HUMAN RIGHTS  //  37 Twenty-seven representatives of national human rights institutions participated in the 2017 NHRI Academy, organized by the ODIHR and European Network of NHRIs in Poznan, Poland, from 29 May to 2 June 2017. (Grzegorz Czajka) The fourth National Human Rights Institutions Academy was held from 29 May to 2 June in Poznan, Poland, and featured a tailored training programme for mid- to senior-level NHRI staff. The 27 participants (5 men, 22 women) gained skills on how to promote human rights in their daily work and how to effectively monitor the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The event was co-organized with the European Network of NHRIs, in co-operation with the Poznan Human Rights Centre and the Office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights. ODIHR also supported participating States to develop National Action Plans to satisfy the UN Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR 1325). On 4 July, ODIHR conducted a workshop in Tirana on developing and implementing National Action Plans for 20 participants (6 men, 14 women) from relevant ministries. Experts from Twenty-seven representatives of national human rights institutions participated in the 2017 NHRI Academy, organized by the ODIHR and European Network of NHRIs in Poznan, Poland, from 29 May to 2 June 2017. (Grzegorz Czajka) Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia also shared experiences from their countries. ODIHR organized numerous events during the year to build the capacity of state actors, civil society organizations and religious or belief communities on the topics of international standards on freedom of religion or belief, inter-religious dialogue and communication, and freedom of religion or belief and security. This included a training of trainers on freedom of religion and belief and security on 16 and 17 October, in Warsaw, for 16 state officials (15 men, 1 woman) from Turkmenistan; training events on freedom of religion or belief and security for both state and non-state actors in Almaty, Kazakhstan (25 men, 7 women, of which 15 were state officials and 17 were civil society representatives); and a capacity-building workshop on freedom of religion or belief, non-violent communication and dialogue in Lviv, “T he NHRI Academy broadened my horizons through knowledge-sharing activities and increased my network of fellow colleagues from national human rights institutions in other countries.’’ — Ezgi Kaskaval, Assistant Expert, the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey