education". It was attended by jurists from 10 Arab States and from Palestine. At the conclusion of that conference, the participants expressed, in an unanimous resolution, their desire that the Institute convene a meeting of Arab experts to prepare a draft Arab charter on peoples' and human rights. That meeting took place in December 1986. Upon completion, the draft charter was submitted for consideration to the League of Arab States and to all Arab heads of State. Three thousand copies of the published text were widely circulated throughout the Arab world and elsewhere. The wide-ranging support the draft charter received was evidenced by its endorsement by the Arab Union of Lawyers, and by the large number of newspaper and magazine articles which praised it. The debate on the draft charter still goes on in Arab academic, legal and political circles. III. THE HUMAN RIGHTS TEACHING CONFERENCES 5. The Institute organized a series of five teaching conferences, spanning the orogrammes (described below) in which more than 350 law professors, judges involved in judicial training proqrammes or institutes, police academy instructors and senior army military justice officers will have participated. The programme is intended to prepare participants to teach human rights as a specialized course, or as part of other courses. Each conference covers eight working days, seven hours per day. The lectures and discussions are in Arabic, with Arabic language materials. 6. The first of these conferences took place in January 1987, with 42 participants; the second took place in June 1988, with 53 participants; the third in December 1988, with 53 persons participating; the fourth took place in June 1989, attended by 56 participants; and the fifth conference is planned for July 1990, with some 60 participants. IV. PUBLICATIONS 7. In preparation for teaching human rights in Arab institutions, four basic books have been written, as follows: 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the activities and initiatives of an institute related to human rights, education, and law in the Arab world. The text mentions conferences, publications, and a draft charter on human rights, which suggests that the main topic is human rights and education.

**Category**
Education