Training on Human Rights Mechanisms Purpose and Objectives:- - To support the needs of communities and their campaigns - To provide a background on the protection of Human Rights at the International level - To inform participants on various international processes relevant to their situation - To facilitate a practical assessment of their use value for participant communities

Human Rights Mechanisms To assist in developing campaign plans To enable participants to share information in re-echo “sharings” with communities To assist communities in networking for support on regional, national, international human rights issues Others (as agreed with participants)?

Methods/ Approaches Presentation of information in talks Presentation of reference and support documentation Discussions & questions Inputs from some with direct experiences Practical workshops Local national international Community focus and/or policy change

4 training modules Module 1 - Treaties and international mechanisms Module 2 - International mechanisms, engagement and examples Module 3 - International corporations, and their human rights obligations Module 4 - International corporations, engagement and examples Modules 1 & 3 are more information, 2 & 4 more sharing

Outputs from training Contribution to campaign plan Identification of information needs A draft communication/submission Training materials and references Other?

PIPLinks (Indigenous Peoples Links) Our mission is to support Indigenous Peoples and other land-based communities in their efforts to defend and promote recognitions of their human rights to protect their lands and culture – with a focus on the Philippines We are based in United Kingdom (in EU) & Philippines For Indigenous Peoples it is a global problem - one estimate as much as 50% of the gold produced between 1995 and 2015 will come from indigenous lands ~ We are link from local and national to international

PIPLinks (Indigenous Peoples Links) Presenter(s) / staff & board in UK & Philippines PIPLinks current programme PIPLinks past achievements (working with others) NB – Many of past achievements will come up in examples of

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Sharing with participants What do you want to learn or share? The materials can be adapted to specific situations and to cover areas of your own concern We are keen that relevant examples are fed in to the training to make it relevant