Acknowledgment

This report is the result of the partnership between Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (HURIGHTS OSAKA) and several institutions in Indonesia, south Korea and India in holding the series of sub-regional workshops on human rights education in schools during the whole year of 1998. Their support has made the workshop series possible. It is thus fitting to extend appreciation to the following individuals:

a. Southeast Asia workshop

1. Prof. Soetandyo Wigjosoebroto

Commissioner
National Commission for Human Rights
(KOMNASHAM)
Indonesia

2. Mr. Anton Prijatno

Rector

Mr. Martono

Center for Human Rights Studies

Mr. Albert Wibisono

Office of International Affairs
Universitas Surabaya
Surabaya, Indonesia

b. Northeast Asia workshop

Mr. Byung Sun Oh

Dean, Graduate School of Public Policy

Mr. Sang-kyoo Park

Ms. Soo-hyun Jun

Graduate School of International Studies
Sogang University
Shinsu-Dong I, Mapo-ku
Seoul, Korea

c. South Asia workshop

Mr. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah

Chairperson

Mr.Virendra Dayal

Member

Mr. N. Gopalaswami

Secretary General

Ms. Lakhsmi Singh

Joint Secretary
National Human Rights Commission
New Delhi, India

We appreciate very much the interest of the participants in the workshops as shown by the discussions documented in this report. They have shown their solid support for human rights education program in schools.

For making this report much easier to read, we are thankful to Colin Nicholas. He read and checked the manuscript in-between his frequent visits to communities of indigenous people in Malaysia. And thanks also to Sachi Takahata and Kazuhiro Kawamoto (HURIGHTS OSAKA) for the lay-out.

We are thankful to the institutions which supported the series of workshops, namely:

a. The Japan Foundation Asia Center, and
b. The Ford Foundation (Delhi Office).