International & Regional Training Courses

First Training Seminar for Human Rights Defenders

North Africa, July 2001:

The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) in cooperation with Amnesty International held the Training Seminar for Human Rights Defenders – North Africa in Cairo from 7 to 9 July 2001. The opening speech was made by Ambassador Shadia Farag, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Human Rights. She asserted that human rights are a noble goal in itself, which entails the devotion and dedication of all its advocates. Following, there were introductory notes by Amnesty International and ACIJLP in presence of number of diplomats, Arab, foreign jurists and media figures. The seminar aimed at training human rights defenders from North Africa in national and international human rights mechanisms through widening their knowledge of international treaties, in addition to providing the opportunity to exchange experience, and strengthen support between human rights defenders in the region. Twenty-five trainees from human rights activists from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and sub-Saharan attended the training. Lectures in the training were given by experts from Amnesty International, The Arab Institute for Human Rights, Hisham Mubarak Center for Human Rights, Nadeem Center for Human Rights, The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession.

§ The table below shows non-governmental institutions involved:

No.	Organization	State
1	Shebeba work Society	Algeria
2	Algerian League for Defending Human Rights	Algeria
3	Detention of makouna Castle	Sub-Saharan
4	Coordination Committee for Forced abduction Victims	Sub-Saharan
5	Defense Institution	Morocco
6	National Council for Freedoms	Tunisia
7	Tunisian League for Defending Human Rights	Tunisia
8	Land Center for Human Rights	Egypt
9	The Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners	Egypt
10	Hisham Mubarak Center for Law	Egypt
11	Egyptian Organization for Human Rights	Egypt
12	Legal Assistance Association for Human Rights	Egypt
13	Women Issues Center	Egypt
14	New Women Studies Center	Egypt
15	Nadeem Center for Treatment and Psychological Rehabilitation for Violence Victims	Egypt
16	Arab Women League	Egypt

§ The table below shows research papers:

No	Paper
1	Work challenges in the field of human rights
2	Documentation & researches
3	Meeting with victims
4	International standards and mechanism for Human Rights
5	International Criminal Court
6	International system for human rights
7	Struggle methods and actions
8	Strategic plans
9	Support experiments

§ The table below shows trainers involved:

No	Name	State	Organization
1	Ms. Mervat Rashmawy	Palestine	Amnesty International
2	Mr. Atef Shahat	Egypt	The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession
3	Mr. Charistain Jorgensen	Germany	Amnesty International
4	Mr. Abdullaah Khalil	Egypt	Arab Institute for Human rights
5	Mr. Mostafa Hussien	Egypt	Hisham Mubarak Center for Law
6	Ms. Ayda sief Al-Dawla	Egypt	Nadeem Center for Treatment and Psychological Rehabilitation for Violence Victims
7	Mr. Joseph Shackla	USA
8	Mr. Gasser Abdel Razek	Egypt	Hisham Mubarak Center for Law

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