Upcoming events:

happening now,during the 19th session of HR-Council

26th Geneva Course (GTP-GSC):

25 February – 23 March 2012

‘Training Course on the Human Rights Council, on international human rights law and humanitarian law, international procedures and diplomacy'. more info

Experts Seminar (GTP-GSS):

on Enforced disappearances

March 2012

information available soon.

Geneva Seminars (GSS-UPR): on-demand during UPR Sessions

21 May - 1 June 2012

UPR 13th session, countries under review: Bahrain, Ecuador, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, Finland, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Philippines, Algeria, Poland, Netherlands, South Africa.

Geneva Course GSC-27 during HRC 20th session

27th Geneva Course (GTP-GSC):

18 June – 6 July 2012

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Experts Seminars (GTP-GSS):

on International Criminal Law and the UN System

June 2012

information available soon.

Experts Seminars (GTP-GSS):

on International Humanitarian Law

September 2012

information available soon.

Geneva Course GSC-28 during HRC 20th session

28th Geneva Course (GTP-GSC):

8 – 28 September 2012

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Geneva Seminars (GSS-UPR): on-demand Courses during UPR Sessions

22 October - 2 November 2012

UPR 14th session, countries under review: Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, South Korea, Switzerland, Pakistan, Zambia, Japan, Ukraine, Sri Lanka.

Experts Seminars (GTP-GSS):

on Minorities

December 2012

information available soon.
 

Latest Events:

GTP-INP Nepal, novembre 2011,

'Realisation of human rights in the country – strengthening national empowerment to facilitate the implementation of human rights at national level’

It is essential for GHR to realize a sustained training activity in the regions, to provide the local, national and regional movement with the basic knowledge on human rights standards and mechanisms and on the international realities.

Training Programme on: 'Women empowerment'

GHR has launched a new global training programme for women's training in empowerment.

GHR new programme is aiming at promoting gender equality, in particular in the field of poverty reduction, political participation, economic empowerment and ending violence against women.

GTP-ICT Russia:Training and implementation programme;

From 11th to 19th of June, GHR organized in Voronezh, Russia, 2 training courses for the human rights defenders.

The aims of the course are to strengthen the human rights organisations, to contribute to train a new generation of HRD in Russia and finally to teach possibles strategies on national or regional level.

GTP-ICT Tunisia: Training and Implementation Programme;

From the 14 to 20 May 2011, GHR President visited partners in Tunisia to prepare a comprehensive human rights training programme for this country. He met with the main human rights NGOs, four Ministries, the Commission of Inquiry, as well as international institutions.

TRAINING ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN 2011:

three 3-weeks Geneva Courses on the occasion of the ordinary sessions of the HR-Council (in March, June and September);

four Expert Seminars, in March (on the HR-Council), June (on International Humanitarian Law), September (on Transitional Justice) and November (on Minorities);

two Courses and three Seminars during the sessions of the UPR Working group;

several lectures and briefings;

seven In-Country Courses (GTP-ICT) and briefings.
 
 

Global Training Program (GDH-GTP)

Training & Teaching 'All the Rights for All'

To close the information gaps and to meet needs and priorities of its partners, GHR Global Training Department elaborated over the years three Programmes: on the HR-Council (PRE), on Implementation in the Countries (INP) and for Specific Stakeholders (TSS):

Title of the Training Programme on the HR-Council is: ‘Participation of the Regions in the Human Rights Council’ (PRE) - a training program for an effective participation of defenders from the regions in the work of the Human Rights Council‘. It is our main Programme. It contains a variety of Courses and Seminars in Geneva and in the regions. Aim is full access and participation of defenders from the regions in the HR-Council, and the effective use of human rights Special procedures and treaty bodies. With limited funding, GHR realized entirely its Action Plan 2011.


Four donors contributed to the Geneva Courses and Seminars in 2011: the Government of Liechtenstein, the Loterie Romande (Geneva), the Directorate of International Law of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DIL-FDFA, Seminar GSS-9) and the Canton of Geneva (travels and accommodation expenses of trainees for the Course GSC-25 and the Seminar GSS-10). Two other donors supported In-Country Courses: the Political Division IV of the FDFA (Courses in the Russian Federation and Nepal), and Cordaid (Courses in India).

 

Our second Program is entitled: ‘Implementation Now, strengthening national empowerment to facilitate the implementation of human rights at national level’ (INP). Aim is to contribute to the implementation processes in particular countries through training, mediation, advisory services and teaching strategies.


The Programme finds its origins in Mexico. At the request of the Mexican Ministry of Interior (‘SEGOB’) and with the support of the FDFA, GHR contributed to the elaboration of Mexico’s national Programme for human rights in a cooperation process between the Government and the civil society (2004-2008). GHR also facilitated the first stages of the implementation of the national Programme until the beginning of the mandate of President Calderon.


Learning from the Mexican experiences with an external evaluator, GHR made feasibility studies and started similar initiatives for Colombia, Burundi, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Timor Leste. In 2011, GHR made an orientation visit in Tunisia.

The third programme is the Training of Specific Stakeholders (TSS). It concerns on-demand Courses, briefings and lectures conducted for our main partners.

 

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