THE GENEVA CENTRE BELIEVES THAT TRAINING IS AN ESSENTIAL LEVERAGE FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS KNOWLEDGE, PROMOTION AND PRACTICES, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE CENTRE’S CORE FOCUS AREAS SUCH AS EQUALITY, NON-DISCRIMINATION, JUSTICE, GENDER ISSUES, WOMEN’S RIGHTS, INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS.
Targeting government officials, lawyers, journalists, students and other civil society representatives, the tailored training programs aim at offering participants a unique, hands-on exposure to the working methods of international organizations in Geneva, particularly the United Nations, through active participation in the sessions of the UN Human Rights Council, visits to Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other relevant Geneva-based institutions.
The training programmes also aim at promoting national capacity building, especially with regard to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, through developing tailored programmes to enhance human rights awareness, knowledge and skills of the upcoming generations in the Arab region.
