The NHRC, India and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) are collaborating to organize a sixday ITEC Executive Capacity Building Programme on Human Rights for senior-level functionaries of National Human Rights Institutions of various countries to further strengthen, protect and promote human rights. This extensive programme aims to provide insights into various dimensions of human rights,and share NHRC's experience over the past three decades to enhance awareness among participants of various National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs). The programme is designed for NHRIs of Global South in various grouping like India's neighbourhood, African countries, and ASEAN/ South-East Asia, etc. It seeks to strengthen South – South cooperation, enhance collaboration and networking, and improve human rights protection mechanisms through comprehensive capacity building and experience sharing.

Objectives of the Programme:

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) India aims to empower participants through a comprehensive six-day capacity building programme to enhance understanding of various dimensions of human rights. The objectives of the programme are:

• Enriching knowledge and skills: Providing a platform for knowledge sharing and equipping participants with insights into various dimensions of human rights and NHRC’s complaint management system, investigations, HRC-NET, and addressing various human rights violations.
• Advancing best practices: Facilitating the sharing of best practices, experiences, and ideas among NHRIs on human rights protection and promotion, fostering dialogue and alliances on human rights issues.
• Enhancing human rights awareness and advocacy: Raising awareness about contemporary human rights issues and situations, offering tools to curb violations, and promoting transparency in human rights protection.
• Focusing on evolving human rights issues: Equipping participants to address emerging challenges in human rights related to business, artificial intelligence, the environment, and sustainable development goals.

Expected Outcomes:

After successful completion of the programme, participants will have:

• Develop a better understanding of international dimensions of human rights; A deeper understanding of NHRC’s work in the field of human rights protection, and its best practices, which can be adopted by other NHRIs;
• Improved networking among NHRIs, fostering collaborations fostering collaborations and partnerships at regional and international levels. Enhanced capability to contribute towards the protection and promotion of human rights.