The NHRC concluded the training course on human rights protection mechanisms that was held at the headquarters of the NHRC in collaboration with the Information and Training Center for Human Rights HRITC over five days; it targeted thirty human rights activists from a number of Arab countries. The course included sessions on “concepts and problems” in the principles of human rights, the Paris principles on creating national institutions for Human Rights, the International Bill of Human Rights, and civil, political and economic rights, and social and cultural development.
Sheikha al Jawhara Al Thani, the Director of Programs and Education department stated that the training course focused on regional protection mechanisms, regional conventions of human rights, regional protection mechanisms, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (United Nations Convention against Torture), international humanitarian law, international criminal court mechanisms and their role in the promotion of the human rights system, the Convention rights of the Child, and the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women “CEDAW”.
Mr. Hameed Khalid, representative of Human Rights Information and Training Center stated that the training course gave priorities to the future human rights movements and the culture of awareness of human rights rights; he also praised the efforts and interaction of the participants in the training sessions, and added that such courses are only the beginning of more specialized courses on creating competent defenders and activists in the Arab region in the field of human rights.
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