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19th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights – Training
15 August, 2020 - 16 August, 2020
The Training is a follow-up to the 19th Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights (ASEMHRS19) held in Tromsø, Norway, on the theme, “Human Rights Education & Training”. Since 2017, the ASEMHRS Training has served as the capacity-building component on human rights to support the Seminar’s overall objective of promoting mutual understanding and co-operation on human rights issues among Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Partners. This year’s capacity-building programme on the same Seminar topic will be held online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The topic of this year’s ASEMRS19 Training will be covering Human Rights-Compliant Policing. The Training aims to equip and instruct law enforcement officers with a non-coercive, efficient, and human rights-compliant toolbox for conducting interviews with victims, witnesses, and suspects of crime. The capacity-building program will present international guidelines on Investigative Interviewing and other non-coercive techniques, intended to support law enforcement investigations by outlining standards and practices for efficient and torture-free investigations. The main objective of the training programme is to build capacity of law enforcement (primarily), and members of the judiciary in ASEM partner countries on the evidence-based and human rights-compliant Investigative Interviewing technique and its associated safeguards.
This is a fully-funded training.
Selection criteria for participants:
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a police investigator (detective) or as a public prosecutor with practical/or theoretical experience with interviewing procedures and/or criminal procedural law;
- ASEM nationality;
- Professional proficiency in English; and
- Letter of endorsement from his/her organisation.
Senior representatives of relevant CSOs and other public institutions involved in promoting and upholding the rule of law are also eligible to apply.
How to apply:
Please read the attached Training Leaflet carefully and fill out the Application Form here. Application deadline is Sunday, 16 August 2020 (23:59 SGT).
For further information and enquiries, please reach out to Armi Hannele AARNI, Project Manager, and Trishia OCTAVIANO, Project Executive at the Governance & Economy Department (E: humanrights.seminar@asef.org).
