The world needs law enforcement and justice officers who are believers in human rights and practitioners for justice.

It was an outstanding experience in Sudan that not many people know much about. 25 October 2020 was the launching for the ongoing project that will target Law enforcement and justice officials to respect, promote and protect human rights in the legal, judicial, security and military fields, and build their capacities to be able to identify patterns of Human rights violations.

I had the belief for the need to shift from building capacity into fostering the culture of human rights ensuring that international standards of Human rights are completely and consistently reflected in the training content. Many topics that identify patterns of military forces abuse were raised such as arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearance, use of torture, sexual violence, attacks on civilians, and use of force during demonstrations.

The first phase of the training took place in Khartoum, Sudan in October 2020; it was organized by the Geneva Institute for Human Rights and the Institute of Legal and Judicial Sciences, in partnership with the OHCHR (Khartoum office) The training targeted a group of judges, consultants in the Ministry of Justice, the police, the armed forces, the army and representatives of the Bar Association, the Office of Justice and the Board of Grievances. Case scenarios were raised from the core of judicial, military, and police work from the perspective of international human rights standards and codes of conduct that ensure respect and protection of the rights of individuals in the course of maintaining order and implementing the law, especially in this transitional phase.

This training workshop will be followed by a series of upcoming programs, research, monitoring, and evaluation In 2021.

Looking forward to what’s coming next!!