OSCE Belgrade mission holds training on international human rights laws
The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro promotes human rights also through professional training programmes. (OSCE) Photo details
BELGRADE, 30 September 2004 - A seminar on international human rights laws will be held from 1 to 3 October at Lake Palic. Organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro in co-operation with the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, it will focus on United Nations special procedures and affirmative action measures in international law.
Among the participants will be lawyers working with NGOs that provide legal aid to refugees in the region and national minority and human rights NGOs from Serbia and Montenegro, as well as state officials, public servants and representatives of national minority councils.
The seminar will include lectures on individual communication procedures, advocacy mechanisms related to human rights violations and minority protection, as well as on equality of opportunity for women and the prohibition of discrimination.
Among the lecturers invited are prominent experts from the University of Essex (United Kingdom), the Minority Rights Group International (United Kingdom), the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro.
Among the participants will be lawyers working with NGOs that provide legal aid to refugees in the region and national minority and human rights NGOs from Serbia and Montenegro, as well as state officials, public servants and representatives of national minority councils.
The seminar will include lectures on individual communication procedures, advocacy mechanisms related to human rights violations and minority protection, as well as on equality of opportunity for women and the prohibition of discrimination.
Among the lecturers invited are prominent experts from the University of Essex (United Kingdom), the Minority Rights Group International (United Kingdom), the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro.