PROJECT
ON STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY
OF MINORITY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO ADVOCATE
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
This
training workshop is an outcome of the above
project which is a joint initiative
of the Minority Rights Group (MRG) London
and International Centre for Ethnic Studies
(ICES), Colombo.
Project
Objectives
To
protect and promote the rights of minorities
and indigenous peoples and address the marginalisation
and poverty they are facing, by contributing
to the effective implementation of relevant
international human rights standards at a national
level. To this end, the project aims to improve
the capacity of NGOs working with minorities
and indigenous peoples to effectively use the
United Nations Treaty Bodies, namely, the Committee
on Human Rights and the Committee on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination (responsible for overseeing
implementation of the Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination respectively) and to
improve NGO advocacy initiatives at a national
level.
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