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Name International Training Session on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Type Training programmes
Organising institution
> Centre international de formation à l'enseignement des droits de l'homme et de la paix, Switzerland
Frequency Annual
Level professional
Objectives •To develop a participatory strategy from the national level to the debates at the Council and back to the national level.
•To establish discussion methods for the priorities of the review, specifically in the fields of education and civil society.
•To specify the role of human rights education within the UPR.
•To examine information to be transmitted, its form and its target.
•To exchange and compare different experiences on the field and with institutions with the aim of improving preparation to the UPR, both for educational circles and civil society.
•To ease the understanding and the follow-up of the message that the Council's member states will convey at the end of their review.
•To propose elements of analysis of recommendations in order to adjust and support actions which will be implemented in the countries.
•To insure a follow-up of the UPR on the field and keep track of it on the UPR monitoring platform
Area of expertise Human Rights Council
Target group HRE Experts/Practitioners
NGO activists
Teachers
Language English
French (Français)
Country Switzerland
City Geneva
Homepage www.cifedhop.org/En/Training/International/indexEPU.htm
Additional information The Session is organised with the financial support of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Bern, the Canton and the City of Geneva.
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