On 8.-12. November, a training workshop on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Mechanisms took place in Geneva, Switzerland. Over the week, five participants from Thailand deepened their knowledge of the UN Human Rights Mechanisms, focusing on the Universal Periodic Review.
The Human Rights Education Book on Peace and Conflict Transformation in Southeast Asia was officially launched in a digital event with distinguished experts from ASEAN countries on October 28.
For a second time, the annual intensive course on human rights, organized by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, was held digitally. Due to the ongoing pandemic, participants joined each day on Zoom for a week to learn and discuss human rights.
The NCHR and the Constitutional Research Institute at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) recently held a workshop on gender equality and human rights for Chinese university teachers in Chengdu, Western China.
In March, five trainings were held in five different rural javanese villages.
Leip (The Indonesian Institute for and Independent Judiciary), the Indonesian Attorney General, the Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Stanford University and NCHR cooperated on organising an training online training for Indonesian Prosecutors.
A seminar on the above topic was held by the law Faculty of the Atma Jaya University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The seminar asked what international law tells us about how governments should respond to the covid-pandemic.
The 4th Lecturer Workshop on Teaching Human Rights in Southeast Asia took place as a weekly virtual event between 31 August – 7 December 2020.
9-13 November, academics from China, Iran, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia deepen their knowledge and expertise of the United Nations (UN) human rights mechanisms.
