Strategies and Skills to Monitor and Protect Human Rights Human Rights Training Methodology

Presentation Outline What do you mean by “human rights training”? Key Terminology Main Principles for human rights training

HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING is an organized effort to transfer knowledge and develop skills and attitudes that encourage behaviour to promote and protect human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING “ organized” sensitizing and empowering focusing on the learner action -oriented

KEY TERMINOLOGY Briefing – brief introductory overview of a topic to introduce the audience to some basic concepts Seminar – organized exchange of vioews and knowledge, bringing together various persons who contribute to the examination of a subject from different points of view

KEY TERMINOLOGY Workshop – exercise in which participants work together to study a particular subject (learning) and develop a final product (declaration, plan of action, policy etc) Training Course – organized exercise for “trainees” to improve knowledge, acquire skills and be sensitized (change negative attitude or reinforce positive attitudes)

- HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING - PRINCIPLES Audience specificity / practical approach Collegial presentations Interactive training techniques Linkage to policies and other measures

- HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING - PRINCIPLES Audience specificity / practical approach - focus on audience: relevance to their daily experience/work - includes practical information/techniques - involved target audience in the training team (both design and delivery) - role of participants’ experience

- HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING - PRINCIPLES Collegial presentations ( Training Teams) - Audience-specific expertise (professional culture, peer training) - Human rights expertise, to appropriately cover applicable human rights standards - Able to apply interactive training methodology

- HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING - PRINCIPLES Interactive training techniques - Presentation and discussion - working groups - Case studies - Brainstorming - Role Playing - Panel discussion - Filed trips

- HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING - PRINCIPLES Linkage to policies and other measures -Policies concerning training (sustainability) -Broader human rights policies -Other measures

CIRCULAR TRAINING MODEL Learning objectives Training Design Training Delivery Training Results Individual and organizational benefits Individual and organizational learning needs (TNA)