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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...
Tunisian partners welcomed by the Armenian NPM in an intensive study visit
A two-week long study visit to the Armenian Human Rights Defender’s (HRD) Office was organised for two staff members of the Tunisian National Authority for the Prevention of Torture on 16-27 October in Yerevan (Armenia). The visit programme combining a series of meetings with practical...
The Council of Europe takes stock of its cooperation with Morocco under the South Programme II
The South Programme second meeting of the Bilateral Steering Committee for Morocco took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Rabat on 27 September 2017. The Committee comprising various ministry officials, representatives of relevant national institutions...
Anti-corruption and integrity in the civil service at the focus of the 5th UniDem regional seminar
Within the framework of the South Programme II, experts from Algerian, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Palestine* took part in the 5th UniDem regional seminar which was held in Skhirat (Morocco) from 25 to 28 September 2017. The UniDem Med Campus (University for Democracy) is a forum that brings...
International conference on transnational organised crime and terrorism
The Council of Europe “International Conference on Terrorism and Organised Crime” held on 21-22 September in Malaga (Spain) brought together Algerian, Jordanian, Israeli and Moroccan officials with representatives of member States’ authorities, international organisations and policy-makers for a...
Fight against corruption: Jordanian officials on a study visit to Copenhagen
A delegation from the Jordanian Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission (JIACC) took part in a study visit to Copenhagen on 20-21 September 2017. The visit aimed at providing the Jordanian partners with the opportunity to share good practices and establish networks with the Danish homologue...
Tunisia and Morocco: Developing the NPMs’ capacity to monitor human rights violations in psychiatric hospitals
From 11 to 13 September 2017, the Council of Europe delivered in Tunis a training session on visits to mental health care institutions for the Tunisian and the future Moroccan National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM) against torture. The sixteen staff of the Tunisian National Authority for the...
MPs of Southern Mediterranean partners discuss the role of diaspora in building inclusive societies
Representatives of the parliaments of Algeria, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Palestine* joined members of European parliaments (MP) in the launching of the Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies organised by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on 7-8 September...
Morocco takes part in the Civic Roundtable on forced migration and asylum
Forced migration and asylum were the focus of the second edition of the Civil Roundtable, held on 10-11 July 2017 in Strasbourg. This is a forum which brings together young leaders from different European countries and alumni of the Council of Europe Network of Schools of Political Studies (SPS)...
SNAC 2 trains Jordanian and Palestinian officials on offshore money laundering
The South Neighbourhood Anti-corruption Project (SNAC 2) trained 15 Palestinian and 5 Jordanian officials from the anti-corruption bodies and financial intelligence units on the financial investigation of offshore structures at a regional workshop held in Strasbourg on 10-12 July. The course used...
Needs assessment mission and workshop on sequencing of anti-corruption priorities in Tunisia
Experts from the South Neighbourhood Anti-corruption Project (SNAC 2) conducted a scoping mission to Tunisia on 6-7 July 2017 to identify priority areas for possible future cooperation which will ensure the sustainability of actions pursued so far. The mission highlighted needs for continued work...
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