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Training on Human Rights Mechanisms. Purpose and Objectives:- - To support the needs of communities and their campaigns - To provide a background on the protection of Human Rights at the International level
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Training on Human Rights Mechanisms • Purpose and Objectives:- - To support the needs of communities and their campaigns - To provide a background on the protection of Human Rights at the International level - To inform participants on various international processes relevant to their situation - To facilitate a practical assessment of their use value for participant communities
Human Rights Mechanisms • To assist in developing campaign plans • To enable participants to share information in re-echo “sharings” with communities • To assist communities in networking for support on regional, national, international human rights issues • Others (as agreed with participants)?
Methods/ Approaches • Presentation of information in talks • Presentation of reference and support documentation • Discussions & questions • Inputs from some with direct experiences • Practical workshops • Local national international • Community focus and/or policy change
4 training modules • Module 1 - Treaties and international mechanisms • Module 2 - International mechanisms, engagement and examples • Module 3 - International corporations, and their human rights obligations • Module 4 - International corporations, engagement and examples • Modules 1 & 3 are more information, 2 & 4 more sharing
Outputs from training • Contribution to campaign plan • Identification of information needs • A draft communication/submission • Training materials and references • Other?
PIPLinks (Indigenous Peoples Links) • Our mission is to support Indigenous Peoples and other land-based communities in their efforts to defend and promote recognitions of their human rights to protect their lands and culture – with a focus on the Philippines • We are based in United Kingdom (in EU) & Philippines • For Indigenous Peoples it is a global problem - one estimate as much as 50% of the gold produced between 1995 and 2015 will come from indigenous lands ~ • We are link from local and national to international
PIPLinks (Indigenous Peoples Links) • Presenter(s) / staff & board in UK & Philippines • PIPLinks current programme • PIPLinks past achievements (working with others) • NB – Many of past achievements will come up in examples of
Philippines Mining or Food ?
Sharing with participants • What do you want to learn or share? • The materials can be adapted to specific situations and to cover areas of your own concern • We are keen that relevant examples are fed in to the training to make it relevant