ECCHRD


Agenda 29th meeting

European Coordination Committee on Human Rights Documentation

London, 8-9 June 2006


Thursday 8 June 2006
10.00-12.30 Tour of the Information Resources Department, Amnesty International, International Secretariat
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.15 Opening of the meeting
14.15-14.30 Opening address
14.30-14.35 Adoption of the agenda
14.35-14.40 Election of chairperson
14.40-15.40 Presentation of participants and their organisations, interests and motivation
15.40-15.50 Minutes of the 28th meeting (Warsaw 2005)
15.50-16.20 Coffee break
16.20-17.30 Presentation of Oxfam's new open-source web content management system
(Romilly Gregory, Oxfam)

Friday 9 June 2006
09.00-10.00 Information aspects of the Human Rights Impact Assessment - the example of the Human Rights Impact Resource Centre (HRIRC)
(John Lannon, University of Limerick)
10.00-10.30 Developments within HURIDOCS
(Bert Verstappen, HURIDOCS Secretariat)
10.30-10.50 Coffee break
10.50-11.30 Demonstration of the new Hurisearch tool
(Bert Verstappen / Daniel D'Esposito, HURIDOCS Secretariat)
11.30-12.30 Tour of the Human Rights Action Centre, Amnesty International UK Section
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Presentation of Statewatch - web-based press monitoring service
(Ben Hayes, Statewatch)
15.00-15.30 Semantic web developments and the use of Geographical Information Systems to monitor human rights violations
(James Lawson, Council of Europe / Fiona Bolt, Amnesty International)
15.30-15.45 Report back from ECCHRD Secretariat
15.45-16.00 Date and place of next meeting and closing of the meeting



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