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Program of the 10th International Training Session on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Geneva, October 27th - November 2nd, 2015

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015
 
UPR: MECHANISMS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES
10h00-10h15 Opening, greetings and presentation of the session
- Yves Lador, Director of CIFEHDOP
- Joshua Cooper, Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights (HIHR) & CIFEDHOP English session coordinator
10h15-12h30 Introduction to the Human Rights Council and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
- Joshua Cooper,
- Yves Lador
14h30-16h00 UPR, an evolving procedure
- Aoife Hegarty, UPR Info
 

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

UPR: IDENTIFYING ISSUES AND MOBILIZING CIVIL SOCIETY

09h30-10h30 Rights of vulnerable populations
- Budi Tjahjono, Franciscan International

Right to Education and HRE2020
- Joshua Cooper
11h00-12h30 Protecting a space for the civil society
- Renate Bloem, CIVICUS
14h00-15h30

Rights of indigenous people
- José Parra, Consultant, Former OHCHR officer for Expert Mechanism on Indigenous Peoples

Rights of the child
- Anna Tomasi, Defense for Children International
16h00-17h30 Workshop : Sharing national experiences
   

 Thursday, October 29th, 2015

UPR : A COLLECTIVE HUMAN RIGHTS REALITY CHECK

9h00-10h30

 Supports and allies in the UPR process:
Regional connections
- Jeremy Smith, Cairo Institute
11h00-12h30

 The National Human Rights Institutions
- Katharina Rose, International Coordination Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC-NHRI)
- Francess Piagie Alghali, Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone
14h00-15h30

Using the UPR as a human rights reality check :

Right to water and sanitation
- Elodie Tranchez, WaterLex

Building a collaborative assessment and identifying country priorities
- Yves Lador
16h00-17h30 Workshops: Methodology for country human rights assessment and UPR priorities
   

Friday, October 30th, 2015

UPR: A LEVERAGE FOR OUTREACH

9h00-10h30 Changing the perception of human rights: the case of Switzerland and the European Court of Human Rights
- David Cornut, Amnesty International – Switzerland
11h00-12h30 Working with social networks - Mr. Sébastien Duyck, University of Lapland, Finland
14h00-15h30 Working with media
- True Heros Film
16h30-17h30

Workshops: Making UPR a public debate
   
 Saturday, October 31st, 2015

UPR: A HUMAN RGHTS EDUCATION TOOL

9h00-10h30 The UN Declaration on Human Rights Education
and Training
- Ms. Monique Prindezis, EIP Secretary General, School for Peace

Promoting a human-rights based education in schools
- Ms Natalyia
 Stupnytska, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Human Rights Education in the USA (HRE-USA)
- Mr. Joshua Cooper

11h00-12h30

Workshops: Using UPR in HRE

   
Monday, November 2nd, 2015

PARTICIPATION TO THE 23TH UPR SESSION, United Nations, Room XX

9h00-12h30 UPR of Micronesia
14h00-14h30 De-briefing session (Serpentine)
14h30-16h30 UPR of Lebanon
16h30-17h15 De-briefing session (Serpentine)