Deadline: 29 March 2019
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is offering a five-day training event on human rights monitoring and safety and security for human rights defenders (HRDs).
Thematic Areas
- human rights of Roma and Sinti,
- human rights of people of African descent,
- environmental protection issues
The event will take place in Montenegro from 27 to 31 May 2019, and will cover the human rights monitoring cycle and principles; physical safety and security of human rights monitors; and digital security, including secure information management. The language of the event will be English. The training will be based on interactive learning methods and requires a high level of active participation by all participants. During group exercises, participants will be divided based on their field of work/interest and coached by a senior professional expert. ODIHR will select up to eight participants per group.
Eligibility Criteria
The size of the entire group will be limited to 25 participants, selected according to the following criteria:
- Citizenship of one of the OSCE participating States: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan;
- Limited or no experience on human rights monitoring and reporting;
- No or limited previous training in safety and security (including digital security);
- Relevance of the training for future human rights activities in OSCE the region;
- Computer literacy;
- Fluency in English
How to Apply
Interested applicants are requested to fill in and send the attached questionnaire and their CV via email at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit https://www.osce.org/odihr/414176