Ref: 2/2008
Date: 4 February 2008
PCHR Organizes a Training Course on “Human Rights and Tolerance” for Students
PCHR’s Training Unit launched a training course on Monday, 4 February 2008, on “Human Rights and Tolerance.” The trainees were members of the student parliament in UNRWA’s Gaza Training College in Gaza. The course is held in the Training College from the period 4-7 February 2008 for 25 students.
The training course covers a variety of human rights topics. These include the historical development of human rights, the International Bill of Human Rights, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In addition, the course covers issue such as mediation and conflict resolution between students, tolerance, democracy, and student parliaments.
Trainers from PCHR and other institutions run the course. They include Samir Hasaneya (lawyer in the Women’s Unit), Bassam El-Aqra (director of the Training Unit), Bassam Abu Hashish (lecturer in Al-Aqsa University), Ibrahim Weshah (human rights counselor in UNRWA), and Ahmad Abd El-Wahhab (student counselor in the Gaza Training College).
This training course is a component of the annual training program between PCHR and UNRWA, which is running for the 6th consecutive year.
