~:: STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF MINORITY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO ADVOCATE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

PROJECT ON STRENGTHENING THE
CAPACITY OF MINORITY AND INDIGENOU 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.

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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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