2024 32nd Annual Program – Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste

12 - 23 August, 2024

This program has concluded

The 32nd Annual Human Rights and Peoples’ Diplomacy Training for Human Rights Defenders in the Asia-Pacific was held in Timor-Leste from 12 - 23 August, 2024 with the Global Campus of Human Rights, in partnership with the UNTL Human Rights Centre, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), the Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO), Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), and The Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP).

Twenty-eight human rights defenders from 14 different countries participated in this two-week intensive residential program of learning, sharing and skills building. The participants work on a diverse range of human rights concerns including rights of migrant workers, women and children, LGBTIQ+, gender justice, the rights of persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples rights, peace-building and struggles for self-determination, the environment and climate change.

The program built knowledge of international human rights standards and the UN system and skills in strategic advocacy. Similar to a summer school, the program included intensive sessions on human rights and development, advocacy and media skills. This year in a new collaboration with the Global Campus on Human Rights (GC), it also included a focus on peace and human rights.

DTP thanks its partners, its trainers for their pro bono contribution, the participants who shared their knowledge, and the funders – particularly the Australian Government, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - and the President of Timor-Leste.

Links and resources

Program report from DTP's 32nd Annual Program held in Dili.

Partners

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Thanks

The Diplomacy Training Program's 32nd Annual Human Rights and People's Diplomacy capacity building program receives support from the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).

 

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