided into two parts: Part I addresses substantive issues related to ESC rights activism; Part II discusses training methods that can be used in a training program drawing on the material in Part I.
