The Regional Human Rights Training Workshop for Lawyers and Magistrates focused on topics such as climate change and human rights, advocacy strategy and litigation on human rights.
Participants focused on international human rights conventions and standards, and how these can be applied to domestic law, policy and practice.
4 November 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community Regional Rights Resource Team (SPC/RRRT) in partnership with the Pacific Island Forum (PIF), conducted the 2011 Regional Human Rights Training Workshop for Lawyers and Magistrates, which focused on topics such as climate change and human rights, advocacy strategy and litigation on human rights.
The four-day training, held from 1-4 November 2011, in Suva, Fiji, aimed to assist 24 participants from 11 Pacific countries to apply international covenants, customary international law and case law precedents to improve their knowledge and ability to monitor human rights at the national level. Participants focused on international human rights conventions and standards, and how these can be applied to domestic law, policy and practice. [SPC Press Release]