Ref: 22/2007
Date: 25 April 2007
PCHR Concludes 3rd Training Course in Coordination with Ministry of Youth and Sports
On Wednesday, 25 April 2007, PCHR and Guidance and Rehabilitation Department at the Ministry of Youth and Sports have concluded the third of five training courses on human rights and gender, which PCHR and the Ministry have agreed to organize throughout the Gaza Strip. The 18-training hours course was held at PCHR’s office in Khan Yunis from 21 to 25 April 2007.
The training course covered a variety of human rights topics, including the International Bill of Human Rights (Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Covenant on Economic, social, and cultural rights; Covenant on Civil and Political Rights), Second Protocol Additional to the Convention against the Death Penalty, International Criminal Court, Conventions on the Rights of the Child and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; gender; the rule of law; and the independence of the judiciary.
The training was conducted by a team of specialized trainers from PCHR that included: Lawyer Sharif Abu Nassar from the Legal Aid Unit; Sameer Hasaniya, Muna al-Shawa and Majda Shihada from the Women’s Rights Unit; Bassam al-Aqra from the Training Unit; and Hamdi Shaqqura from the Democratic Development Unit. Dr. Bassam Abu Hashish, a lecturer at al-Aqsa University in Gaza, also contributed to the training. The trainers used several training techniques that enhanced effective participation and fruitful discussion.
It is worth noting that PCHR and the Ministry of Youth and Sports conducted two similar training courses in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip earlier this year. Such courses target youth community leaders who are volunteers and activists at NGOs and members of students bodies throughout the Gaza Strip.
