CCSOL Roundtable: How to follow-UPR recommendations

Roundtable on how to follow-up
Lebanon’s Universal Periodic Review Recommendations

Organized by
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Lebanon

In collaboration with the
Regional Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the Middle East

& the Geneva Institute for Human Rights

Place: Crown Plaza Hotel
Date: 8 April 2011


AGENDA

09:00 – 09:20 How to implement the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Recommendations: Best Practices – Dr Lana Baydas (OHCHR)

09:20 – 10:00 Summary of Lebanon’s UPR Recommendations : Representatives of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)

10:00 – 11:00 Discussion and dialogue with representatives of the State on the plans to follow up the recommendations of the UPR – Lebanon*

11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break

11:20 – 13:00 Brainstorming on plans and strategies that can be put in place to implement the Lebanon’s UPR recommendations

CCSOL - Training on International Human Rights Mechanisms

Training Course on "Mechanisms for the protection of Human Rights"

Organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Lebanon

In collaboration with the Regional Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)in the Middle East & the Geneva Institute for Human Rights

Place: Crown Plaza Hotel
Date: 7 April 2011



AGENDA



09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Welcoming the participants and defining what are the objectives of
the session and the requirements of the trainees
10:00 – 11:00 International Human Rights law: origins and scope: Dr. Lana Baydas (OHCHR)
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Conventions and protocols in the field of Human Rights: Mr. Nazar
Abdelgadir (GIHR)
13:00 – 13:30 Q & A

01:30 – 02:30 Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:30 Mechanisms for the Protection of Human Rights: Dr. Lana Baydas
15:30 – 16:30 The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Mechanism: Mr Nazar
Abdelgadir
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00 Movie on UN human Rights Mechanisms & Discussion
18:00 – 18:15 Distribution of Certificates