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Military Academy, the subject “right of defence and international humanitarian law” partly
deals with human rights issues. Military personnel from the Czech Republic, Romania,
Slovenia and Switzerland are acquainted with human rights issues before their international
deployment in peace missions. The human rights strategies and policies of the Ministry of
Defence and the armed forces in Ecuador are coordinated the United Nations and the
International Committee of the Red Cross. A human rights training curriculum is being
developed.
54.
Among the national human rights institutions carrying out human rights training for
military personnel are the Office of the Human Rights Procurator of Guatemala and the
National Human Rights Commission in Djibouti. In the framework of the “Human Rights
Month” declared by the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan in 2011, and based on the provisions of
the National Action Plan on Human Rights Protection, seminars on human rights law were
conducted for staff of the military prosecution office and the military tribunal.
55.
Teaching tools include a Swiss interactive DVD on human rights that includes
practical case studies, used by Swiss military personnel. In Armenia, a course on human
rights for the military is conducted on the basis of a manual on human rights and
fundamental freedoms, with a chapter on the rights of ethnic and linguistic minorities in the
army.
III. Activities at the international level
A.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
1.
Global coordination of the World Programme
56.
During the reporting period, OHCHR ensured global coordination of the World
Programme. Following the adoption of the plan of action, OHCHR promoted its
dissemination by reaching out, in October 2010, through the Global Human Rights
Education listserv maintained by Human Rights Education Associates, to more than 10,000
individuals and organizations engaged in human rights education worldwide. In September
2011, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights addressed letters to all
Permanent Representatives of Member States to encourage the national implementation of
the World Programme.
57.
OHCHR frequently interacted with many actors, such as Governments, United
Nations entities, intergovernmental and civil society organizations, providing information,
publications, advice and other support and participating in relevant events such as, at the
international level, various parallel events during the sessions of the Human Rights Council
and the annual meetings of the International Coordinating Committee of National
Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
58.
OHCHR and UNESCO developed a booklet containing the plan of action for the
second phase accompanied by a short introduction highlighting its main elements. It will be
published in 2012 and disseminated electronically, among other means.
2.
Information sharing, tools and resources
59.
OHCHR promoted sharing of information on human rights education initiatives at
various levels through several activities, including a dedicated section of the OHCHR
website.9 OHCHR expanded the World Programme web pages (in English, French and
9
14
See www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/education/training/index.htm.
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