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Morocco and Tunisia: Mastering the investigation of ill-treatment in prisons
The Council of Europe delivered the fifth week-long training module, for the year 2017, on practical work of National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM) to Moroccan and Tunisian experts on 4-8 December. The training session was attended by 23 members of the Moroccan National Council for Human Rights...
PATHS Module 5 trains Southern Mediterranean anti-corruption practitioners on private sector compliance
The fifth module of the Programme of Advanced Training in the field of Human rights, the rule of law and democracy for Southern Mediterranean (PATHS) was organised on 27-30 November 2017, in Strasbourg. This was a module developed as a training of trainers on the topic of private sector...
PATHS Module 4 introduces the European Human Rights Training Programme for Legal Professionals (HELP) to Southern Mediterranean partners
The Council of Europe delivered the fourth module of the Programme of Advanced Training in the field of Human rights, the rule of law and democracy for Southern Mediterranean (PATHS) in Rabat on 27-28 November 2017. The training was organised in the premises of the Moroccan National Council for...
The Council of Europe takes stock of its cooperation with Tunisia under the South Programme II
Marking three years of successful cooperation under the South Programme II, representatives of Tunisian authorities, the Council of Europe and the European Union held the third and final meeting of the Tunisian Bilateral Steering Committee on 21 November 2017 in Tunis, Tunisia. The Steering...
6th UniDem Seminar: “Women and the Employment Market” in the Southern Mediterranean
Empowering women through their participation in the labour market was the central theme of the 6th UniDem Med seminar of the Venice Commission, held on 7-8 November 2017, in Algiers (Algeria). Organised at the request of the Constitutional Council and the Directorate General of Civil Service and...
Building Jordan’s capacity to address terrorism financing in the non-profit sector
The Council of Europe delivered four consecutive training sessions on terrorism financing risks in the non-profit sector to Jordanian authorities and representatives of non-profit organizations (NPOs) from 29 October to 2 November 2017 in Amman. The first session targeting the law enforcement...
SNAC 2 trains Jordanian and Palestinian officials on mutual legal assistance in economic crime cases
The South Neighbourhood Anti-Corruption Project (SNAC 2) organised a regional training on mutual legal assistance (MLA) in corruption and economic crime case for Jordanian and Palestinian authorities on 06-08 November 2017, in Amman. The workshop, which has equally served as a networking...
The Schools of Political Studies of Morocco and Tunisia at the World Forum for Democracy: ‟Is Populism a Problem?”
Young political leaders from the Council of Europe’s Schools of Political Studies of Tunis and Rabat took part in the sixth session of the World Forum for Democracy held on 8-10 November 2017 in Strasbourg. The forum brought together more than 1500 participants including international experts,...
Examining the role of Ombudsmen institutions in ensuring the rights of migrants
The 8th training session of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen (AOM) was held on 18 - 19 October 2017 in Casablanca. Jointly organised with the Mediator of the Kingdom of Morocco, the seminar mobilised experts from the Venice Commission, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
The South Programme II Regional Steering Committee takes stock of achievements and future challenges
The third and final meeting of the South Programme II Regional Steering Committee was held on 16 October 2017 in Brussels. Experts and officials from national authorities were joined by members of the Council of Europe and the European Union representatives to discuss the results of three years...
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