TRAINING SESSION IN AGADIR TO BUILD CAPACITIES OF DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN THE AREA OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION
The Moroccan Commission for Human Rights and the Regional Human Rights Commission of Agadir, with the support of the Inter-ministerial Department for Human Rights, organize a national training session on Friday 31- June 1, 2013 at the National Office of Drinking Water and Electricity’s Social Works Office in Agadir. This is the third national session organized within the framework of a capacity building project for development associations in Morocco.This session aims at building the capacities of human rights and civil society associations. Representatives of local, regional and national departments and institutions will also take part in this training session. “Capacity building for development association in the area of human rights promotion” is these of this session.
Two presentations are scheduled for the first day of the session: the national and international protection mechanisms and the role of civil society in the legislation as provided for in articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution. Several contributions are scheduled for the second day: economic and social rights, cultural and linguistic rights, disability rights and the international Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Workshops on the monitoring of violations, the implementation of the economic, social and cultural rights and group rights will organized at the end of the training session.
The Regional Human Rights Commission of Agadir is one of CNDH’s 13 regional human rights mechanisms. Created under Article 28 of the Council’s founding Royal Decree, these commissions are mandated to monitor the situation of human rights at the local levels. They receive and handle complaints about allegations of human rights violations. They implement the Council’s programs and projects related to the promotion of human rights and stimulation of dialogue and thoughts on human rights, in cooperation with the local stakeholders concerned.