REPORTING TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES TRAINING GUIDE: Part II — Notes for Facilitators
1. The United Nations Human
Rights System
SESSION 1.1. OVERVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN
RIGHTS SYSTEM
Note for the facilitator
SESSION SEQUENCE
1. Short video on the Treaty Bodies
2. Group activity: quiz
3. Interactive presentation
1hour 15 minutes
TOTAL DURATION
VENUE REQUIREMENTS
EQUIPMENT
TRAINING MATERIALS
BACKGROUND READING
FOR FACILITATORS
Spacious training hall arranged in such a way as to promote a peer-to-peer
atmosphere and accommodate the needs of group work; preferably round tables
with 4 to 5 persons per table for a maximum of 25 participants.
• Video projector and screen
• Laptop or computer with DVD drive or good internet connection
• Speakers
• First two segments of the Treaty Bodies: Bringing Human Rights Home, DVD
produced by OHCHR, available in English3 at: https://youtu.be/JP0fB-_X0l8
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a short (6-minute) documentary
outlining its history, contents and continuous significance:
https://youtu.be/5RR4VXNX3jA
• PPT – Overview of the United Nations human rights system
• Quiz
• Chapter 1 of the Manual of this Training Guide
• OHCHR, Fact Sheet No. 30/Rev. 1, The United Nations human rights treaty
System, available at: https://goo.gl/xiSHpj
• OHCHR, Booklet on the Treaty Bodies, available at: https://goo.gl/xzrS8
• OHCHR Handbook for Human Rights Treaty Body Members, available at:
https://goo.gl/G6Wlbp
Copies of the quiz for the participants
DOCUMENTS FOR PARTICIPANTS
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3 Also available in all six UN official languages, including: Spanish https://youtu.be/s-N_G1-Vows;
French https://youtu.be/f9u-ISkVhWg; Chinese https://youtu.be/B7t_Dp5v_gs; Arabic https://youtu.be/ewfgj-WBvUo; and Russian
https://youtu.be/Wo4TAbhzgD4
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