Deadline: 17-May-23
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is inviting applications for a training course for human rights defenders working at international borders in the Southern Mediterranean region.
The five-day training course covers key human rights principles and the monitoring cycle at international borders and beyond as well as safety and security of human rights defenders, including digital security and safe management of information. The objective of the training is to enable human rights defenders working in the Southern Mediterranean region to carry out quality and objective human rights monitoring activities in a safe and secure manner while considering relevant gender, ethnicity and vulnerability aspects.
Eligibility Criteria
- Twenty-three participants will be selected in a competitive process according to the following criteria:
- Working in one of the following OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia (citizenship of the applicant is not decisive);
- Proven experience and high motivation to carry out human rights-related activities in the migration and refugee context;
- Relevance of the training for applicants’ future human rights activities in the region and readiness to put the obtained knowledge into practice;
- Ability to actively participate in English;
- Availability to attend the training for its full duration and readiness to set aside other work activities during the five days;
- Priority will be given to members of civil society organizations, grassroots activists and the media (usually one person per organization), who will demonstrate the capacity to share the knowledge obtained during the training with colleagues.
- ODIHR recognizes as a human rights defender any person promoting and striving for the realization of human rights regardless of profession, age or other status. Human rights defenders carry out their human rights activities individually or jointly with others, as part of an informal group or as a non-governmental organization, and act in a voluntary capacity or professionally. The key characteristic that defines human rights defenders is not who they are, but what they do and the principles they stand for.
- Human rights defenders with limited experience in human rights monitoring, reporting and digital security are also invited to apply.
For more information, visit Training on Human Rights at International Borders.