ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Geneva, 10-16 November 2013 Please make sure to have your passport with you at all times! Sunday, November 10, 2013 Until 18:00 Arrival and individual check-in at Hotel Drake & Longchamps, Rue Butini 7, 1202 Geneva 18:15 Meeting in the Lobby of Hotel Drake & Longchamps and transfer to Restaurant Mamounia with Felix Kirchmeier and Imad Hamzo (FES Geneva) 18.45 19:00 Welcome to the Training Course Matthes Buhbe and Felix Kirchmeier (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) Self- Introduction of the course participants 19:00 Welcome Dinner, Venue: La Mamounia, Boulevard Georges-Favon 10, 1204 Geneva, Tel.: +41 22 329 55 61 Advanced Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms - 1 -
Monday, November 11, 2013 Venue: Room 3-016 (OHCHR Palais Wilson, 52 Rue des Pâquis) 09:00 Meeting in the Lobby of Hotel Drake & Longchamps with Imad Hamzo (FES Geneva) and walk to Palais Wilson 9:00-9:30 Registration at Palais Wilson, please bring your passport! 9:30 Opening of the Course Matthes Buhbe, Director, FES Geneva Frej Fenniche, Chief/ Middle East and North Africa Section, OHCHR, tbc 10:00 10:30 Introduction to the aims and pedagogy of the course Nazar Abdelgadir, Executive Director, Geneva Institute for Human Rights (GIHR) 10:30 11:00 Self-introduction of the participants 11:00 11:30 Coffee / Tea Break Theme 1a: THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM Treaty Bodies 11:30 13:00 The International system of protection and promotion of human rights: The nine core human rights Conventions and the supervisory system of human rights Treaty Bodies Nazar Abdelgadir (GIHR) 13:00 14:30 Lunch Break, Cafeteria of Palais Wilson 14:30 16:00 The International system of protection and promotion of human rights: The purpose of reporting, the preparation and drafting of a national report Nazar Abdelgadir (GIHR) 16:00-16:30 Coffee / Tea Break 16:30 17:30 The Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights within the system of Treaty Bodies Workshop led by Nazar Abdelgadir (GIHR) Advanced Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms - 2 -
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 Venue : Room 03 (OHCHR Motta building, 48 Avenue Giuseppe Motta) 8:30 Meeting in the Lobby of Hotel Drake & Longchamps with Imad Hamzo (FES Geneva) and transfer to OHCHR Motta Building 9:00 9:30 Recapitulation of the previous day Presentation by participants 9:30-11:00 Workshop on national reporting Parallel Reports to Treaty Bodies; Complaint Procedure Led by Nazar Abdelgadir 11:00 11:30 Coffee / Tea Break 11:30 13:00 Workshop on national reporting (continued) Parallel Reports to Treaty Bodies; Complaint Procedure Led by Nazar Abdelgadir 13:15 14:45 Lunch break Theme 1b: THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM Charter based mechanisms 15:00 16:00 The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council Presentation by Roueida El Hage, Deputy Chief of MENA Section 16:00 16:30 Coffee / Tea Break 16:30 17:30 The Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council Presentation by Mr. Dhafer Al Hussini, Human Rights Officer- MENA Section OHCHR 18:00 19:00 Discussion with UN Special Procedures mandate holder Mr. Osman El-Hajjé, member of the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances Advanced Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms - 3 -
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Room 3-016 (OHCHR Palais Wilson, 52 Rue des Pâquis) 8:30 Meeting in the Lobby of Hotel Drake & Longchamps with Imad Hamzo (FES Geneva) and walk to Palais Wilson 8:30 9:00 Recapitulation of the previous day Presentation by participants Theme 1c: THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM Role of OHCHR and NGOs 9:00 10.30 Workshop on the Follow-Up to UPR Recommendations in the Arab Region Introduction, TBD, OHCHR, Room 03 Presentations prepared by the participants Discussion led by Nazar Abdelgadir (GIHR) 10:30 11:00 Coffee / Tea Break 11:00 12:00 The Mandate of the Civil Society Section at OHCHR Presentation by Lidiya Gregoreva (OHCHR), 12:00 13:00 Activities of the OHCHR, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the MENA Region Dhafer Al Hussini and Mohamed Kheir (OHCHR) 13:00 14:30 Informal meeting with Geneva-based NGOs Refreshments and soft-drinks will be provided 15:00 18:00 Afternoon free 19:30 22:00 Dinner meeting with CESCR members Mohamed Ezzeldin Abdel-Moneim (conf), Waleed Sa di (tbc), Azzouz Kerdoun (conf) Venue: Restaurant Layalina, 121, rue de Lausanne, Geneva, +41 22 7311789 Advanced Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms - 4 -
Thursday, November 14, 2013 Room 3-016 (OHCHR Palais Wilson, 52 Rue des Pâquis) 8:30 Meeting in the Lobby of Hotel Drake-Longchamps with Imad Hamzo (FES Geneva) and walk to Palais Wilson 9:00 9:30 Recapitulation of previous day Presentation by participants Theme 2: PARTICIPATION AT TREATY BODY SESSION 10:00-13:00 Participation at the 51 st session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Consideration of Egypt: Report by the State party Palais Wilson ground floor Conference Room 13:00 15:00 Lunch Meeting with Ibrahim Salama, Director, Human Rights Treaty Division, OHCHR Venue: Hotel Royal, 41, Rue de Lausanne, Geneva, +41 22 906 14 14 15:00 18:00 Participation at the 51 st session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Consideration of Egypt: Questions by the Committee Palais Wilson ground floor Conference Room 18:00 18:30 Debriefing by Nazar Abdelgadir Advanced Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms - 5 -
Friday, November 15, 2013 Venue: room No. 6-153 ILO (4, route des Morillons); FES Geneva Office (6bis, Chemin du Point-du- Jour) 9:00 Meeting in the Lobby of Hotel Drake & Longchamps with Imad Hamzo (FES Geneva) and transfer to the ILO, 4 route des Morillons Theme 3: International Labour Rights 9:00 9.30 Transfer to ILO 9:30 9:45 Accreditation ILO building, please bring your passport! 9:45 11:00 The role of the International Labour Organization in the protection and promotion of Human Rights Presentation by Fouad Bitar (ILO); venue: ILO (room No. 6-153) 11:00 11:30 Coffee / Tea Break 11:30 12:00 Transfer to FES Geneva Office Theme 4: Data access, Evaluation and Conclusion 12:00 13:00 Data access on the internet / extranet pages of OHCHR Nazar Abdelgadir (GIHR) 13:00 14:30 Closing Lunch Restaurant Pizzeria La Colombe, 11, chemin des Colombettes, Geneva, Tel : +41 22 734 58 00 14:30 15:30 Evaluation of the Program 15:30 16:30 Distribution of Certificates by Freij Fenniche, Chief MENA Section, OHCHR; Matthes Buhbe, Director FES-Geneva office; and Nazar Abdelgadir, Executive Director Geneva Institute for Human Rights Closure of the program Saturday, November 16, 2013 Departure Responsible for the Program: Felix Kirchmeier, Senior Program Officer, FES Geneva, FKirchmeier@fesgeneva.org, phone: +41 22 733 34 50, fax: +41 22 733 35 45; mobile during seminar: +41 79 292 1452 Advanced Training Course on International Human Rights Mechanisms - 6 -