This special issue centers around the theme of education for peace and human rights. It contains materials concerning the practice of adult education in the Asian-South Pacific region. The journal contains 15 papers. The following papers provide regional perspectives: "Learning to Live in Harmony and Diversity" (editorial) (Rajesh Tandon); "Human Rights Education as a Human Right" (workshop report); "Human Rights Teaching Programmes: Specific Problems and Scope" (Anand Swaroop Verma); "Human Rights Education and Social Awareness Raising Programme" (Sushil Pyakural); "Legal Literacy, Human Rights Education, and Paralegal Training in Sri Lanka" (Kalyananda Tiranagama); "Human Rights and the Third World" (Deepika Udagama); "Peace and Human Rights Education: A South Pacific Perspective" (Joseph C. Veramu). The following papers are classified from an international perspective: "IMF [International Monetary Fund], World Bank Violate Human Rights" (Mutombo Mulami); "Address by Director General of UNESCO at the Inauguration of the Human Rights Street, Nuremberg, October 24, 1993" (Federico Mayor). The following papers are reports from the United Nations World Conference in Vienna: "Vienna Report--The World Conference on Human Rights" (Andre Frankovits); "Working Group on Human Rights Education: Recommendation for Reform in the United Nations Human Rights System" (report); "The Vienna NGO [Nongovernmental Organizations] Forum" (John Scott-Murphy); "The Vienna Declaration on Women" (conference resolution); "Beyond Vienna" (John Scott-Murphy); and "Conference Documents"--summaries and recommendations from the forum. The document also contains reviews of five books on peace and human rights. (KC)