The
Project
on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the Geneva Academy
of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights conducts
professional training in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The
experience the Project has accumulated in the last four years of
delivering tailored ESCR training courses makes our staff highly
qualified to conduct high quality training for professionals who are
(or who want to become) experts in their field.
Our training courses are designed for human rights advocates, staff of
NGOs and national human rights institutions, representatives of
governments, staff of UN bodies and other international organizations,
as well as members of the academia. Our participants acquire tailored
knowledge in the field of economic, social and cultural rights. They
benefit from teaching methods that blend traditional seminar–type
lectures, eloquently delivered by our experts as well as by invited
guest speakers, with practical exercises and first-hand experience on
issues such as the work of the United Nations Committee on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights. Our training courses are conducted in
Geneva, or tailored to your specific needs in-country.
Claire
Mahon and Dr
Christophe
Golay jointly facilitate the Project’s training courses.
Claire has extensive teaching experience including over 12 years of
running professional training courses, and as a lecturer at the
Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Michigan
University and at the numerous international events where she is
invited as a guest speaker.
Claire also has broad working experience with world-known NGOs, such as
Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, the
International Service for Human Rights, and the Centre on Housing
Rights and Evictions, as well as with UN bodies, and she is a former
Special Advisor to Mrs Mary Robinson.
Christophe’s dedication to ESC rights began more than 10 years ago. He
holds a PhD on the Right to Food and Access to Justice from the
Graduate Institute. He has vast knowledge and experience on the working
methods of the UN bodies relevant to ESC rights as he supported the
mandate of the first Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Prof.
Jean Ziegler, from 2001-2008.
He conducted several missions with the UN Special Rapporteur in Africa,
Asia, Latina America and the Middle East. Christophe teaches on ESC
rights at the Graduate Institute, the University of Fribourg, the
University of Grenoble and many other institutions. In 2011, he is also
Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Paraná (Curitiba,
Brazil).
The Project runs two annual training courses in Geneva, and various
other tailored in-country training courses upon request. The annual
Geneva-based courses are:
Training
Course
on
Understanding Economic Social and Cultural Rights
This training course is designed to introduce ESC rights to
professionals who need to deepen their understanding of this field. The
participants will gain in-depth knowledge of the normative content of
ESC rights, the UN mechanisms specific to ESC rights, and how civil
society can integrate them in building their advocacy strategies. For
further information, visit the webpage.
Advanced Training Course on
Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
This training aims to support the work of professionals with advanced
experience on ESC rights by providing them with technical skills on how
to approach monitoring ESC rights, how to present data effectively, and
how to build advocacy strategies which make use of the mechanisms of
the relevant UN bodies . For further information, visit the webpage.
