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GIHR Training course June 21-27
2010 Jun 23 - 20:09

The Geneva Institute for Human Rights is organizing a training course on the United Nations mechanisms in the field of Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland from June 21st to June 27th.

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GIHR Training course June 7-16
2010 Jun 23 - 19:47

GIHR has recently held a human rights training course entitled “The United Nations Mechanisms in the field of Human Rights” during the period of 6-16 June, 2010. The participants included 9 nationals of Saudi Arabia and 2 nationals of Bahrain, representing civil society NGOs, journalists, writers and teachers. The subject matter of the course included an introduction to the mechanisms of human rights at the UN as well as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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GIHR Training course 10-14 May, 2010
2010 May 13 - 16:24

The Geneva Institute for Human Rights has successfully organized an advanced regional training course from the 10th-14th May, 2010 on the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Arab civil society organizations are still far from human rights protection mechanisms
2010 Mar 17 - 16:13

A workshop in cooperation between Geneva Institute for Human Rights and Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights Association revealed Arab civil society organizations are still far from human rights protection mechanisms

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GIHR Activities January- March 2010
2010 Mar 17 - 16:09

Trainings and workshops

25-29 January 2010- GIHR organized an advanced training course on the the role of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women addressing participants from Syria, Egypt Tunisia and Morocco.
In conjunction with training, GIHR has also delivered capacity building and advocacy services to 5 members of the Syrian Ministry of Family affairs, in order to strenghten their capacity to effectively protect the rights of individuals with a special focus on women and children.

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GIHR Training Course on the UPR Working Group / 15 – 19 February
2010 Feb 9 - 16:30

GIHR is organizing a training course on the role of the United Nations Working Group of the Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) from 15 – 19 February 2010. The training course will coincide with the 7th session of the working group and the review of the reports from the MENA region: Iraq and Egypt.

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GIHR Training Course on the International Mechanisms on Women Rights
2010 Feb 9 - 16:23

From 25 – 29 January 2010, the Geneva Institute for Human Rights (GIHR) launched an advanced training course on International Human Rights Mechanisms, addressing representatives from Syria; Egypt; Tunisia and Morocco. Training courses of this kind are provided by a number of international non-governmental and governmental organizations. However, they are often conducted in English or French.

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Mercenaries: UN experts say that the Nissour Square killings in Iraq should not remain unpunished
2010 Feb 9 - 16:23

The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries* calls on the United States and the Iraqi Governments to cooperate to ensure that the Nissour Square incident is fully remedied and, in relation to the crimes that may have been committed, those responsible fully held accountable as appropriate.

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CEDAW holds informal meeting with non-governmental organizations
2010 Feb 9 - 16:22

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women held an informal meeting with representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Egypt, Botswana and Panama. It also held a dialogue with the national human rights institution of the Netherlands.

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UN Expert on Human Rights and Counter Terrorism concludes visit to Tunisia
2010 Feb 9 - 16:21

On the last day of his official visit to Tunisia from 22 to 26 January 2010, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Martin Scheinin, issued the following statement:

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