Annual Report - Palestinian Center for Human Rights

1.1) Training Courses in Coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Youth
and Sports
The unit organized 8 training courses, instead of 5 as set out in the annual plan, in
coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Youth and Sports throughout the Gaza
Strip. The target group included members of the Ministry's youth committees, which
include university students and members of youth centers and unions. The courses
were held in the 5 districts of the Gaza Strip. The courses focused on human rights
instruments, including: the International Declaration of Human Rights; the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
CEDAW; and international humanitarian law, and issues relating to democracy and
civil society, including: democratic practice; the rule of law; the independence of the
judiciary; and the role of NGOs in protecting human rights.
Training Courses Organized in Coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of
Youth and Sports
No Area Number
of
Trainees
1. Northern
Gaza
Place Training
Hours
132
Period Female
Participation
26 PCHR's office
in Jabalya
21 19- 24 Feb. 19%
2. Gaza 35 PCHR's office
in Gaza
21 5-10 Mar. 51%
3. Deir al- 27 Deir al-Balah 21 19-24 Mar. 44%
Balah
Service Center
4. Rafah 47 Sharek Youth
Forum in
Rafah
21 26-31 Mar. 38%
5. Khan Yunis 29 PCHR’s office
in Khan Yunis
21 9-14 Apr. 59%
6. Rafah 35 Sharek Youth 21 26 Mar. – 2 40%
Forum
Apr.
7. Lebanese – 25 The society’s 21 27 Feb. – 3 40%
Palestinian
office and
Mar.
Brotherhood
PCHR’s office
in Gaza
8. Union of 23 PCHR’s office 21 27 Sep. – 2 43%
University
Graduates
in Khan Yunis
Oct.
Following training, the trainees took the following initiatives:
• Trainees made an initiative to organize 3 training courses in Gaza, Khan Yunis and
Gaza.
• Three trainees were involved in activities to raise awareness on human rights.
• Many trainees participated in PCHR’s activities, such as the wall painting on the
Palestinian Prisoners’ Day in Deir al-Balah.
• A number of trainees informed about human rights violations in their areas.
• 29 trainees joined PCHR’s campaign to monitor the elections for the local council
of Rafah; at least 120 were selected to join PCHR’s campaign to monitor the
legislative elections on 25 January 2006; and at least 30 trainees worked as election
observers for other NGOs in the Gaza Strip.