{"id":1596405,"date":"2024-04-08T13:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanrightsdefenders.blog\/?p=26427"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:30:43","slug":"call-for-applications-2024-asean-human-rights-advocacy-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/04\/08\/call-for-applications-2024-asean-human-rights-advocacy-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications 2024 ASEAN Human Rights Advocacy Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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On 4 April 2024 the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) announced the call for applications for the 2024 ASEAN Human Rights Advocacy Academy. The Academy is a capacity building platform for youth activists in Southeast Asia to gauge a strong understanding and skills to engage with the ASEAN Human Rights mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2005, FORUM-ASIA has been actively engaged in the development and strengthening of the ASEAN human rights mechanisms. Against the backdrop of a global shrinking civic-space due to the rise of authoritarianism and a lack of capacities for civil society to meaningfully engage and influence law and policy making spaces, the Academy aims to bolster regional civil society participation and capacity to influence the regional human rights mechanisms to strengthen its human rights protection and promotion mandate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Academy will be held in-person for a total of five days (including travel days) in one of the Southeast Asian countries. It will consist of a series of knowledge sharing sessions and skills development workshops and field visits to engage with relevant stakeholders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Academy, which will take place in the last week of May 2024 in one of the Southeast Asia countries (details will be shared upon announcement of successful application). Participants will be engaged in knowledge sharing and interactive group work involving the ASEAN and UN human rights mechanisms. They will meet with AICHR representatives, diplomatic missions, experts, and relevant regional stakeholders and gain first-hand insights into the workings of ASEAN and its human rights mechanisms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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