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OMCT African Regional Seminar: call for nominations

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​An invitation to submit nominations to participate in OMCT’s African Regional Seminar on addressing the economic, social and cultural root causes of torture and other forms of violence, Maputo, Mozambique, 7-11 May 2008


The principal objective of the African Regional Seminar is to help NGOs to prepare interventions (complaints) for submission to the UN or other organisations and/or alternative reports for submission to UN Treaty Bodies calling for practical action to stop or prevent torture and other forms of violence by dealing with their economic social and cultural root causes. An important objective for OMCT is to build partnerships with NGOs to work together on these issues over the long term. The seminar, in particular, will seek to:

  • help NGOs understand the various ways violations of economic, social and cultural rights are linked to violence and how acting on those root causes can reduce violence;
  • help NGOs to develop their own capacity to address the economic, social and cultural root causes of violence;
  • identify how action on the root causes of violence could relate to the specific circumstances of the participants’ countries;
  • discuss proposals for  interventions (complaints) presented by participants;
  • discuss proposals from participants for including in alternative reports to UN Treaty bodies and in submissions to other institutions (for example the European Union) of information on the link between the denial of economic, social and cultural rights and torture along with recommendations for specific action; and
  • identify new and emerging issues for attention. 

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Date: April 1, 2008
Activity: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Type: Events
Subjects: Discrimination, Inequality, Poverty, Torture and violence

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