Final conference of the training series on Human rights at international borders: Human rights principles, monitoring, safety and security
When
Where
Organized by
In 2022 and 2023, ODIHR trained 83 human rights defenders from 31 countries in South-Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, the Northern Mediterranean and the Southern Mediterranean region (OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation).
The objective of the training series was to enable human rights defenders to carry out quality and objective human rights monitoring activities in a safe and secure manner while considering relevant gender, ethnicity and vulnerability aspects.
The purpose of this final event is to bring together the human rights defenders who were trained, assess the impact of ODIHR training on their work, facilitate the formation of cross-regional support networks and identify further training needs.
HOW
The event is based on interactive learning methods and requires a high level of active participation by all participants. It is led in English by experienced trainers with proven gender and cultural sensitivity.
WHO
The participants in the training series were selected in a competitive process according to the following criteria:
- Operating in one of the four selected regions;
- Proven experience and high motivation to carry out human rights-related activities in the migration and refugee context;
- Relevance of the training for applicants’ future human rights activities in the region and readiness to put the obtained knowledge into practice;
- Ability to actively participate in English;
- Availability to attend the training for its full duration;
- Priority was given to members of civil society organizations, grassroots activists and the media (one person per organization), who demonstrated the capacity to share the knowledge obtained during the training with colleagues.
ODIHR recognizes as a human rights defender any person promoting and striving for the realization of human rights regardless of profession, age or other status. Human rights defenders carry out their human rights activities individually or jointly with others, as part of an informal group or as a non-governmental organization, and act in a voluntary capacity or professionally. The key characteristic that defines human rights defenders is not who they are, but what they do and the principles they stand for.
APPLICATION
Participation in this event is by invitation only.
QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions about the event or the training series, please contact Alice.Szczepanikova@odihr.pl and Lola.Girard@odihr.pl.