PROGRAM: TRAINING COURSE FOR NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM Geneva, 2-6 May 2016

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1 PROGRAM: TRAINING COURSE FOR NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM Geneva, 2-6 May 2016 Venues throughout the course OHCHR, Palais Wilson, 52, rue des Pâquis, Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), 10, route de Ferney Palais des Nations, 14, avenue de la Paix, Geneva Office, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 6bis Chemin du Point du Jour Contacts in Geneva Responsible for the training course at ICC: Katharina Rose, + 41 (0) Responsible for the training course at FES: Hannah Peters, + 41 (0) Agnes Gracia (ICC): + 41 (0) Noreen Eberle (FES): +41 (0) Monday, May 2, 2016 Topic of the Day: Opening of the Course / the UN Treaty Body System Venue : OHCHR, Palais Wilson, 52, rue des Pâquis, room tbc Breakfast 8:00 Meeting at the Lobby of Hotel tbc / transfer to Palais Wilson 8:30 9:00 Accreditation at Palais Wilson, OHCHR 9:15 10:00 Welcome to the training course Hubert René Schillinger, FES / Katharina Rose, ICC / Vladlen Stefanov, OHCHR Objectives and proceedings of the training course Chair: Hannah Peters, FES Self-Introduction of the course-participants 10:00 10:30 The international human rights system and national human rights institutions: Introduction to the course Katharina Rose, ICC / Vladlen Stefanov, OHCHR / Chair: Hannah Peters The Vienna World Conference of 1993 NHRIs and the international human rights system Role and functions of OHCHR Page 1 of 6

2 10:30 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 12:00 Cooperation among NHRIs: The ICC Katharina Rose, ICC Geneva Representative Vladlen Stefanov, Chief, National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section, OHCHR ICC: Mandate and functions Paris Principles and ICC accreditation Recognition by the international human rights system 12:00 12:30 Sharing of experiences by NIRMS fellows 12:30-14:00 Lunch Break and Networking with NIRMS Fellows at Cafeteria Palais Wilson 14:00 15:30 The treaty body system: Overview 15:30 16:00 Coffee Break The ten core treaties and the supplementary treaties Mandate and functions of United Nations human rights treaty bodies Development of international human rights treaties NHRI contribution opportunities 16:00 17:30 The treaty body system: The example of Civil and Political Rights Kate Fox, Secretary, Human Rights Committee, OHCHR (tbc) Specificities of the Human Rights Committee NHRI contribution opportunities Page 2 of 6

3 Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Topic of the Day: Workshop on UN Treaty Bodies / Attendance of UPR Session Venue: Morning: Office of the NGO Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), 10, route de Ferney Afternoon: Palais des Nations Breakfast 8:00 Meeting at the Lobby of Hotel tbc / Transfer to APT 8:30 9:00 Recapitulation of the previous day by the participants Chair: Katharina Rose, ICC 9:00 12:30 The treaty body system. Activity session on torture prevention Veronica Filippeschi, Ben Buckland and Matthew Sands, APT Claudia Croci, UNITAR (tbc) Engagement with treaty bodies on torture prevention, particularly the Committee Against Torture (CAT) and the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) Strategic engagement in torture prevention through a combination of domestic actions supported by engagement with treaty bodies 12:30 13:00 Distribution of Exercises for the attendance of the Treaty Body session on Wednesday 13:00 14:15 Sandwich Lunch Break meeting with APT staff members 14:30 18:00 Participation at the UPR of state tbd Room XX Palais des Nations Transfer to Palais des Nations 19:00 21:30 Dinner with Members of Treaty Bodies and Working Groups tbc Page 3 of 6

4 Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Topic of the Day: Introduction to Charter-based bodies/ Attendance of TB session Venue: Palais Wilson, OHCHR, 52 rue des Pâquis, 8:30 Meeting at the Lobby of Hotel tbc / Transfer to Palais Wilson 9:00 9:30 Recapitulation of the previous day by the participants Chair: Hannah Peters, FES 9:30 11:00 Charter-based bodies: The Human Rights Council Adrien-Claude Zoller, Geneva for Human Rights (tbc) Overview of the three pillars of the United Nations and its bodies: peace (Security Council); development (ECOSOC); human rights (Human Rights Council) The Human Rights Council: Mechanisms, sessions, agenda and program of work, decision-making The system of Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council NHRI contribution opportunities and information technology 11:00 11:30 Coffee Break 11:30 13:00 Charter-based bodies: the Universal Periodic Review Myriam Tebourbi, Human Rights Officer, Deputy-Secretary of the UPR working group, OHCHR (tbc) Mandate and objectives The UPR cycle 13:00 14:30 Lunch break 15:00 17:00 Attendance of treaty body session: Committee against Torture Replies of the State of Israel to Questions by the Committee Page 4 of 6

5 Thursday, May 5, 2016 Topic of the Day: The Universal Periodic Review Venue: Geneva Office, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 6bis Chemin du Point du Jour Breakfast 8:30 Meeting at Lobby of Hotel tbc/ Transfer to FES office 9:00 9:30 Recapitulation of the previous day by the participants Chair: Katharina Rose, ICC 9:30 11:00 Charter-based bodies: Case study & activity Claudia Croci, UNITAR (tbc) Facilitation of UPR consultations - within government, with other stakeholders, including parliamentarians Process of implementation of the outcome at the national level - analyzing outcome, combining with other UN recommendations, supporting the development of an implementation framework; monitoring and reporting 11:00 11:30 Break 11:30 13:00 Continued - Charter-based bodies: Case study & activity Claudia Croci, UNITAR (tbc) 13:00 14:30 Lunch break 14:30 16:00 Charter-based bodies: Case study & activity Claudia Croci, UNITAR tbc Continuation Evaluation of group work 16:00 16:30 Break 16:30 18:00 Continued - Charter-based bodies: Case study & activity Claudia Croci, UNITAR tbc Page 5 of 6

6 Friday, May 6, 2016 Topic of the Day: UN HRC Special Procedures / Exchanges with Geneva-based NGOs Venue: Palais Wilson 8:00 Meeting at Lobby of Hotel tbc/ Transfer to Palais Nations 8:30 9:00 Recapitulation of the previous day by the participants Chair: Hannah Peters, FES 9:00 10:30 Charter-based bodies: the Special Procedures Christophe Peschoux, Chief of Section, Special Procedure Branch, OHCHR (tbc) Special Procedures: independent experts appointed by the Human Rights Council Thematic and country mandates and functions: research, country visits, studies, consultations, urgent appeals Cooperation with NHRIs Video screening on cooperation with SP mandate 10:30 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 12:30 Exchange with Geneva-based NGOs Introduction of the work of NGO representatives Engagement of NGOs with NHRIs Engagement of NGOs with UN system 12:30 14:00 Closing lunch Restaurant tbd 14:00 14:45 Conclusion and Evaluation of the course 14:45 15:00 Distribution of Certificates Page 6 of 6