Human Rights Activists Trained On Security Management 25 staff members of the South Sudan Human Rights Commission last Friday concluded a five day training seminar on risk assessment and management.31 October 2011 Participants discussing during the workshop in Juba [©Gurtong]By Waakhe Simon Wudu Juba, 31st October 2011 [Gurtong] - 25 staff members of the South Sudan Human Rights Commission last Friday concluded a five day training seminar on risk assessment and management.
The workshop was organized by the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, (CEPO) with an objective of capacitating the commission with necessary knowledge on personal security and risk assessment. Edmund Yakani, the CEPO Program Coordinator revealed to the press that, “In recent months the Human Rights Commission staff members have been attacked three times by unidentified persons. The Commission’s Chairperson has also been attacked thrice in his house at night.” He said that the findings reveal that the attackers appeared to be offended persons who are against the Commission’s work and this was the basis for the training course. Yakani said that the training aimed at empowering the staff members with human rights defense mechanisms. The key topics learnt during the workshop were risk assessment and understanding working environment of human rights defenders. Among the participants were 15 staffs from the Commission’s headquarters and 10 from the Commissions’ States sub-offices. CEPO also launched a Human Rights Defenders Bill with an objective to protect the work of all human rights activists in the country. The Commission’s Chairperson, Advocate Lawrence Korbandi said that the bill will be advocated for approved by the government According to Edmund Yakani, CEPO is an empowerment organization working to capacitate the Commission with necessary human rights defense mechanisms. CEPO also plans to provide another training workshop on Information Technology, monitoring and reporting to all the Commission’s staff members at the State level. The participants were urged for continued support to the organization, other human rights activists and the international community in diversifying the work of the commission in the fledging nation. Mr. Korbandi added that, illiteracy and ignorance is the key challenge in the country affecting the work of the Commission. Majority of the citizens do not understand the work of the Commission and values of human rights in the country. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
