BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c8064151b74e5e11ece5dc80e2be1994 CATEGORIES:Conferences CREATED:20190813T112048 SUMMARY:Capacity Building Workshop on Strategic Advocacy & Litigation for LGBTI human rights defenders in Africa DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\n\n\n\nThe Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretor ia, with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cord ially invites you to apply for the Capacity Building Workshop on Strategic Advocacy and Litigation targeted at the promotion and protection of the hum an rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons in Af rica.\n\n\nDownload Call for Applications\n\n\nDate: 7 – 11 October 20 19\nTime: 09:00 to 16:00 (from Monday to Thursday)\nVenue: Room 2 -2.1, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria\nApply online: PLEASE CLI CK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE BEFORE 23 AUGUST 2019\nDeadline: 23 August 201 9\nEnquires: Ayo Sogunro (Tel: +27 (12) 420 5449 / ayodele.sogunr o@up.ac.za)\nAbout the Workshop The LGBTI Human Rights Defenders Works hop is an annual event aimed at empowering LGBTI human rights defenders in Africa on how to conduct strategic advocacy and litigation. \nThe fourth ed ition will be held from 7 to 11 October 2019 at the Centre for Human Rights , the University of Pretoria in South Africa.BackgroundResolution 275 of th e African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights calls on state parties to curb violence on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Howe ver, despite this, violence and discrimination targeted for these groups co ntinue to exist. Similarly, human rights defenders and activists working on LGBTI issues continue to face different threats in relation to their work& nbsp;Against this background, the Centre for Human Rights will be conductin g a five-day capacity building workshop for LGBTI human rights defenders.&n bsp;The capacity building workshop is designed to assist activists in Afric a to effectively promote and protect LGBTI rights through domestic, regiona l and international level advocacy and litigation. The workshop is tar geted at experienced activists who want to build on their capacity and deve lop their skill-sets. It will include a combination of expert presentations delivered by the Centre for Human Rights staff as well as other experience d human rights defenders on advocacy and litigation opportunities. It will also include interactive advocacy and litigation exercises at regional and international levels. The workshop seeks to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations so that they can better pursue legal challenge s and advocate on behalf of LGBTI individuals at risk of or having suffered serious violations of human rights. The workshop also aims to have partici pants learn from each other about the challenges of filing cases at domesti c courts.ParticipantsThe workshop will bring together activists, scholars, practitioners, advocates for law reform, and notable LGBTI individuals from across Africa to address the issues of strategic advocacy and litigation. This programme is directed at experienced human rights defenders in non-gov ernmental organisations, with existing advocacy experience at the national level and some prior knowledge of the international human rights system.Fun dingLimited funding for travel and accommodation is available to support pa rticipants who will be selected for the workshop. Successful applicants wil l be notified of their selection by 30 August 2019. Due to limited funding, selected applicants will be required to take care of visa costs in their r espective countries as well as airport transfer costs at ports of departure . Self-funding participants are encouraged to apply as well. DTSTAMP:20260904T130830Z DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20191007T080000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20191011T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR